Thanksgiving Week at our Daughter’s home.
Monday began with another Dr. visit for our daughter. She has been fighting an infection that needs to be clear for a couple of weeks before she can have the operation she needs.
Would you consider saying a prayer for her? She has been on bed rest and disability for over 6 weeks. She is a very active person and it is very hard on her. Tuesday was spent cleaning her home and her bedroom for her. Wednesday and Thursday her husband and her, were able to go to Lake Tahoe while she enjoyed a change of scenery from her bed. They really enjoyed themselves and were able to stop Friday at Dave’s parents home for a late Thanksgiving dinner with them.
Our son Jonathan came up to spend Thanksgiving at Carrie & Dave’s home while we “dog sat” their two dogs Grace & Mercy. I made a big Thanksgiving turkey in a new electric roaster we bought for this holiday.
You know the rest of the story. We ate too much, moaned, laid around the house, saying next year we won’t eat so much…blah blah blah.
Friday we took the dogs to a dog park in Citrus Heights. Carrie’s dogs don’t get out too much so they acted a little frightened at first but they warmed up after awhile. The next day we took them back again with Dave & Carrie and Grace had a lot of fun. Mercy was still not so sure about it.
Monday began with another Dr. visit for our daughter. She has been fighting an infection that needs to be clear for a couple of weeks before she can have the operation she needs.
Would you consider saying a prayer for her? She has been on bed rest and disability for over 6 weeks. She is a very active person and it is very hard on her. Tuesday was spent cleaning her home and her bedroom for her. Wednesday and Thursday her husband and her, were able to go to Lake Tahoe while she enjoyed a change of scenery from her bed. They really enjoyed themselves and were able to stop Friday at Dave’s parents home for a late Thanksgiving dinner with them.
Our son Jonathan came up to spend Thanksgiving at Carrie & Dave’s home while we “dog sat” their two dogs Grace & Mercy. I made a big Thanksgiving turkey in a new electric roaster we bought for this holiday.You know the rest of the story. We ate too much, moaned, laid around the house, saying next year we won’t eat so much…blah blah blah.
Friday we took the dogs to a dog park in Citrus Heights. Carrie’s dogs don’t get out too much so they acted a little frightened at first but they warmed up after awhile. The next day we took them back again with Dave & Carrie and Grace had a lot of fun. Mercy was still not so sure about it.Sunday we visited “The Gathering Place” in Folsom and met some old friends. It has been many years since we saw Paul and Linda Samples and Paul Jones. Phil & Donna Jones our good friends here in Sacramento were having their new twin grandchildren dedicated at church. We enjoyed pizza at the park with all of their extended families and joking told others we were “adopted” members of their family. Phil and Donna have been so gracious to invite and include us in many special events.
Speaking of special events we got a huge surprise in the mail.
We received a card with several pictures of a little boy we took into our home under severe circumstances 23 years ago. We had received a phone call from a mother unknown to us who was abandoning her 8 year old son, Matthew, because she didn’t know what else to do. She was in an abusive relationship with a man who wasn’t his father . The same night she called we found ourselves driving 60 miles to San Francisco to pick him up on a street corner and take him into our home. A few weeks later his biological father contacted us and wanted him. I was able to provide him with counseling and parenting training and reunite him with his father. Then within a year his biological father and mother got back together and they have raised him and his younger brother and sister these last 23 years.
“Out of the blue” they tracked us down, wrote us a Thanksgiving Thank You card and sent us pictures of their family who now lives in Oregon. We were so overjoyed and grateful. We had often wondered what happened to Matthew. Caren often prayed for him when she thought of him. He is a handsome 31 year old man and we may have the chance to meet him the next trip we take to Oregon.
Speaking of special events we got a huge surprise in the mail.
We received a card with several pictures of a little boy we took into our home under severe circumstances 23 years ago. We had received a phone call from a mother unknown to us who was abandoning her 8 year old son, Matthew, because she didn’t know what else to do. She was in an abusive relationship with a man who wasn’t his father . The same night she called we found ourselves driving 60 miles to San Francisco to pick him up on a street corner and take him into our home. A few weeks later his biological father contacted us and wanted him. I was able to provide him with counseling and parenting training and reunite him with his father. Then within a year his biological father and mother got back together and they have raised him and his younger brother and sister these last 23 years.
“Out of the blue” they tracked us down, wrote us a Thanksgiving Thank You card and sent us pictures of their family who now lives in Oregon. We were so overjoyed and grateful. We had often wondered what happened to Matthew. Caren often prayed for him when she thought of him. He is a handsome 31 year old man and we may have the chance to meet him the next trip we take to Oregon.
Our son-in-law who is a worship pastor makes fun of us for enjoying the Gaithers and Old-Fashioned gospel quartet music. So he found this on-line for us... you may enjoy it.. We sure did.
Make sure you turn your sound up......
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DAVE, THANK U FOR TURNING US ON TO THIS BITCHEN CD. AWESOME DUDE. FAR OUT. TO THE MOON. YOU ARE THE MAN DAEE. THANK-U THANK-U MAN, FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEART'S. XOXO GARY AND JANE
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