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.