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friday morning arrived with cinnamon rolls, fruit, and my mother and step-father! we all visited and took my mema back to visit Papa in the rehab.

when i was little, my mother and i lived with Mema and Papa. there were several rituals my Papa and i created over the years – including my ability to get him to buy me a Dairy Queen Blizzard just about any time i wanted. so, for this trip, i thought it was only right that i brought Papa a Blizzard from DQ. we found a DQ on the way, but it was a little further from the rehab than i had planned, so the nice frozen treat started getting a little melted and soupy. that didn’t stop Papa from enjoying it! he ate that ice cream up with obvious enjoyment and relish.

made my heart happy to give him the same joy he gave me as a child.

we traveled back to my Aunt’s house that evening for a family dinner together and i got on the road and headed towards Dallas and my Uncle & Aunt & Cousins’ house while my mother and step-father took my place staying with Mema.

note to self – the road from Tyler to Dallas is a lot longer than anticipated.