So sad to report that Superman Sam Sommer, 8 year old son of Chicago colleagues Rabbis Phyllis and Michael Sommer, died this morning. His mom has been chronicling his fight with leukemia on her blog here. I can't even imagine losing a child... my heart goes out to their whole family.
My own kids are doing very well health-wise, thankfully. Connor's over 10 pounds now, and is in size 1 diapers, necessitating a return of all the Newborn sizes back to Target. That makes sense when the midwives told me their target goal for all babies is for them to gain back their birth weight by 14 days... he was one ounce past that at 6 days.
Ari doesn't seem to notice his mouth anymore, we just have to be cognizant of only giving him soft foods for the next month. And Xander's awesome. We have had some behavioral issues with Ari since my mom left, but after Jonathan met with his teacher Martha and talked with her about all the changes at once (Bubby, Sabba and Shula leaving in the span of two days, new baby, and teeth trauma), we've been tweaking our parenting technique a bit and things are going much better.
As for me, I admitted I needed help and signed up for Mealtrain.com, and people have been absolutely amazing. We haven't cooked since Monday night, and won't have to for another week at least. Thank you to everyone, you're all marvelous! And to top it all off, my lovely husband bought apple juice and turned it into mulled cider in the crockpot... it compliments every meal, and makes the house smell wonderful.
With Sam ever in my thoughts, I am so appreciative of my life right now.
Sam's death hit me especially hard.....I don't know why. I hadn't been following his journey. All I know is that something like this makes us sit up and reconfigure our priorities. And love always floats to the top. Everything else really is unimportant. Oh, it all seems important at the time........running late, did the kids eat their peas, is the house messy, getting one's way......but in the long run, it's all about love and appreciating sharing our lives and hearts openly and honestly. Our time together is so short and even if we're blessed to live long lives, the time flies by so fast that there never seems to be enough time together.
ReplyDeleteMy dear family, I love you and I miss you and I do indeed hold you close. Closer than ever.
Lovingly and with deep gratitude,
Mom/Bubby
(((hugs))))
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