Dad and I were talking on the phone when I heard Mom's voice in the background along with what sounded like some pots and pans banging together.
"What's going on, Dad?" I asked kind of laughing at all the distractions in the phone.
"Oh, Mom's just in MY kitchen fixing some sauerkraut and dumplings for dinner." He laughs when he mentioned that Mom was in his kitchen. Since Mom's cancer has taken her down for quite some time now, Dad has had to take on all the duties around the household.
"Hang on," Dad says. He hands the phone off to Mom who wheeled herself over to Dad to take the phone from him.
"Jenni," Mom says excitedly. "I'm cooking dinner and moving around all over the kitchen. I made sauerkraut, dumplings and pork for dinner tonight. Then I made macaroni and cheese with cauliflower for dinner tomorrow night. Right now, I've got a rice pudding baking in the oven." Mom sounded like a little child telling all about the carnival ride that she had just rode on. It was so good to hear her feeling so well.
She told me of how she could get her chair in the kitchen a little, then stand up either at the counter or her walker on her good leg. She was getting pots and pans out of cupboards, opening heavy drawers and just having fun being in the kitchen again.
What a wonderful blessing to see her having these great days of energy that she puts to awesome use. Dad said that she's just been buzzing around his kitchen all afternoon and having a lot of fun doing it.
Thank you, Lord, for giving my parents the strength to enjoy their time together, even through the tough times. Thank you, Lord.
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