Thursday, August 20, 2015

Day Savers

This blog is to be sure that I give proper recognition to those that save the day. Most often this person is Grammy. Grammy keeps her iPhone nearby each weekday and awaits the Henry update. Fortunately, there was only one day last week when Henry melted down earlier than Grammy's standard 11AM "start time" (the time she goes down from her house to our house to give Henry relief from his loneliness). There was a week or so that Henry was losing his cool on the very early side and Grammy would sweetly respond to Henry's howl. We watch on the camera and gauge his level of anxiety and let Grammy know about how long or what time she should show up. And although, it would be superhero like of her to always show up in her SpiderMan outfit, she rushes down the street in her everyday clothes. Her outfit, however, is not what makes her a day saver, it is her rush to tend to Henry. This saves his day by alleviating his stress and it saves our day by also reducing our stress. So, Grammy is a daily day saver!

I also want to be sure that I give kudos to cousin Kerry, though, too. She recently had a 1 day saving stint that came at a critical time.

I usually work from home on Thursdays. Thursdays are Grammy's special days. Grammy is in a writer's group called OWLS (Ormond Writer's League) and they meet every other Thursday. Grammy is about to self publish her 3rd book and as she is nearing the end of this process, it is even more important that she not miss any meetings. Well, there was a big meeting at work on a Grammy OWLS Thursday day. This happened to also coincide on a day when OBP peep #2 was not able to take off work. We were in a Henry predicament.

Fortunately for us, cousin Kerry was in a position with her work where she was able to come spend the day with Henry! (Why this is so extreme is because Kerry lives a little over 2 hours away--one way.) And not to mention that even though Henry loves everyone and is familiar with Kerry, it is pretty far out of his routine to be left alone all day with someone completely new. But it worked out well for everyone! Grammy did not have to miss her writer's group, both OBP peeps could go to work on what were critical days for each of them, Henry had good care and Kerry ended up getting some good study time in while earning few bucks on the side to make the long journey worth it.

We wanted to share that we have real life heroes in our family! Hooray to Grammy for her steadfast heroism that she produces all the time! And many thanks Kerry for her one time big bang random act of kindness that helped out on a wonky Thursday. We are all so fortunate to have them in our lives!

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