My sis and her grandbaby, Elizabeth, she is a doll!

My sis and her grandbaby, Elizabeth, she is a doll!

My nephew Will, his wife Nicole and the newest family member, my great niece Elizabeth

My nephew Will, his wife Nicole and the newest family member, my great niece Elizabeth

Mom, me, Barb and Myles (my sis and bro)

Mom, me, Barb and Myles (my sis and bro)

Missie and Uncle Myles (my brother)

Missie and Uncle Myles (my brother)

Missie and grandparents

Missie and grandparents

Missie at park in Brockville,Ont. Canada

Missie at park in Brockville,Ont. Canada

Missie and I went to Canada in October

Missie and I went to Canada in October
Mom and Jim

Part of Preston's room, he has large room, calls it his apt.

Part of Preston's room, he has large room, calls it his apt.
has a recliner and little refrig.

Missie wanted her room lime green and black

Missie wanted her room lime green and black
turned out very nice!

Left side of kitchen

Left side of kitchen

Right side of kitchen (sunflowers)

Right side of kitchen (sunflowers)

Other half of living room

Other half of living room

Part of living room

Part of living room

Part of our dining room, it is a large room

Part of our dining room, it is a large room

Our new home!

Our new home!

Jr.s shop

Jr.s shop

2 car garage

2 car garage

This is the only way it would let me post :(

Here it is December, where has time gone. I just realized this a.m. I have not posted pics of our new home, where we moved to in May. I am really bad at blogging now :( Preston is doing great! He did have a cold, but other than that, he is doing well! We are so thankful for that.Missie loves Union Bible Academy. She has moved into the dorm so she won't have to drive 1 1/2 hrs/day and during winter it would have been hard. She loves living in dorm and having her friends there. She is in choir and absolutely loves that and travels when they travel. She is maintaining a B average, and that is great! It was a big switch to switch from ACE cirriculum to textbooks, but she has done very well. We love our home, and spending our first holidays in it! Will post some pics.

Preston and Missie before surgery

Preston and Missie before surgery

Preston before surgery

Preston before surgery

Preston after his surgery

Preston after his surgery

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Sun p.m.

Well, we made it to church this a.m. but before it was all over, we wished we hadn't gone. By the church was over, it was POURING, I mean, POURING rain. Now Preston walks very slow with the cane. We knew that wouldn't work, so we went outside to get the wheelchair and the umbrella. Well, Jr. was soaked to the skin by the time we got back inside to get Preston. Then it let up a little and we went to the fellowship hall. But even then, Jr. got very wet because the way we have to get into the fellowship hall leaked in about 3 places. Anyhow, it was hard work, and then to get him into the house when we got home. We are hoping to some time get a roof for our porch! But we made it home and everyone is safely in out of the rain.

A nurse attends our church and sat beside me in the fellowship hall. She was concerned that Preston was only taking the oral antibiotics once a day. Because of his reaction and having to have the benadryl, he doesn't want to take it in the a.m. and be wiped out all day. But since he had the powerful antibiotics in the hospital for several days I am hoping he will be ok.

Our pastor preached on faith tonight. I need more faith. I just feel so exhausted in so many ways. I don't know if I will ever fully recover from the past 20 years of Preston's illnesses. It has been a long hard journey. Only God knows what we still have to face. But I need more faith to believe that He is still in control and will see us through it all.

Hope you all have had a wonderful Lord's Day.

1 comment:

CountryMouse said...

Norma,
You are in my prayers - your journey with Preston must have had so many real hard times. You truly are an inspiration to the rest of us who take so much for granted in our lives. You are in my thoughts.
God bless you