Happy new year to everyone. I hope you all enjoyed this Christmas season and had a blessed time with your families and friends. Our youngest son PJ and his beautiful wife Kersta flew in from Denver for Christmas. We drove to Tucson to spend Christmas Day with Kersta's parents and had a wonderful time. Thank you to Dan and Susan for having us. They are great hosts and we feel so comfortable with them.
I want to apologize to those of you who have e-mailed me. I'm sorry I have not replied. It's because my voice recognition software doesn't want to work with my e-mail. I'll keep trying, and hopefully will reply soon.
Well we made it through the one year anniversary of my accident without a hitch. My daughter Amy sent me a box of goodies on December 8th containing treats and letters from friends. Thanks very much to those of you who sent those heartfelt cards and letters. They made the anniversary a fun day rather than the dreaded day I had thought it might be. Jeanne also brought home a 2 pound bundle of joy in the form of a Havanese puppy. We named her Queen Liliokalani but we call her Lulu. She is playful and funny and a great distraction.
Since my accident, we have had a CNA come for two hours each morning to help get me up and dressed, cleaned and shaved and then we do what they call a range of motion. That means they manipulate my arms and legs so they don't freeze up from lack of use. On our drive down from Wisconsin, Jean told me that she had prayed that our CNA would be a Christian. Since we spend time daily with them doing some intimate things together it is great to have that common bond. Well, before we arrived the agency called to tell us that our CNA was named Moses and that he would be showing up the first Monday we were here in Arizona. It turns out Moses is an awesome Christian man who knows his Bible as well as anyone I have known. He also is gifted musically and has written a song called "Jesus, All I want to do". He wrote the music and lyrics and made his own CD. It moved me to tears the first time I heard it. We play it all the time and thank God for answered prayer. Moses is also a Dallas cowboys fan so we talk football quite a bit. He's also a Republican! So we have many political and religious conversations while we do my range of motion. We have become good friends and now have started a weekly Bible study with Moses and his friend Paula. So once again, we asked God for something and he gave us more than we asked for. We don't hold the Dallas fan part against Him.
I want to apologize to those of you who have e-mailed me. I'm sorry I have not replied. It's because my voice recognition software doesn't want to work with my e-mail. I'll keep trying, and hopefully will reply soon.
Well we made it through the one year anniversary of my accident without a hitch. My daughter Amy sent me a box of goodies on December 8th containing treats and letters from friends. Thanks very much to those of you who sent those heartfelt cards and letters. They made the anniversary a fun day rather than the dreaded day I had thought it might be. Jeanne also brought home a 2 pound bundle of joy in the form of a Havanese puppy. We named her Queen Liliokalani but we call her Lulu. She is playful and funny and a great distraction.
Since my accident, we have had a CNA come for two hours each morning to help get me up and dressed, cleaned and shaved and then we do what they call a range of motion. That means they manipulate my arms and legs so they don't freeze up from lack of use. On our drive down from Wisconsin, Jean told me that she had prayed that our CNA would be a Christian. Since we spend time daily with them doing some intimate things together it is great to have that common bond. Well, before we arrived the agency called to tell us that our CNA was named Moses and that he would be showing up the first Monday we were here in Arizona. It turns out Moses is an awesome Christian man who knows his Bible as well as anyone I have known. He also is gifted musically and has written a song called "Jesus, All I want to do". He wrote the music and lyrics and made his own CD. It moved me to tears the first time I heard it. We play it all the time and thank God for answered prayer. Moses is also a Dallas cowboys fan so we talk football quite a bit. He's also a Republican! So we have many political and religious conversations while we do my range of motion. We have become good friends and now have started a weekly Bible study with Moses and his friend Paula. So once again, we asked God for something and he gave us more than we asked for. We don't hold the Dallas fan part against Him.
Thanks for listening. God is good.
