Category: Life With Ben

Ben is recovering beautifully from his hip replacement and we are all tickled pink that he is home now, growing stronger every day. Frankly, the only thing holding him back is his killjoy parents who continue trying to keep him from overdoing it! He spends his days with his companions, is doing the exercises recommended…

Thank you all so much for the love, support, prayers, and offers to help! This has been a really tough week, and most of the time, we couldn’t even take you up on your kind offers to help because Ben just needed us with him, providing comfort and overseeing his care. We do deeply appreciate,…

As many of our readers already know, Ben had a seizure on Friday with spasms so intense that his right hip dislocated and the ball of the hip joint was broken off. He had hip problems as a toddler, but had never had a seizure before. A lengthy, complicated surgery on Sunday gave him a…

For the third time we had to cancel our trip to Virginia this weekend to visit Ben’s grandparents. Dicey weather and a pesky cold that has wiped me out meant that we had to sit this Friday out. Ben felt that nachos and family movie night were an appropriate salve to the canceled-plan wound. I…

Wherein Ben eats all the things.

Though Ben is symptom-free, his recent Covid positive experience seemed a little too close to travel to Virginia to visit my parents in their very tight, energy-efficient home. Ben was crushed, but we are working on  managing expectations, starting with the consolation phrase, “There will be other Christmases.” Would my elderly parents have made it…

Saturday lunch is always comprised of leftovers. Last week Phil had saved half his burger from the evening before at the Crooked Goose, but of course, Ben had bolted down his own burger and was faced with eating ordinary leftover dregs from the week. We have a very defined family code for the consumption of…

We had a lovely Thanksgiving and we hope you did too. My last post, regarding the under-recognized sweet potato, was deemed offensive to the Facebook community, and the content was removed. Should you care to read that post, you will have to go directly to www.bensdaywednesday.com. I had no idea what a powerful PR machine…

Perhaps like me, you did not know of November’s significance. When I heard that it was Sweet Potato Awareness Month, I panicked a little. I mean, I’m aware of the existence of sweet potatoes and I work them into various meals, but is that really being aware enough? Should I be making more of a…