January 3, 2020 - Sunday (90/365)

Day 90 of my 365 Photo Journal

Poppop and Grandma came over today for a couple of hours to do our Christmas celebration together. It was great to see them, but also made me sad being reminded how much we all need and miss these kinds of family gatherings. Anyway, besides all of my over-the-top emotions, it was a wonderful visit. The kids were suuupppper excited to be with them, we had a really nice time catching up, and did our traditional meal of Chinese takeout for dinner. Couldn't have been better! Grandma hit the nail on the head, present-wise, too. Every single person was thrilled with what they got, but a slide for Ollie to use indoors was the biggest hit! She is so enamored with this thing and I know it will get a ton of use. 

As for Ben, he is still doing terrible. He went to the ER this morning, and while it was a quick, painless (other than the pain he's experiencing haha) visit, he was basically told to wait it out and got no good news as far as reducing pain. We'll make a neurologist appt. tomorrow, just in case the shooting pains don't go away, as the ER doc expects them to. All of this does put into sharp relief how desperately I love my husband and how I would never ever want to live without him. I've been praying constantly that this won't turn into anything worse and will resolve itself quickly. 


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