Still don't have words

I can't write tonight. The words won't flow. Maybe tomorrow night. Please remember the Priddy's in your prayers. I am certain their grief is so difficult to bear. Prayer does help.

I love all y'all
To be continued...........

“Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.” Psalm 62:1 KJV

There are no words at all

RIP Jeremy Priddy

3/12/1984 - 10/9/2012

This is a sad day. A friend and relative of my kids died tonight. Details are sketchy right now. He was a good young man. He was funny, would make you laugh just reading his FB status updates sometimes. He and his family just recently got home from vacation. He was a decent responsible young man trying to do his best to take care of his family.

Please keep the Priddys in your prayers. As one friend wrote, there are no words to describe this night.

I didn't even know what the date was today. It was the date Nick was due to be born. It was John Lennon's birthday today as well. Had he lived, he would have been 72. And now it will forever be the anniversary of the death of Jeremy Priddy. 

Please keep them in your prayers. Please ask for comfort for the Priddy family. Even when you know death is imminent  it is difficult to accept at best. When life is ripped away without warning, it is unbearable without the comfort that only He can provide. I am glad I know because I heard him proclaim one time he had a better place to go. That is of comfort right now. 

I love all y'all!

To be continued............

2 Corinthians 12:9
King James Version (KJV)
⁹ And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Looking back a year....

As we get closer to November I would like us to make that thankful for journey again. I was looking back over last years November first blog post and all these great memories started flooding in. I was so blessed by reading what my friends are thankful for. I want it to give me an "attitude of gratitude" as Rick used to say. I know that when I get humble and become grateful for what God has allowed me to experience, my life is so much fuller. I hope and pray you get the same feelings from reading the posts too. If you need a reminder, here it is:

Beginning November first through Thanksgiving Day (some continue to November 30) make your first status update of each day something you are thankful for. There were many, many excellent posts last year. We had a critic or two as well, but the older I get, the more I realize just what is important and Who provides it. It doesn't have to be lengthy. Just honest. It really makes you think. Hope to see you there!

I would like to ask you to remember me and mine in your prayers, and please remember each other in our prayers. Please. There is just so much going on with serious illness and death in our land. Prayer is our key.

Ephesians 5:20-21
King James Version (KJV)
²⁰ Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;²¹ Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

I love all y'all!
To be continued...........

3 days until WVFD Hay Ride and Haunted House!!
29 days until Halloween!

50 days until Thanksgiving!

83 days until Christmas!

Make it a positive?

I am going to try a new thing. I am going to try to be positive about everything instead of looking at the negative of a given situation. I will start with the comments on a blog post I deleted a few weeks ago, I made a post commenting about the comments and how they felt negative and threatening. While I was so sure I knew who posted it, I have decided I might be wrong. Might have had nothing to do with what I thought because the style of the comments was so familiar, I thought I knew. Well, after last weekend and reading some emails from family, I have decided it might have been intended in a different manner. Might have been this family member making the comments. Only thing is, they hid their identity completely. So. If the person who sent the emails read my post about the comments, they didn't mention it. I remain unsure of the author of the posts but now I feel a bit better about it - feel less threatened. So, I will try this method and see how it goes.

I told Michelle I would be available to work today if she needed me, and she did and who didn't hear the phone? Me. Went in as soon as I got the message and I had a good day. It rained quite a bit this morning, which we need! :)

I got nothing else, so y'all have a great night, stay dry and know we need the rain. Please also remember your neighbors in your prayers, and if you're not my neighbor, remember my neighbors too. We have so much sickness going on in our community. We need your prayers.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6

I love all y'all!
To be continued...........

4 days until WVFD Hay Ride and Haunted House!!
30 days until Halloween!

51 days until Thanksgiving!

84 days until Christmas!

New post, may need a tissue.....may not....

Today I went to see my sister-in-law after church. She had her surgery this morning to fix her collapsed lung. She was still quite groggy, and in some pain, and short of breath. But she is on the mend. As long as she still has the chest tube, she will have some pain. She will get up and start walking soon, and that will hurt at first, but even though it hurts, the more mobile she gets the better she will be.

While I was there, I ran into a neighbor. She has cancer. Please remember her and her family in your prayers. I know first hand the feelings her family is going through. I also saw neighbors visiting with them. It is good to see support. We appreciated every person who came to visit. Even if he wasn't doing well enough for you to come in to see him, we appreciated the visits and the prayers. The prayers are what gets you through. Please remember them in your prayers. Please. It is sad when your spouse is lying in a hospital bed and cancer is the diagnosis and you wonder so many things. And you are afraid you will come home alone. And you worry and pray and worry. As I said, prayer is what gets your through.

There has been so much loss in our neighborhood over the past few years, Andrew, Rick, Gordon, Bonnie then the sicknesses...and all this is just in a mile radius, extend that a few miles and there are more, Lily May, Tootle, Bobbie, the Daily's, many others.

When I look at this post and think back, my few aches and pains are nothing!

Remember the little church called Holly Springs in your prayers as they entered into a revival tonight.

“And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.” Philippians 1:9-10 KJV

I love all y'all!
To be continued.........

Still tired, but better

Yay, me! I was able to sleep about 8-ish hours last night! I was excited. I don't remember waking at all. I didn't go to sleep until sometime after 11 pm but hey, I slept until almost 7 am. I still have somewhat blurred vision, I really have to concentrate to read right now if the writing is small. And yes, my glasses are clean. HaHa. Anyway. I remember the eye doctor saying something about cataracts 2 years ago, and it is about time for a checkup. Guess I need to make an appointment and get the eyes checked out. I got to watch Blue Bloods last night. It is a really good show. Tom Selleck is an excellent actor! Loved the opener. Nick and I had homemade waffles for breakfast, they were so good, and I posted the directions in the recipe blog.   http://myfavoriterecipiesandotherstufff.blogspot.com/    Click that link or it is linked in my blog list on the left hand side. My sister-in-law Teresa is in the hospital again, please remember her in your prayers. She has to have that surgery tomorrow. I am not sure if her lung re-collapsed or if something else is going on, but she will be facing a painful surgery tomorrow. Please mention her name in your prayers. Instead of posting a favorite scripture tonight, I will end with this:

I don't know if this is copyrighted or not, it belongs to the facebook page of Mark Brown

I love all y'all!
To be continued..............

So tired

For the past couple of weeks I have been having some trouble sleeping. I haven't a clue why. I am using my CPAP every night without fail. I can't sleep without it. Last night I only slept 2 maybe 3 hours at the most. The storm woke me around 2:30 am and I had only been asleep since around midnight. I have been waking between 3 and 4 for about 2 or 3 weeks now and have not been able to go back to sleep. I really, really don't like this. I don't know if it's thyroid, old age hormones (I am having some hot flashes), depression (don't think it's this) or just what. I am sure it could be anxiety ,too, I am having blurred vision all the time, some shortness of breath at rest, occasional upper airway wheezing which I am thinking is from the ragweed. It has never made me wheeze before. First time for everything they say. I have also been having some palpitations that feel very fast but they don't last long enough to even get anyone else to check and it seems to only happen when I am alone. I really don't like these feelings at all. I believe the palpitations are because of the hormone/thyroid thing too. I am taking my meds without fail too. I am walking several times a week but these past few days there has been too much shortness of breath to walk very far. I guess I will have to give in and go see one of the docs - if it doesn't get better soon.

Please remember my sister-in-law Teresa in your prayers, she is having some lung trouble. She was in the hospital earlier this week with a pneumothorax (collapsed lung) and is back in with lung issues. She may have to have lung surgery to fix the problem. This is called talc pleurodesis. You can google that if you like, it will explain it. What the surgeon does is go in with scopes and "rough up" the lining of the lung where the hole is, place talc (sterile powder similar to baby powder) and a chest tube until it heals. Then the tube is removed and all is well. This usually fixes the recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax.

Also please remember my friend Danielle and her kiddos in your prayers. Danielle's husband died this past Sunday. The funeral was yesterday. He was in his early to mid 30's at the most. While she is coping well right now outwardly, she is hurting on the inside. The numbness isn't worn off yet. She will be facing many, many issues in the weeks and months to come. You can not imagine until you go through this all the feelings you go through. Even after 2 1/2 years. Please pray for strength for her to keep going and raise those babies and keep Chip real to their children. They are small.

In fact, please remember all your friends and loved ones in your prayers. Everyone needs prayer for them sometimes. I know I do!!!

I have taken my Tylenol PM and I am going to try to sleep tonight. I took two tablets tonight, I usually only take 1. I really need to sleep.

Blue Bloods, I may miss you, I will try to watch you on the computer tomorrow or Vickie will update me. It won't hurt my feelings tonight to miss you. I need sleep worse than I need to watch you. Sorry, I still love you but......sleep is more important, you are just a TV show after all. LOL!

Psalm 4
King James Version (KJV)
4 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

I love all y'all!
To be continued...........