Load 'em up...Move 'em out! Part 2

Well, I'm heading to the Tulsa home one last time to sign the closing papers, and get the last set of boxes. It certainly has been quite an interesting last 5 months, but I am glad to be able to have some closure.
I'm keeping this post short as I need to get to bed, but I will be posting more later.
until then...

Tim

Load 'em up...Move 'em out!

Well, a LOT has happened since my last post. I was working on getting the house ready to put on the market and my realtor called and said he knew a couple of investors that were looking for houses and may be interested. They came by Sunday, the 9th and Monday evening I had an offer. I made a counter-offer and after one more counter-offer, we agreed on a price and I signed the paperwork today to start the closing process!! If all goes as planned, the closing date will be May 12th, my birthday. What a birthday present!!!!

I have been busy packing things I want to keep to get ready for the estate sale that will start the Monday after Easter. I will be spending Easter with some of my family in Medford, OK and I hope to post a few pictures of the setup after I return to Odessa.

I wish everyone a wonderful Holy Week and a blessed Easter!


-Tim

Moving on

A lot has happened since my last post on Jan 22 and I have so many people to thank for their support during these last couple of months, it would be impossible to list them all here. I would especially like to thank all my family, my church family in Tulsa and all my GCR friends in Midland, with a special thank-you to Tim Baker.

I am busy getting the house in Tulsa ready for sale and it is moving along well. While the work has been tedious at times, we are seeing results and hopefully dollar signs!!

One of the highlights of our last trip to Tulsa was finding a chest filled with letters my mom and dad wrote to each other before they were married and then again after dad went into the Army was stationed in New Guinea as one of the Chaplin's assistants and organizer of activities and entertainment for the troops.

I hope to start post more soon and will include some pictures of the progress on the house.

Tim

Requiem aeternam - grant them eternal rest

The title of this post is dedicated to my mother who passed away this afternoon. She was 87 and had lived a rich and full life. While her health seemed to get worse even fast these last few days, she was not in pain or suffering. She passed away quietly and peacefully while I had a recording of me playing handbells playing softly in the background.

In loving memory...

Danna Kelly Taylor
b May 19, 1918, d January 22, 2006

A lot has happened...

My mom's condition has worsened since my last post and while she was making progress in December, her condition started to decline around Christmas and has become progressively worse. She has been diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia and in her current condition and age it is not treatable. At the doctor's suggestion, I have started hospice care for mom in addition to the care she receives at the nursing center.

This has not been an easy time for me, especially being on only child, and I can't say enough how much I have appreciated all the love and support of my family and friends, both here and far away.

-Tim

Just hanging in there...

Sorry to be so late with a post. As I had mentioned earlier, Mom became very ill while she was here and I took her to the hospital Thanksgiving Day. She was diagnosed with pneumonia and a several infection. She has since been transferred to a nursing/rehab facility close to our house and is slowly recovering. The concern now is that she remains anemic after blood transfusions and also has an extremely elevated white blood cell count. The doctors are waiting on more blood tests but are considering that she may have CML - a form of Leukemia. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers...Tim

A Bittersweet Thanksgiving

Thursday evening my mom collapsed at our house and was taken to the local hospital where they have determined that she does have some internal infection, although they have not been able to completely isolate the type or the area of infection.
My mom is very weak at this time but is receiving antibiotics, and a blood culture was taken in the hope that the doctors will be able to find out exactly where the infection is present in her system and tailor the treatments accordingly.

My mom is 87 and while she has normally been in good health, I and several of her friends from church have noticed significant changes over last last couple of months.
She is in good care at the hospital and while I hope and pray for her recovery, I am sure there will be times of difficulty as well as having to look at moving her to an assisted living facility here in Odessa.