Homeward Bound~Last Morning at the Beach

 Up early this morning to prepare for our trip back to Ohio.

Beautiful view from room 1906 of the sunrise this morning.

Jammie got up to sit and watch the sunrise with me.  She told me to please help her get to the ocean with no oxygen or wheelchair.  I told her, of course, I would.  We went to the elevator to take the ride down to the first floor.  The view was breathtaking this morning as we ventured our way down to the ocean.

DOWN ON THE BOARDWALK.......

 We had been talking about taking a little bit of sand with us to make some crafts for a few people.  It's funny,  but we looked in the trash can and Jammie stuck half her body inside the can to reach the cup we wanted.  I got it rinsed out and collected us some sand.  Now we can finish our walk to the ocean.

I can't say enough to all of you for making this happen for her.  It was her last wish before we leave to get her feet wet and get to the ocean without any chair or oxygen.  God thank you for the joy she is getting.

Jammie is crying as she gets to the ocean.  She said Mom I would never have got to come if it weren't for Dream Foundation.  I would love to stay here till it's time to go.  I cried instantly at the statement.  She hugged me so tight and just wrapped her arms around me and together we just cried and watched the waves come crashing into the shore.  This memory will be forever in my heart.  Thank you, Marlon, for getting these pictures.  We didn't even know you were back there.



THANK YOU DREAM FOUNDATION..........

Jammie needs her oxygen now so we are going to get it.  She stopped and waved bye to the beautiful ocean and sandy beach with tears still flowing.

 Goodbye, Myrtle Beach and all the wonderful people we met while here.  We have enjoyed this trip so much.

Bought this ring for Jammie.  She was admiring the ring Bon Jon,  so I told her to get it. She can think of our time together every time she looks at it.

Time for breakfast and those delicious omelets.  Our waitress told us we could have anything on the menu and they would make for us.  Can you feel the love these people are giving us?

In the van and headed back to Ohio.  The leaves have lost most of their color in just the 3 days that have gone by.  Glad we were here at perfect timing to see Gods beauty

As we were traveling, I got a picture of this barn in the hills of Virgina.  We were going about 70 mph and I can't believe the picture came out this good.  Check it out. 

Rainy Days Will Never Get Us Down

Finally. we may get to see the sun this morning before it rains.  We are all sitting on the balcony watching the sun rise and cheering.  :-)

 The sun shone for a few minutes before the clouds came and the rain started........oh well its time for breakfast.

Enjoyed the morning in the hotel and by noon the rain had stopped and we were on the beach looking for seashells.  We sure have gotten allot of use from the beach buggy.  

Met a nice couple who was walking the beach looking for sharks teeth.  Her name was Annie and her husbands were Troy.  Annie decided to give Jammie some shark teeth she had found on the beach.  The teeth were from a Tiger shark and a Bull shark.  Annie told Jammie she has lots of shells and sharks teeth and she would bring her back some and leave them at the front desk for her.  She was sure giving Jammie some Southern Hospitality.  
  It's raining again and we are in a hurry to reach the hotel........its funny we are almost running to get out of the rain.  Marlon is pushing Jammie pretty fast in her beach buggy chair and I'm laughing as we running in the rain.  In the hotel now and getting showered and cleaned up.  There is a knock on the door and there is the bell hop telling us that a lady dropped off this bag of shells for Jammie from Ohio.  Such a sweet, thoughtful thing to do.  Jammie opened the bag and there were nice big shells and large sharks tooth taped to a handwritten card from Annie and Troy.  Jammie picked up all the shells to see if she could hear the ocean in them......she smiled as she listened to each shell roaring like the ocean.

Jammie had asked me to download her some pictures and send them to Walmart to be developed.  Well, I finally got that done and Marlon said he would take us to pick them up.  I must have put the address in the GPS wrong because we ended up at a KFC.  Put the address in again and now we are 31 miles from the Walmart with the pictures.  Geesh, I'm glad it's still early and so we are headed in the opposite direction to get the pictures. Along the way, I saw a partial rainbow and tried to get a few shots of it.  I also saw a double anvil in the sky and the little bit of sun that we could see was reflecting off the clouds making the anvils really show up to admire.  

FULL MOON TONIGHT AND I JUST COULD NOT GET A GOOD CLEAR PICTURE OF IT.  The full moon was quickly covered up with black clouds and lightening was striking out of the ocean.  The full moon was beautiful tonight for the small amount of time we got to admire it.  Ate pizza and chatted about leaving in the morning and getting packed up.  It's been a wonderful dream come true for Jammie and she is very happy that her dream came true.

Riding the Storm Out

Well, it's a dreary kind of day with no sunshine.........umm but no problem I see my beautiful daughter get out of bed and go to the balcony immediately.  She smiles as she looks at the ocean and I watch as she is taking this all in.  It makes my heart melt as I watch her stand there just loving everything about being here.  Sun or not does not matter she is just happy to have this dream of hers to come true.

We are taking our time this morning and getting ready to eat breakfast, which is paid for by the Patricia Grand Hotel.  It was so nice when we arrived at breakfast we were seated in front of the big windows to enjoy the ocean as we ate breakfast.  Super sweet for all of us to enjoy. We are  being treated like royals from England LOL.  I just can't say it enough how much this means to Jammie to be treated so special.  We enjoyed a delicious tasting breakfast and chatted about what we wanted to accomplish for the day.

Dana, a friend of mine had mentioned about a wheelchair that you can use on the beach.  Anna Bowers the corporate manager had also mentioned it and left a number to call.  There are only 3 so I called at 9 am and was told that they were all being used. I explained how important this was to her that she at least to go out on the beach one time.   I was told if one was returned they would be sure to call me.    No more than 20 minutes later I received a call that that Police Department had one and was going to deliver it to the hotel.  I cried and told her how appreciative we were that she helped make this happen.  I went right downstairs as the chair was going to arrive within 10 minutes.
I no sooner than got downstairs and I saw the police in a truck with the beach wheelchair in the back.  A guy thought I was in trouble and said oh that's not good the police are here, I laughed and told him it's ok they are bringing a beach wheelchair for my daughter.  He laughed with me and ask if I needed any help.  Nope, I'm fine but thanks for the offer.  I am smiling as I watch the officer unload the chair.  I have never seen anything like this before.

Jammie is now downstairs and I put her in the chair, Marlon will catch up later with us.  I don't get but her down to the beach and there is Marlon.  Thankful for that as he wanted to push her while I take photos.  Check out the smile on baby girls face just love it.  She did not think this was going to happen. God is good. Prop her oxygen machine on the chair and she is ready for the beach ride. 
 Marlon thank you for being there for Jamster and me, Love you so much.

As we are walking the beach Jammie's goal is to find some seashells for her kids and her Hospice team.  I am listening to her talk and she is saying how much she wished the Hospice team could have come.  She told me, Mom, they so deserve something nice done for them after all the good things they do for others.  I agree with her.  We will make them something nice with the seashells. :-)  Jammie was not finding any shells, but after we talked about doing all the gifts with shells she started pointing them out and I would get them for her.

 Look at her finding shells now and boy is she so proud of her finds.  The joys the beach chair is giving her is priceless.

We have found a bag full now and are heading back to the hotel.  We have run down 3 batteries so we much get back to get her oxygen.  On the way back we met a sweet lady named Jill.  We saw her out on the beach at 7 am and she was still out there looking for some special shells.  Jammie asks her how  was finding such pretty shells. Jill told Jammie that you have to get up early when the tide goes out it leaves behind shells,  Jill gave Jammie her prize seashell find of her day a sharks tooth.  Jammie carefully  wrapped the tooth in a hankie and thanked Jill.  Moving along the beach I took a turn at pushing Jammie in the beach chair.

We saw lots of birds on the beach some on the ground and some flying around. I stopped so Jammie could watch the birds for a while.  

 Birds in flight............

Marlon is going to push the chair the rest of the way back to the hotel.  

Jammie is not quite ready to go back inside even if it's windy and cold.  She asks if she could just sit and listen to the sound of the ocean and watch the waves crash onto shore. This picture is worth a million to me.

 Well, it's time to get warmed up and eat lunch.   As we got back to the room Anna brought Jammie a different shirt that was her size and Jammie gave back the other one that was the way to small.

Anna asks how the sleeper sofa was working out.  Since she asks we told herTHERE was only one bed and I slept with Jammie and Marlon slept on couch.  She said we needed a 2 bedroom suite so we could all sleep comfortably.  The next thing I know she is calling and making arrangements for us to move.  She said to give her a while and she would get things taken care of.  After lunch, we got our swimsuits on and went down and sat in the hot tub then rode around in the lazy river ride.  Fun FUN

 Back to the room and cleaning up and getting ready for the evening.  We also packed up to make the move from the 5th floor to the top of the hotel floor 19 room 1906.

 Wowza this place is beautiful and has 2 beds.  :-) After the move, we are loaded in the van with the wheelchair, portable oxygen tank, and large tank so we can have enough oxygen for about 4 hours.  Marlon pushed the chair and took her to Hard Rock Cafe so Jammie could buy a shirt.  She so talked about going there before we even left Gahanna Nursing Home.  So happy she got another wish come true.

Jammie and I shopped till we were tired of shopping and were hungry.  We stopped and ate at Liberty Brewing.  It was Happy Hour and so we all ate appetizers for dinner, seriously the food was very good.  It's raining pretty study now and we are ready to go back to a hotel for the night.  It's been a busy day full of lots of fun activities.

Arrival at Patricia Grand Hotel

3 hours till we reach Myrtle Beach so our arrival time will be at 1:30.  I have contacted Dream Foundation of our arrival time and also the oxygen man for delivery of Jammie's equipment.  As we traveled down the highway I noticed that the fall trees with beautiful color were scarce and I was seeing now are pine trees.  I'm ok with that,  the ocean is getting closer and Jammie is getting  super excited to see the ocean.  

Marlon told Jammie look on the Navi system you can see the ocean.  Love the smile on her face right at this moment.

 As we got closer to our destination I saw an ape hanging from a building.  Jammie and I got such a laugh from this sight.

 The Patricia Grand is in sight and I see a lady who is waiting for us.  I could tell she was looking for us to arrive she had on the same shirt as we did. :-)  As soon as we pulled in she was there to greet us and welcome us to the Patricia Grand hotel.  Immediately a bell hop came out and loaded our luggage up and we were headed up to room 508.


Jammie and I dressed up for the arrival to the Patricia Grand in our matching clothes including our boas........ :-)

 The minute they opened up the balcony doors and she could see the ocean she put her head down and began to cry. Well, once she cried I did too.  I did not expect the sound and sight of the ocean could bring such joy to Jammie.

 
Thanks to everyone for making this special trip so special for Jammie. I will not try and mention names in fear I would forget someone.  You know who you are that was instrumental in making this trip happen. :-)  Thanks to everyone for your moral support as well.  The joy on my daughters face is worth all the effort that was put into this trip.  THANKS
Jammie did receive a gift basket from Dream Foundation with many nice things in it.  Jammie really loved the sweat shirt and chocolates.
Marlon took us to a big Waves store to shop......so nice shopping with Jammie and watching her sort through everything in the store LOL.  Before we left the gentleman that owned the store gave her a necklace with her name on it.  Jammie cried again at the kindness of this gentleman.  Oh thank you mister for giving the gift of love.

 Marlon Jammie's step father took this pic, he thought it was cool to put us behind the water falls.

Dream Foundation Makes Jammie's Wish Come True

Arrived at Gahanna Nursing home to pick up Jammie for her dream vacation to Myrtle Beach.  This trip has taken the help of many people to make it happen.  I'm thankful for all who had a part in making this happen for her.  Marlon made some low-fat apple pies for Hospice and the nurses as a gesture of our appreciation.

 I watched as 3 nurses prepared Jammie's medicine for me to administer during this trip.  I am a little nervous about dispensing the morphine and I will be extra careful with this powerful med.

 Jammie's Hospice nurse escorted us out of nursing home and gave Jammie big hugs and told her to enjoy no matter what even if it rains like the weatherman says enjoy your trip with your family.

 Marlon and I gave her a birthday present of a bluetooth speaker and ear buds to listen to her music. She was pretty happy about that.  This kid just loves listening to music.

We have finally reached the Ohio River, Jammie and I both smiled as we crossed over this beautiful bridge and the magnificent Ohio River.  The fall foilage is really popping with all its beauty.

 Kentucky is starting to show some awesome fall color.

Crossing the bridge to WV.  The fall foilage is breathtaking.  I am totally in awe of the brilliant colors. 

Always make me nervous about going through a mountain by tunnel.  My stomach gets in knots until I'm on the other side and safe.

Look at all the color on the other side of the mountains.  Wow, the colors are so brilliant and you can't help but say oh and awe..........

First stop of the day, time to get out stretch and eat some lunch. The skies have been dark all day, but we have not been rained on.  Thank you, God, for no rain, I just 

hate riding in the car when its raining.  The color on all the trees on the mountains and in the valleys are amazing and a definite WOW factor.  I'm honestly thrilled to see so much fall foilage in its peak.  

 Yeah, theres the sign for North Carolina and Marlon said we are 3 hours away from Myrtle Beach.  We are driving for another hour and finding a hotel for the night and eat dinner.  For the next hour, Jammie and I sat back and enjoyed all the beauty of God's masterpieces.  Marlon saw a huge pumpkin patch and pointed it out to us.  Wow, talk about a huge field of pumpkins.......
 PUMPKINS PUMPKINS AND MORE PUMPKINS.

 One more stop at a Road Side Rest and look for a hotel for the night.  Took a few more pics of the beautiful fall foliage  as Marlon looked for some hotel deals.  

 Full Moon tonight so pretty,