Best Layed Plans
image created with ChatGPT Well, here we are - January 11th, and it’s been almost a full month since I last posted. I had fully intended to document our latest travels. On top of that, I’d signed up for the Ultimate Blog Challenge for January and was actually starting to plan for it. So what caused my plans to derail yet again? In one word: life. (Doesn’t it always?) A couple of weeks before Christmas, my youngest brother - who has Down Syndrome, is non-verbal, and now uses a wheelchair - ended up in the hospital. The group home where he lives wasn’t able to provide staff support while he was admitted, so I spent all his waking hours at the hospital, making sure he had whatever care he needed. Another brother was able to step in during the last several days and do the afternoon and evening shifts, which gave me a much-needed break and some time to finish getting ready for Christmas. Thankfully, Rick was discharged four days before Christmas - and I’m quite sure no one was happier than...
