In Crystal Lake

As we said in the last post, Barb travelled from Seattle to Crystal Lake to help Mom recover from shoulder surgery.  While she was there, she was lucky enough to have lunch with Laura and the girls.

Mom enjoys flowers while she recovers.  Barb was there to help, but more help came when a home care worker would visit each day.  Recovery has been slow, as shoulder surgery is no trivial thing.  But Mom is doing good.  Chuck and Donna also came over several times to help and give Barb a break.

On the last day, Barb crossed paths at O'Hare with Matt, who was just returning from a mission trip to Brazil.

We were blessed that Barb could be available to be with her Mom during this time.  Yet we were both very happy when she finally got back home.