I am home now and for a second time since I last posted to my blog.

Having returned to Houston from a wonderful trip to visit my sons and their families and to attend a grandson’s Baptism, I was not long thereafter compelled to fly to southern California because of my Mother’s deteriorating condition owing to serious complications from a hip fracture she sustained in a bad fall on Wednesday, May 10th, and the surgery for it on Friday, May 12th — complications, among them pneumonia, that had resulted in her being transferred from a rehabilitation center back to a hospital.

I just spent eight days at her bedside. I am her oldest of four. My Mom is 81.

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I should have left a message for ACSOL readers sooner, so forgive me. I’m out-of-town for a week, away from the heat and swelter of Houston, visiting my sons and their families. One of my grandsons is being baptized tomorrow morning, so that’s the special occassion that prompted my trip. Today’s a family and friends’ get-together for a birthday celebration (replete with a two-story, back yard inflatable for the kids to play in) and tomorrow there’s another (a second barbecue) following Mass to celebrate the Sacrament my grandson will be receiving. So quite a weekend is in store.

For now, just be patient with me. I was in dire need of a good dose of GRANDSONS and I’m really enjoying myself.

Bye for now from Boystown USA!