My mom hasn’t been feeling well herself this week, and felt lightheaded this morning, so we took her to the immediate care. Unlike ours back home, this immediate care wasn’t busy, so she got in right away. The ran some tests and didn’t find anything major, which was a relief. They suspect some gastrointestinal distress, and suggested over the counter meds for now. She will follow up with some additional testing but ended up feeling better, which was a relief, especially since tonight was our planned family dinner out.

We got a little time this afternoon to check out the local christkindlmarket and then went to our dinner, where my mom rented a private room. It was a beautiful and classy setting for us rowdy bunch. But it was good food and a good time. Since my mom was hosting (and paying as our Christmas gift) we all went around the table saying what we loved about her. It was a really sweet moment that ended with my niece’s boyfriend saying, through emotional tears, how much she reminded him of his own mom. I’m thankful for a lovely time with my family and grateful my mom felt well in time to enjoy it.