WHEN I WAS A MOM TAKING CARE OF OF MY SON, I GOT A CALL FROM ONE OF MY GIRLFRIEND'S WHO LIVED NEARBY US. SHE DID NOT KNOW SHE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BUT WAS IN PAIN AND ASKED ME TO TAKE HER TO THE HOSPITAL. IT WAS AN UNLIKELY EXPERIENCE AS MY CAR WAS IN MY GARAGE AND IT DID NOT OPEN WITH MY BUTTON. I HAQD A NEIGHBOR FIGURE IT OUT. MY SON WAS IN SCHOOL. AFTER I GOT TO HER HOUSE ANOTHER GIRLFRIEND WAS THEIR AND BOTH OF US HAD TO HELP HER GET INTO MY CAR TO TAKE HER TO THE NEARBY EMERGENCY ROOM. I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE DID NOT CALL AN AMBULANCE. IN ANY CASE THEY CALLED HER HUSBAND WHO WAS IN A NEARBY TOWN. HE CAME THERE SOON. SHE HAD A MINOR HEART ATTACK AND THEY MOVED HER TO THE MAIN HOSPITAL WHERE SHE HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY BY A VERY RELIABLE SURGEON. IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE TO ME TO HEAR ABOUT THIS SINCE SHE WAS YOUNG AND VERY THIN. I GUESS SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN UNDER STRESS WITH FOUR KIDS..?
IN ANY CASE SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR ABOUT A WEEK OR SO. I FOUND OUT THAT HER HUSBAND DID NOT KNOW HOW TO COOK! I MADE THEM A MEAL OR TWO. I GUESS HE LEARNED AFTER THAT. I ALSO WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO VISIT HER AND BRING HER SOME ROSES FROM OUR GARDEN. IT TOOK HER SEVERAL MONTHS TO RECOUPERATE WITH SOME SETBACKS AS USUAL. I VISITED HER AND CHATTED WITH HER AS I WAS MAKING A FOUNTAIN BUSINESS AS I RAISED MY SON. I'LL NEVER FORGET THIS EXPERIENCE. I HAD SOME OF HER FRIENDS OVER FOR A SMALL BRUNCH DURING HER RECOVERY PERIOD. COOKING MAKES ME HAPPY. AND I'M ALSO A PEOPLE PERSON. I REALIZED THAT RAISING A CHILD WITHOUT ANY RELATIVES NEARBY IS A LONELY EXPERIENCE. SO I JOINED A MOM'S GROUP IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS AND JOINED A CHURCH. WE ALL HAD SIMILAR ISSUES TO DISCUSS.
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