Bionic Mama

My mom had surgery on her right arm today. It has been totally useless since Jan 10th when she had her Grand Mal seizure. Both arms were broken, but the right arm was more severe with a fractured humerus and the ball which was split in half. Half was jammed into the socket and the other half is floating around somewhere there.

My cousin, Lynn, came down and sat with my dad for awhile. Thank you so much for that Lynn...and thanks for telling me that mom looked strong and rested for surgery. It was a comfort to me since I couldn't be there.


My mom had a complete shoulder replacement including a brand new ball and shoulder joint. You could say that she is now The New Bionic Woman!


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Standing in the Gap

Saturday was an emotional day for me. I really wanted to fly home for my mother's surgery, but it just didn't work out for a whole host of reasons. I called a friend to meet me for lunch. She knows what I'm going through because she lost her mom a year ago this month. I ask her if she feels like its Déjà Vue going through this with me and lshe says Yes. I remember the last year of her mom's life and I feel like I'm living it again. She sympathizes with me and stands in the gap when I need a shoulder to cry on. Thanks dear friend! I am truly blessed that God has brought you into my life.





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Rollercoaster

Here we go again. Life really is like a roller coaster. It snows…It melts…It is cold, and it warms up. Parents fall ill and get better. Surgeries ahead, but the work remains, and so does faith. Faith that surgeries will be successful. Faith that enrollments and goals will be met. No one ever said it would be easy, right? It’s a new day and we’re riding the rollercoaster up the rails, and life is never dull.

James 1:2-4
[ Faith Under Pressure ] Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.





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Alaskiana

Welcome to Alaskiana! Won't you come along on my drive home?


Alaskiana...Where Snow is King!


...and roads drift shut in February...say what?


The old home place stands guard on the snowy corner...


...with ice in patches beneath the snow...


...and ice/snow/sleet that looks like tiny little pieces of styrofoam falling from the sky today... This is definitely a new thing.


Yep, just another day in Alaskiana...


Just another snowstorm in a land setting records of their own...


On Saturday, we became THE snowiest season EVER. I think it's quite appropriate that we broke the records during the Winter Olympics.


Today, with this latest addition, we're at 62 inches here in the Kokomo area...


But hey, I don't mind. It brings back memories of my youth when I lived in Goose Bay, Labrador.


The news said we are just 29 days from spring, but I have my doubts that all this snow will be gone by then.


So for now, I will take in the beauty and enjoy it for what it is... A new world... One I call Alaskiana!