Committment Ceremony

Committment Ceremony September 17, 2011
Steve Robinson and Darci Spears


The committment ceremony turned out to be a wonderful event. I couldn't wait to whizz my way down the aisle, leaving my poor maid of honor in the dust holding my vent in her hands. It was all very casual but everybody looked very nice. My colors were blue and pink, and blue and pink balloons. Steve was dressed is a light blue shirt and I had on a dress of blue and white with pink accents in my hair. I carried a lovely pink origami tulip bouquet. Reverend Diana did a lovely service committing our bodies and souls forever. We poured vials of colored water into one vase --I had a vial of pink water and Steve had a vial of blue water and together they made a lovely purple vase of water. We also released ballons into the air, symbolizing our love ongoing forever. Ted Bachelder sang a lovely version of "The Lord's Prayer". Everyone blew lots and lots of bubbles and then it was on to the reception after picture-taking. We had a cake with blue and white frosting, and punch and cookies made from Darci's own recipe. Everyone had a really good time and said how nice the ceremony was. The best compliment of all came from Steve when he kissed me and told me he was real glad I had come up with the idea. It doesn't get any better than that!!!

Love always, Darci & Steve

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Darci has been ill for the last several weeks, but feels somewhat better today, so we are going to try to blog. K - her fellow plogger

Welcome back! Sorry it has been so long, but I have been too sick to do much. The seizures have stopped; they have put in a new trach, which makes it nearly impossible for me to talk, but it makes it easier for me to breathe.
In the midst of all this I got pneumonia and then I started bleeding into my colostomy bag and went to the hospital. In the emergency room, we had a lot of fun; one guy was Polish and one guy was Irish. One guy was singing and dancing; the other was singing a little. I spent 11 hours in the emergency room; I went in at 4 p.m. and finally got a room at 3 a.m. They ran some tests, X-rays, EKGs and stuff like that, and by that point I sort of conked out. They let me sleep for awhile. I woke in a lot of pain. Just as I was pressing the call light for the respiratory therapist, she came walking in. She gave me some useful suction and later a breathing treatment. I went back to the nursing facility that afternoon. They said that I did not have to have surgery right then, but that I could return to the clinic at any time.
And someone would call and make an appointment. That was last Thursday, and so far no one has called to set an appointment, so I don't know what's happening.

To refresh people's memories, I had a wonderful birthday which I celebrated early on June 25th. It was my sister-in-law Mim's birthday, so we celebrated together. Many friends came and I got wonderful gifts, including some new clothing.

Still working on my committment ceremony, trying to get things together. I need help coordinating people and getting things together. The ceremony is to be on September 17th.

That's pretty much it for now. Until next time...

Love always, Darci

Dear Fellow Bloggers: Started off the week Sunday morning which was promising to be a good day. It made those promises and those promises turned out to be a lie By Monday morning, I was a complete mess, trembling and slobbering all over the place. It was so bad I had to have help eating. It still continues today. I got a new trach - larger trach they tell me. But at least it's not falling out all the time so that is good news. But I have trouble with words coming out and problems with the shaking and trembling. So keeping it short and sweet this week, just wanted to update you on things.

See you next week. Till then, take care.

Love always, Darci and the ever lovable Skippy

Dear Fellow Bloggers and other assorted readers:

Greetings from underworld - otherwise known as the nursing home. Good to be back for another week; had a bad day yesterday. Not sure why; just very sleepy and in a lot of pain, but not today. Didn't eat yesterday either; ate pretty good so far today. They always gripe if I don't eat... "you have to eat something." It smelled good but it didn't taste good. Blech!!!
It seems like we have had ham for three days in a row. Must have been a sale! Today it was just ham, no weird sauce or anything on it, just ham. So I ate it.

As promised I had said last week I would tell you about the National Nursing Home Week that we just celebrated. Each day was celebrated by celebrating different countries for five days. The first day was China. We had coolie hats, fans and chopsticks and ordered Chinese food.
They also had a karate demonstration. The second day was Italy. We had pretend champagne and cheese and crackers. And we had Italian pasta. We were able to keep the little plastic champagne glasses. The third day was Africa. They had singers and dancers come and we also conducted a safari, and were given hats and sunglasses. The fourth day was Ireland. We had entertainment, which was Irish dancers. We also had plastic shamrocks hats that we wore while we were being serenaded. The last day was Mexico. We had a marachi trio, a pinata break, tortilla making, and beans. We also had some somberos. That was so much fun!!! I had a great time! I didn't make it for all the events, but I made sure I got up for Ireland and Mexico.

For Memorial Day we are going to have a ceremony presenting ribbons in honor of our past & present soldiers and families; and we will have a military movie and popcorn. Our facility is great about putting things together to celebrate national holidays, state holidays, and religious holidays. There is something for everyone! The Activities Department does a wonderful job!

That's all for this week. Hope you had a good time hearing about the happenings in my neighborhood. See you in seven!

Love always, Darci and Skippy

Welcome back everybody! It's good to finally be back after having so many weeks without posting. Had rough weeks but am getting better now. No more seizures, no more pneumonia, no more bronchitis, and no more high blood sugar. (Which may have been the cause for the seizures.) I am having problems with water weight in my upper body which the doctor gave some long medical term to that I have forgotten. The main thing is it just means I have swelling in my chest, my arms and my face. It makes it hard to move and breathe. I may have to undergo a test but not sure yet.

In other news, my boyfriend and I have fixed a date for our committment ceremony..... September 17th here in the lounge from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Our colors as of right now are turquoise and rose. I found a turquoise dress in a magazine that would look pretty for the ceremony, and asked Steve to be on the prowl for a turquoise polo shirt. Nothing fancy for us. Still waiting to hear from the minister.

To Mom, Paul and Peg in Hawaii: Lucky suckers!!! Hope you are having a great vacation! We will see you in another week when you get back. As always, bring souvenirs!!

That's all for now - I will keep it short this week. Maybe next week I will be more in depth, there is something I am thinking about for next week. I may tell you about International Week next week.

Love always, Darci and of course, the ever-lovable Skippy.

Happy Cinco de Mayo

Glad to be back. Hope you missed me!!! I am feeling better and getting ready to party for Cinco de Mayo, so Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone. Have a margarita for me!! See you back here next week. Take care!!

Love Always, Darci and Skippy (even though he isn't phyically here.... he is on vacation at the spa!!)

Am finally starting to feel better; getting over pneumonia and bronchitis. I have developed congestive heart failure. I still have that. I still don't know when I will have surgery on my hernia yet, but in a couple of weeks we will find out when it will be, I hope. It has been painful and really been bothering me. I had the last of my antibiotics on Tuesday, so that's a good sign. That's the end of my short update for this week; we will know more next week. I am all decorated for Easter; I have bunnies and chicks and frogs everywhere. The frogs were from activity projects that we made. Love always, Darci and the ever faithful, Skippy