The Cat's Out of the Bag

So. All this time, my Mom hasn’t had a clue that this was going on. It became a game really. How long could we hold out without telling her? And I knew she would be excited and want to tell people. And I wasn’t ready for the world to know yet. My dad did spill the beans to my soon-to-be sister-in-law and I realized him not being able to tell anybody had to be hard on him when I know he was so proud of this step I was taking. I talked with Kim earlier in the week and she was so encouraging. I love her and am so glad God brought her into our family. And she told me about how Bud was so proud of me as well. So I decided it was time to tell Mom. I wanted us to be able to as a family rejoice in the victories that were occurring through this.

My mom and Grandmardi had a tradition for many years where they passed this little 3x5 box back and forth with gifts at different occasions. Now Mom and I do the same thing with the same box. So I thought I would use the box to “share the news”. I had someone take this picture of me and put it in the box with my hospital wristband. Then sent it to Dad.

He got the package today, so then he called a family meeting and then got me on speaker phone. Meeting is officially called to order. Then Dad asked what he should do with the bag he had (which had the box in it). Told him to hand it off to Mom. Come to find out, she thought that Bud and Kim had decided on a wedding date and were about to tell all of us. So she was completely confused when she saw the picture of me. Then she started putting it all together. We all were laughing so hard. She finally figured it out. And then she realized we were all laughing at her and she realized she was the only one who was out of the loop. It was a priceless moment. You just don’t pull those kind of surprises on my Mom. She’s always “in the know”.

I gave her permission to tell people. So I’m sure several family members will be getting phone calls tomorrow.

I LOVE that we surprised her. Such a memory!