The Good and the Willing

I took mom, middle nephew, and his girlfriend to Lightscape at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens Friday night despite the 20-something temps. Mom and I were bundled like snow creatures, nephew tried to brave the cold without additional bundling and was then complaining, and girlfriend being from Nebraska felt right at home. We had pasta and butter cake at Zoli's and did a quick Trader Joe's run afterwards. It was fun and freezing.

Unfortunately, we got bad news that my sister's best friend and our adopted family member is in ICU. She has had multiple seizures that we're not sure what from and is now in an induced coma. This woman spent more time in hospitals when she was in grade school and into her 20s than not, and I can only hope that she will pull through this just as she has so many other issues that she has faced down. She is a beautiful woman, a doting mother, and lightens up any room she walks into. She knows the value of life and I know she will keep fighting for it.

One More Christmas

We are having to say goodbye. Her family will be taking our girl Elise off life support tomorrow.

Such a wonderful, brave woman who I have known since she was a young girl. We were told 30 years ago that she might not make it multiple times, and she proved them all wrong every time. She has lived through Type 1 Diabetes and multiple transplants and hospital stays, but she always kept going. She got into fitness competitions and was keeping herself strong and positive, no matter how often life dealt her a bad hand.

She has been greatly loved, and she will be greatly missed.

Farewell

Elise did not make it to tomorrow.
She passed away despite the life support system at around 5:30pm.