OT: Mom's OK

And a reminder that, as important as the Cubs are to all of us, real life always takes precedence.
It’s also nice to know though that a couple of great games by the Cubs can lessen the burden a little bit.

Best wishes to her.

After a few days of being fairly out of it, when he came to one of the first things he asked the nurses was if he missed the Super Bowl or not.

Happy to hear she is doing better :)

Glad things are going well.

I am so happy to read this!!! Please know she is in our family’s prayers for a complete recovery.

Glad to hear your mom is doing better!

She’s still in my prayers, but I’m very glad the prognosis is good. :-)

glad to hear it!

I hope she continues to get better.

Thank God. I was honestly worried about you and your family all day – as I know many members of BCB were… I hope that our thoughts and prayers were strength enough not only to pull your mom through this difficult time, but to energize the Cubbies bats and put 9 on the board for her in one inning!!!

I had the lovely task (whether by choice or chance) to call play by play in the thread for today’s game and it was my honor to call it for the second best game of the season (first being the 9-1 comeback… man, I wish I had that one!!!!) but I know we were all rooting for your family today as much as we were rooting for the boys in blue and I can only hope your mom’s health parallels this teams course throughout the year… because there’s only incredible things ahead for both!

I know it’s not that big of a deal… but we are a COMMUNITY here and this is a very important thing to me. Al, whoever… somebody make sure this get’s rec’d up to the top. Baseball is a game, but life is just that… life. And badger has been an awesome contributor to our thread’s since I came around a month ago and I am so grateful that his/her mom is going to be around for as much of this magical season as possible. I would go out of my way for any Cubs fan… especially anyone of you around here, so let’s do the same for Badger. Enjoy the time you have here, and most importantly… enjoy the ride this year!

So glad your Mom is on the mend.

A lot of very nice things said, and I appreciate it. It does make a difference—and I let her know that a lot of people responded to what I’d posted. This really is a community, even though the majority of the people who participate on this site will never meet a fellow BCB’er.

Iswaidz, I liked what you said about your conversation with your mom - that’s something that I hope everyone does with the people they care about. Let them know - you don’t have to explicitly say it, but let them know in your own way. Fortunately, it didn’t take this for my siblings and me to do that with our parents, but I’ll try to be better about it, anyway.

MiCubsFan, I just added my rec to your fanpost; I think the post was needed. I’m too rushed right now to add comments, but it echoes my thoughts that I posted in Thursday’s overflow thread where the board got, well, ugly.

More than once, I’ve said that I like this blog because it’s much more rational than a lot of other sites out there. Al deserves credit for maintaining a standard, but so do the knowledgeable participants who post interesting reading. Some topics are “hot buttons” on occasion, but for the most part, people are able to disagree with civility here. After all, it’s a game—albeit the best game, still a game.

To add to my comment about sweeping the White Sox; let’s sweep the O’s, too, since I’m going to all three of those games. Al, how early do you line up for the bleachers on a day game? I might try to stop by and say hello before Thursday’s game.

Hope your Mom is able to continue to get better.

There is much more to life than baseball!

You still have my prayers for a complete and worry-free recuperative process….

that your Mom is doing well. Her recovery will continue to be in my prayers.

hear your mom is doing better. I have been wondering how you and she are doing. Take care!

Very glad to hear that. I missed the original post am glad to hear she’s doing well.

..my thoughts are with you and your family Badger