We make plans for our days, our weeks but sometimes none of it works out.
Monday evening I went to pick up and bring to my home my dearest friend and sista chick, Denise. She was in from Indiana visiting her son, DIL and new granddaughter. She spent the first week with her family and then a few days last week hanging out with me.
Since her move to Indiana I’ve been the one who flies out to her home to spend a week with her. There have been an occasional time or two that we’ve been able to see each other here in my area but it’s been a quicky visit and never an overnighter. For the first time I got to have her here as my guest. Fun, fun, fun.
She was able to join our family as we celebrated Dad’s 80th birthday, Feb. 21. We celebrated by having a card shower for Dad – cards started coming a few days before his birthday and continued pouring in the rest of the week. He has received so far over 100 cards and he has enjoyed each one.
The day of Dad’s birthday my brother, Randy, picked Dad up and drove him to the ReUzIt Shop that Dad and Mom have been volunteering at for the past few years. It’s been almost 4 months since Dad saw his friends at the ReUzIt so it was a grand time to see him interact with his co-workers.
Dad isn’t supposed to be walking around without a walker or a wheelchair – something he thinks is completely unnecessary – so we compromised and he agreed to push the wheel chair around.
He showed me his work station where he cleaned and repaired electronic items that were donated.
Dad would usually have a box of items that he’d drag home and work on in-between his weekly visits to the ReUzIt Shop. His table in the basement had a good supply of batteries, small tools, etc… He loved to show us the varied items that came in broken that with a few adjustments/repairs were running like new again.
The Lord has been gracious in answering our prayers and desire to have Dad see his 80th birthday. What a fun day we had. For more of his day you can visit
Betz’s blog.
It was later that afternoon as Denise and I were out and about that I got a phone call from Jay wondering where I was (was only 5 minutes from home) and wanting me to get to Mike’s house ASAP so I could keep the 3 little ones so Mike and Maegan could take baby Evie to Hershey.
It was a long 4 days at Hershey and so discouraging to bring Evie home with no answers and loads of appointments to made. Although the plans Denise and I had hoped to make were changed and altered I was so grateful to have her here to walk beside me as we babysat, made trips to Hershey so the little ones could see Mom and Dad at least once a day and still managed to get some wonderful sharing time tucked in here and there. Baby Evie was discharged Friday evening so Saturday Denise and I were free to have one day together doing some cleaning, cooking and shopping.
We interrupt this blog for yet another trip to Hershey ER.
To be continued………
