The big week is here. The week that Barbara has literally been living for. It's been the goal before us and the culmination of years of prayer. This is the week of Jackie's marriage to Peter. This is both a wonderful and gut wrenching week. There are feelings of pride and trepidation. Feelings of fear of the unknown (how will Barbara do with all of this?), and feelings of immense happiness. It's interesting how you raise your children to one day fly, and when they do, it's both sad and satisfying. I've also been praying for Peter; I've prayed for him for as long as I can remember, despite the fact that I only knew his name in recent years.
Today the therapist trained me to transfer Barbara into our Honda SUV, and it went extremely well. So well, in fact, that we plan to bring her home tomorrow for lunch! That was a spur of the moment idea, but we are all tremendously excited. This will be her first time home and first time seeing Max (our dog) in almost 7 months. This is big stuff! This is the big stuff we've been praying!
Thank you for your on-going prayers and kind words.
This week, please pray for safety in travel,
Pray that Barbara will grow stronger every day, and that her endurance will increase with each day,
Pray that I will stay healthy through this,
And pray that all will go as smoothly as possible.
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Hi Greg,
What a wonderful thing--to spend some time at home together--finally! We do pray for your safety in travel today and throughout your trip to the wedding. Our congratulations to Barbara for her hard work and to you for your terrific support! Love, Gene and Marcia
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