June 18, 2008

• THE LORD THY GOD IS WITH THEE.

  As I sat down to write this post, on my desk is a index card with the verse,  Be strong and of a good courage: be not afraid neather be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with theee whithersoever thou goest.   Joshua 1:9   That means He is ever present, and I like that.

  We brought Pop home from the hospital Thursday, June 12, 2008.  Since he has been home he has had some pain, but is getting stronger everyday.  Today he went outside for the first time and he did ok.

  He goes back to the kidney specialist Monday June 23, 2008. he is also facing another surgery in about 6 weeks.  It is too soon to tell wheather there is permenant damage or not but the doctors think there may be.

  I don't know what I would do without family also the prayers and encouagement from blog friends.

  My oldest daughter (Robin) is with us now. She came the night of the 4th and is staying till the morning of the 30th.  She is from PA. and I know her family is sacrificing a lot for her to be here but they being sweet about it. They will never know how much it means.

  All nine of the children were here at one time or the other.  My son-in -law from Oklahoma cleaned out the back fence row, mowed the lawn and installed an air-conditioner in the garage for us.  Pop is a person that likes to do things his way, himself. but he was thankful and releived when he found out what had been done.

  Our one granddaughter is a sales rep for one of the big hotels, therefore she got us a big discount on the rooms we stayed in.  At one point we had 7 or 8 rooms rented. I give a great big thank you, I apperciate it more than words can say.

  Mrs Darling along with 2 other daughters seen to it I got a talking machine, while we were in Boise.  My oldest son stayed with Pop at nights so I could get my rest. My second son (Ted) drove 2 1/2 hours to be here when we got home, in case we needed help getting Pop in the house.  Son #3 (Mart) bought Pop a beautiful bouquet of flowers in a vase that was a ceramic Ford pick-up.  Son #4 brought his family over. they live over 400 miles from here, as do most of the children, and when they went on a walk in th gardens around the hospital, the children brought back pine cones for grandpa.  The little 4 year old girl placed her neatly on the bed, the 2 year old boy threw his to grandpa. Our 4th daughter and her husband was ther to do whatever needed to be done and they lended me a lot of moral support.  They all was as kind as they could be, The children and the in-laws, I don't know what I would have done without them.   My 5th daughter and her husband brought their family of nine children down to the hospital and they sang some songs with with us, which was a blessing.

  All in all we had a blessed time together, in spite of the fact it was a rather a sad time, wondering what each day would bring forth. 

  I find it true and I found it true again these last couple weeks that truely "The Lord our God is with us withersoever we go." 

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