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December 29, 2008
Through His Grace
So, I made it through the holidays. PHEW!!!! I really thought it was going to be MUCH more painful, but once again He has seen me through and it actually wasn't that painful at all. Hardly. Just a little tense at times, for me more than anyone I think, but it all worked out and there were no harsh words or uncomfortable moments.
I managed to get gifts out to everyone in my family that I usually do and they all arrived on time. I tried not to go overboard this year with Christmas and I think I did better than in years past. Bought things that people could really use or enjoy without spending a fortune. (that is something I grew up with so trying very hard to not continue this)
November did not turn out to be a very good month for either hubby or myself. First his Mom went in for surgery to try and correct her vocal cords from a previous surgery back last March to remove a large tumor around her throat. Well, the surgery went well, but three days later she ended up in the ICU and on a ventilator and had suffered a mild heart attack as well. We received a phone call very early Sunday morning on the 23rd from his sister saying the hospital had just called her to tell her she was there in ICU. So we headed right down and it was not a pretty picture and Andy was quite upset about it all.
She ended out there for two weeks before returning home with his sister for another two weeks of recooperating.
Then, on the 29th of November, my father was injured again in the woods and broke his pelvis while riding the black horse out of the woods. She slipped on some ice and went down and he couldn't stop the impact in anyway and sustained a broken pelvis, back and front. Thankfully some hunters found him before dark and helped him out of the woods while still on the horse!
When my mother called to tell me, it didn't sound too serious and he INSISTED on going to the VA hospital, which for him, is over a 100 miles one way! In the meantime, I hadn't thought he sounded very good so decided to drive out to see how he was and it turned out to be an AWFUL scene! I never saw anyone is SO much pain as he was. He nearly passed out at one point. After much standing around debating on what to do and listening to him bellar in pain I told Dev to call 911 and wouldn't you know the nearest ambulance was 45 minutes away!
But...he made it to the local hospital where they confirmed a broken pelvis and said he needed to be transported to an out of state hospital for surgery. Well, that went over like a lead balloon as my father is DEAD set against any type of technology and surgery was NOT going to be an option for him, EVER! After doping him up with some pain medicine he had my youngest brother and a friend of his drive him to the VA whereupon they shipped him across the river to the hospital he needed to go to in the first place! So he was there for several days arguing about not wanting surgery and finally they sent him home where he continues to heal quite well and is getting around with his walker.
My oldest brother Frank came home from FL to help out with everything and on Christmas morning the rest of my father's barn came down as well! (It had been caving in for years.)
But, because of HIS grace in all of these things, everyone has come out of them fine, a bit scarred maybe, but ok, healthy and intact.
And...I survived the holidays with my family and even remained calm through a conversation with my inebriated sister a couple days before Christmas. Hadn't dealt with one of those phone calls for some time, but...again, through Him, I have learned to accept the things I cannot change and continue to pray, always.
Christmas Eve for sure was a BLESSING as my brother Frank came to church with us again and Devon went. She has been holding out on me where church is concerned, her way of battling with my will for her, but she came without any comment or frustration on my part.
And that was my GREATEST Christmas gift this year!
~: But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. :~
Hebrews 11:6
Posted by tracey at December 29, 2008 09:25 AM