Well... I will no longer be the only married sibling! :) My little sister Sarah is getting married. Her fiance', Chris, proposed to her on Christmas. Of course, she said Yes.
I remember when she was born and I was 8 yrs old, almost 9! I spent 9 yrs being the only child and then here comes this little baby girl that I have to share my mom with. Lets just say that I wasn't thrilled. As she went from a boring newborn to smiling and cooing she started melting my heart. I loved feeding her baby food and when she became mobile I would take her outside to play. I remember my childhood best friend and I would take her and our soon to follow her baby sister Samantha to the park and play house with them, taking turns who had which baby! At this point having a sister, well 2, wasn't so bad. They were cute and lots of fun to play with. Right around her 2nd birthday my mom had taken my sisters and went on vacation in California to visit family. My dad had work and I had school so we got left behind! ;) When my mom called us she put Sarah on the phone and I heard my baby sister say for the first time "I Love You"! That meant the world to me. After those first few years I then entered HS and my time became busy with school, after school activities and friends. My friends and I still took my sisters (and now brother too) to the the store, mall or wherever we wanted to go. I graduated and left the house when they were young. Sarah was 9 when I moved out. I moved to California to go to college and start my life and they got stationed off in Italy. I didn't get to see my sister grow up from that point on. I saw her when she came to California for my wedding and the birth of Isabelle. I came to Alaska to visit after we had Joseph. I also stayed for 2 1/2 months to have Anthony up in Alaska when Tobe deployed. By then she was the teenager with the busy life and I didn't get to see her much. We moved up here to AK this past May and we see her every now and then but now she is a busy working woman. I just can't believe how fast she has grown from that dreadful newborn baby to this amazing beautiful woman who im blessed to have in my life. She is now going to feel the joys I feel in having a wonderful man in your life, one who is your best friend, partner and makes your world complete. I wish nothing but happiness for my sister and Chris and hope they have a lifetime of joy to bring to one another.
On a side note.. Yesterday my mother and I went Wedding dress shopping with her and boy did she look beautiful. I can't wait to see her walk down the isle in that dress and for her husband to see her in that dress on their special day!
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25 January 2010
11 January 2010
Time is precious!
I guess since no one is here for me to talk to then writing out how I feel is second best. I feel like I'm a failure as a grandchild. My Grandma's were always there for me growing up and always let me know how much I was loved. I sent the occassional letter, cards and flowers. They would always tell me how sweet it is but they just wanted pictures of the kids. I sent out some over the years but not nearly as often as I should have. I always said I would and would promise but then life would escape me. I would get busy and forget all about sending some pictures until the next phone call and reminder. I would get upset because I wanted them to know that I had every intention of sending pictures of the family but I would just get busy with the kids, life in general. Now I sit here and think...How long does it take to print off a couple pics and send them off? How long does it take these days to log onto Walmart or snapfish and upload a few pictures and even have them send it off? My life isn't too busy to watch movies, to go online, to go shopping wo why is it too busy for family? Why did I give them such a poor excuse as to why I wasn't being a good grand daughter. I LOVE them soo much that I should and could have given them the time and thought to mail them some pictures of me and the kids.
About a week ago my step mother called me and told me that my Dad's mom, my grandma, was home and has hospice. She has parkinsons really bad. She can't feed herself. She can't walk. She has horrible dementia. She went to the hospital and her health has declined especially since she refuses to eat. Either refuses or can't..no one really knows all too well. My parents were given the option of tube feeding or hospice. With my grandma's wishes and what she would want in her quality of life they decided hospice is the best choice. No one knows how long she has left but a few weeks at most is most likely! My step dad was in the military so wemoved around a lot. She always called, wrote letters, sent card, sent gifts. She always let me know she was always thining of me!
A few hours ago my dad (step father who raised me and has been with my mom since I was a baby) told me that my other grandma (his mom) is in the hospital. She has pneumonia which is extremely bad since she has COPD and Asthma and every other breathing complication you could think of. The Dr's gave her a 20% chance of living. My dad thinks she probably wont make it until he even gets there. I just saw her this past summer and thought how great it was to see her after a few years. I remember seeing her on our summer vacations. She told me that when my parents finally got married when I was 4 I yelled "I'm a Koniarski now"! She loves that story sooo much she tells everyone! She always told me how special I was and showed me off to her friends and bragged about her special grand daughter. In her eyes I was her biological grand daughter!
I have these 2 amazing ladies as Grandma's in my life and I feel as though I have let them down. I would love to call them but they're unable to speak. I want them to know just how much I love them and need them in my life. I may have taken them for granted but I truly do love them with all of my heart and I do not want to lose them. I need them in my life and my life would feel incomplete without them in it!
*Updated 19Jan2010
Grandma Koniarski was intubated, her heart had stopped and had to be jump started, she was unconscious and recovery was less than 10%. Miraculously she woke up, started breathing on her own and is being released to a rehab center before she is able to go home. She has had a lot of damage to her heart and lungs so next time she might not be so lucky. We believe she is on the last of her nine lives.
It's heart breaking to say but my Grandma Johnson passed away early this morning around 130am. My Aunt and Dad and Step mom were visiting her all this passed weekend. I think it gave her some sort of closure to know they were there for her and it was ok to move on. She is to be buried next to my Grandfather sometime soon. RIP Grandma, I love you and will miss you! :(
About a week ago my step mother called me and told me that my Dad's mom, my grandma, was home and has hospice. She has parkinsons really bad. She can't feed herself. She can't walk. She has horrible dementia. She went to the hospital and her health has declined especially since she refuses to eat. Either refuses or can't..no one really knows all too well. My parents were given the option of tube feeding or hospice. With my grandma's wishes and what she would want in her quality of life they decided hospice is the best choice. No one knows how long she has left but a few weeks at most is most likely! My step dad was in the military so wemoved around a lot. She always called, wrote letters, sent card, sent gifts. She always let me know she was always thining of me!
A few hours ago my dad (step father who raised me and has been with my mom since I was a baby) told me that my other grandma (his mom) is in the hospital. She has pneumonia which is extremely bad since she has COPD and Asthma and every other breathing complication you could think of. The Dr's gave her a 20% chance of living. My dad thinks she probably wont make it until he even gets there. I just saw her this past summer and thought how great it was to see her after a few years. I remember seeing her on our summer vacations. She told me that when my parents finally got married when I was 4 I yelled "I'm a Koniarski now"! She loves that story sooo much she tells everyone! She always told me how special I was and showed me off to her friends and bragged about her special grand daughter. In her eyes I was her biological grand daughter!
I have these 2 amazing ladies as Grandma's in my life and I feel as though I have let them down. I would love to call them but they're unable to speak. I want them to know just how much I love them and need them in my life. I may have taken them for granted but I truly do love them with all of my heart and I do not want to lose them. I need them in my life and my life would feel incomplete without them in it!
*Updated 19Jan2010
Grandma Koniarski was intubated, her heart had stopped and had to be jump started, she was unconscious and recovery was less than 10%. Miraculously she woke up, started breathing on her own and is being released to a rehab center before she is able to go home. She has had a lot of damage to her heart and lungs so next time she might not be so lucky. We believe she is on the last of her nine lives.
It's heart breaking to say but my Grandma Johnson passed away early this morning around 130am. My Aunt and Dad and Step mom were visiting her all this passed weekend. I think it gave her some sort of closure to know they were there for her and it was ok to move on. She is to be buried next to my Grandfather sometime soon. RIP Grandma, I love you and will miss you! :(
09 January 2010
Martha Lee Grimes
About My Mother In Law (RIP)
Here is a link to a news clip on the accident!
http://www.cbs13.com/video/?id=2770@kovr .dayport.com
In a horrible accident my mother (in law) and her boyfriend were killed while driving to my grandma's (in law) to celebrate Thanksgiving. The accident occured on highway 65, a dangerous two lane highway north of Roseville CA, near the town of Lincoln. Here is how the media reported the accident, from various sources:
LINCOLN - Two Sacramentans killed Thursday in a four-vehicle collision on Highway 65 have been identified as Donald Meadows, 51, and Martha Grimes, 53, the California Highway Patrol reported.
The two died when a southbound pickup truck became airborne in a head-on crash with another vehicle and landed on their northbound 1985 Honda Accord, said CHP Officer Kelly Baraga.
It is unknown what caused the pickup truck, driven by Nicholas Manning, 21, of Loomis, to veer into oncoming traffic, Baraga said.
Six people were injured in the four-vehicle collision at 12:03 p.m. south of West Wise Road, Baraga said. Manning suffered a possible fractured neck, head trauma and abrasions to his chest and abdomen.
The occupants of two other cars suffered moderate to minor injuries, she said. An investigation is continuing, Baraga said.
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In the Thanksgiving Day accident, Nicholas Manning, 21, of Loomis was southbound Highway 65 in his 2005 Ford F-150 at approximately 60 mph, according to Baraga. For unknown reasons, Manning's pick-up drifted into the oncoming traffic lane.
Michelle Nunnally, 20, of Roseville was northbound on Highway 65 in her 2001 Ford Focus and collided head-on with the pickup. A 2001 Toyota Camry driven by Robert Nush, 46, of Roseville rear-ended Nunnally's vehicle.
Manning's truck went airborne after colliding with Nunnally's vehicle, Baraga said in a press release. His truck flew over her vehicle and landed atop another northbound vehicle, a 1985 Honda Accord, driven by Meadows. Manning's truck rolled over onto its side trapping him.
Manning was transported by air to Sutter Roseville Medical Center with major injuries including a neck injury, head trauma and abrasions to the chest and abdomen.
Nunnally was transported to Sutter Roseville with moderate injuries, including a fractured foot with abrasions and complaint of pain. Nush and all the passengers in his vehicle, Juli-Ann Nush, 43, Donald Nush, 19, Markie Nush, 13, and Melanie Porter, 15, of Roseville were transported by ambulance with minor injuries and complaint of pain to Sutter Roseville.
It does not appear that alcohol played a role in this collision, Baraga said. All parties were wearing seat belts. The collision remains under investigation.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2005 Last modified: Sunday, November 27, 2005 2:26 AM PST
Victims of fatal crash on Highway 65 identified
The names of two victims killed in a Thanksgiving Day accident on Highway 65 near Lincoln have been identified.
Donald Meadows, 51, and Martha Grimes, 53, both of Sacramento, died Thursday in a multiple-vehicle collision on Highway 65 just south of Wise Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The CHP's Newcastle office responded around noon to the collision. Meadows and Grimes, the driver and passenger of a 1985 Honda Accord, were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
Officials said that Nicholas Manning, 21, of Loomis, was driving southbound on Highway 65 in his 2005 Ford F-150 truck at about 60 mph when for unknown reasons his truck drifted into the oncoming lane of traffic, hitting head-on a 2001 Ford Focus driven by Michelle Nunnally, 20, of Roseville. Nunnally's vehicle was rear-ended by a 2001 Toyota Camry driven by Robert Nush, 46, of Roseville. Nush and his passengers were transported by ambulance with minor injuries.
Nunnally's vehicle landed on top of the Honda Accord, inflicting fatal injuries to both the driver and passenger.
Manning's truck got airborne after colliding with Nunnally and flew over her vehicle, officials said.
His truck rolled over onto its side, trapping the sole occupant. He was transported by air ambulance to Sutter Roseville Medical Center with major injuries, including a possible fractured neck.
"At this time it doesn't appear that alcohol played a role in the collision," said Kelly Baraga, spokeswoman for the Newcastle CHP office.
The cause of the collision remains under investigation.
LINCOLN - Two Sacramentans killed Thursday in a four-vehicle collision on Highway 65 have been identified as Donald Meadows, 51, and Martha Grimes, 53, the California Highway Patrol reported.
The two died when a southbound pickup truck became airborne in a head-on crash with another vehicle and landed on their northbound 1985 Honda Accord, said CHP Officer Kelly Baraga.
It is unknown what caused the pickup truck, driven by Nicholas Manning, 21, of Loomis, to veer into oncoming traffic, Baraga said.
Six people were injured in the four-vehicle collision at 12:03 p.m. south of West Wise Road, Baraga said. Manning suffered a possible fractured neck, head trauma and abrasions to his chest and abdomen.
The occupants of two other cars suffered moderate to minor injuries, she said. An investigation is continuing, Baraga said.
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In the Thanksgiving Day accident, Nicholas Manning, 21, of Loomis was southbound Highway 65 in his 2005 Ford F-150 at approximately 60 mph, according to Baraga. For unknown reasons, Manning's pick-up drifted into the oncoming traffic lane.
Michelle Nunnally, 20, of Roseville was northbound on Highway 65 in her 2001 Ford Focus and collided head-on with the pickup. A 2001 Toyota Camry driven by Robert Nush, 46, of Roseville rear-ended Nunnally's vehicle.
Manning's truck went airborne after colliding with Nunnally's vehicle, Baraga said in a press release. His truck flew over her vehicle and landed atop another northbound vehicle, a 1985 Honda Accord, driven by Meadows. Manning's truck rolled over onto its side trapping him.
Manning was transported by air to Sutter Roseville Medical Center with major injuries including a neck injury, head trauma and abrasions to the chest and abdomen.
Nunnally was transported to Sutter Roseville with moderate injuries, including a fractured foot with abrasions and complaint of pain. Nush and all the passengers in his vehicle, Juli-Ann Nush, 43, Donald Nush, 19, Markie Nush, 13, and Melanie Porter, 15, of Roseville were transported by ambulance with minor injuries and complaint of pain to Sutter Roseville.
It does not appear that alcohol played a role in this collision, Baraga said. All parties were wearing seat belts. The collision remains under investigation.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2005 Last modified: Sunday, November 27, 2005 2:26 AM PST
Victims of fatal crash on Highway 65 identified
The names of two victims killed in a Thanksgiving Day accident on Highway 65 near Lincoln have been identified.
Donald Meadows, 51, and Martha Grimes, 53, both of Sacramento, died Thursday in a multiple-vehicle collision on Highway 65 just south of Wise Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The CHP's Newcastle office responded around noon to the collision. Meadows and Grimes, the driver and passenger of a 1985 Honda Accord, were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
Officials said that Nicholas Manning, 21, of Loomis, was driving southbound on Highway 65 in his 2005 Ford F-150 truck at about 60 mph when for unknown reasons his truck drifted into the oncoming lane of traffic, hitting head-on a 2001 Ford Focus driven by Michelle Nunnally, 20, of Roseville. Nunnally's vehicle was rear-ended by a 2001 Toyota Camry driven by Robert Nush, 46, of Roseville. Nush and his passengers were transported by ambulance with minor injuries.
Nunnally's vehicle landed on top of the Honda Accord, inflicting fatal injuries to both the driver and passenger.
Manning's truck got airborne after colliding with Nunnally and flew over her vehicle, officials said.
His truck rolled over onto its side, trapping the sole occupant. He was transported by air ambulance to Sutter Roseville Medical Center with major injuries, including a possible fractured neck.
"At this time it doesn't appear that alcohol played a role in the collision," said Kelly Baraga, spokeswoman for the Newcastle CHP office.
The cause of the collision remains under investigation.
Here is a link to a news clip on the accident!
http://www.cbs13.com/video/?id=2770@kovr .dayport.com
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