I Suck At Celebrating Nana's Birthday

i'm afraid i was mistaken in one of my previous posts.

apparently, i had one more birthday to celebrate in the busy month of august: the lucky birthday person... nana. too bad i suck at celebrating nana's birthday.

i have never known my grandparents. the closest thing to grandparents that i know are both sets of karen's grandparents. karen's grandmother (her mother's mother) is commonly referred to as "nana" by her grandchildren... and i actually call her that as well because... well... she is like the grandmother i never had.

a little over a couple of months ago, nana suffered a hemmorage in her brain while going to her weekly hairdresser's appointment. like most things in-law related... the situation became a "rigamarole", which is a common expression used by my in-laws to describe the chaotic nature that sometimes arises from hanging with all of the in-laws.

at the time, most of karen's relatives came up from down south to visit nana because they thought her time was quickly coming. well... nana proved them wrong. in fact, she will be celebrating her 86th birthday this tuesday.

(pictured below is nana... probably thinking how much of a "rigamarole" things are.)


this past saturday, karen's family celebrated nana's birthday at the nursing home that nana has been staying at... complete with nana's requested chocolate cake. i think nana had a good time... despite the obvious rigamarole that ensues whenever the in-laws get together.

for some reason, karen's relatives who have lowell ties... are not all with it when it comes to dealing with certain situations... which possibly tarnishes the marketing slogan that there is a lot to love about lowell. i'm hoping that after seeing nana now, they will be more apt to visit nana and relieve the burden that has fallen mainly on karen's mother.

anyway, it's a tough situation... no doubt about it. we'll see how it goes...