The experience was totally awesome!!
Starting on Friday, Mom was feeling nauseous & out of breath. We fear her cancer is progressing (or she is eating too much red meat)... In spite of her "stomach ache" Mom persevered... On Saturday 8am, Sept 17, she DOVE out of that plane with the same enthusiasm as she dives after Life... And we all followed!!
Chris Rowe (my paraplegic step-son)! No guts... No glory!!!
Jeff Shoenfaber!!! You Fly Guy! Thank you for joining us & flying others around who had not had an opportunity to jump... You made Shannon's day so special!!
Chi-Chi! ER nurse par excellence!! the medicine you got to quiet Mom's stomach sooo well! You truly changed the tone of her/our day!!
John Weadock arrived looking so sharp... He admits feeling very tempted to Sky Dive once he saw Chris Rowe jump... But alas... Someone had to stay on the ground with Shannon & cheer us in! And beside his wife would have killed him if the jump hadn't!!!
Patti & Keegan... Joining us for your Virgin Dive made our Bucket List group so very special!! Thank you so much!
TURBULENT was the only way to describe our day of Sky Diving! Mom's early day nausea set the tone for the day! Tho' Braving it; we were all scared! Thank God that by 5p, Mom returned to her usual animated & provocative self!!
Mom thought "the Dive", itself, was LESS thrilling than her other daring feats... But she loved the event far MORE than Hang Gliding because the FEAR Factor that everyone had to overcome was far more INTENSE! We appreciated what SHE was over-coming to lead the jump. As a result, we ALL felt so much more ACCOMPLISHED... This relief made for very ENERGETIC & EMOTIONAL family conversations (like we need more energy)!
The real surprise over the day was that Mom's "moment of weakness" generated a level of real concern by Tom Weadock's 82yo father-in-law! Jack was so happy to see her "come back to self" that he kissed her, hugged her & held her hand for the rest of the day! He chose only to sit next to HER! (The Tarzan & Jane profile prevails regardless of Age)! Mom was soooo tickled... giggling like a school girl!
As she was preparing for bed last nite, she shares, "I think he likes me!!" I quip, "Mom, isn't it unfair how things are getting HOT just as you are checking out?"
Everyone, thank you so much for your thoughts & Prayers!!