Missed But Not Missing

This week Mark is in a respite home called Safehaven. We miss having him here with us but this time affords us the opportunity to do things we can't normally do. 

This week both Mom and Dad are on holidays and are doing more reno work on the house. Tearing down old walls ,making dust fly, and bringing yet another room up to date. Doing this with Mark at home would be impossible. We'll  get things cleaned up before he comes home on Friday.

Safehaven is not far away so we drop by for visits from time to time. The staff there are very good and they love Mark almost as much as we do. However, Mark makes it clear to us that he likes his room better. We really like having Mark home with us too, but a respite break helps keep things sane around here.

I know you're probably wondering how sanity and renos fit together. Renovating our old house is one of the things that keeps us together. Linda and I really love to rip things up and make them better. We bought this old house in 99 and have been fixing it up at a rate of one room per year. This year it was a toss up between the laundry room and the master bedroom. A leak in the roof helped make that decision for us. So over the next few months we will be chipping away in the loft. This week was demo week. What will follow will be a slow and steady transformation, all the while caring for Mark.

We may be busy but we're missing our precious Marky even though he's not missing.

Dad