The theme of my blog this year, was supposed to be about me making an effort to live better. This week though, proved to more about just keeping my head above water. Started out, last weekend with me babysitting my 3 young grandchildren, while their parents were in Mexico. That of course takes extra strength, but I'm up for the task. While there however, my father got seriously ill, was put into intensive care and nearly died. A rollercoaster of a week ensued, constant time at the hospital, my sister flew in from Hawaii and became my houseguest, family emotions were at critical level, people were exhausted, some misunderstandings developed. Sometimes, I get a picture in my mind of what I think a well lived life should look like. I imagine the person I want to be, healthy, attractive, wise, giving, fun, balanced, educated, loving, unselfish etc, etc. Basically, being just so wonderful, that everyone who sees me, or is involved with me, would be inspired by me. (boy,does that sound vain) But sometimes, you've got to just get through, and try not to screw things up to much. There was no time to pursue goals this week. No one called to schedule this emergency ahead of time, and see if this was a good week for it or my schedule was clear, or if it would fit into my master plan. It was just life throwing us a giant curve ball, and trying not to be taken out of the game by it. We,(myself and my family) survived intact. Got a couple of bruises along the way, but played the game well.