New Year

After 3 weeks of wandering around another hospital in the middle of December, we've escaped again to tell the story. Only this time, Annie wasn't the main character--Bill was. And still is. A character.

The cafeteria food notwithstanding, we had a grand time. Lots of hair-raising, hand-wringing, nail-biting moments; lots of prayers answered. Spending the entire Christmas break in the hospital was memorable. And I'm not just saying that.

And you were wondering, Why is this family so plagued by health problems? Funny thing, I was asking Bill the same question just yesterday. After thinking it over for a moment, his answer was, "I don't know, what do you think?" But, really. Every family has a certain defining quality, ours just happens to be catastrophic disease. So what? It could be worse. Like if we were in a reality show with 8 kids or something like that.

So, I promised Bill I wouldn't share too many of the entrails, I mean, details about his stay in the hospital on the blog. Except that most of it involved the inside of his stomach. And with the parts the surgeon took out, in about 6 months he should be looking more like Fabio than he ever thought possible. I think they call it accidental gastric bypass surgery. After the crisis was over, it occurred to me that he had just used up another one of his get-out-of-death free cards. I think he has a stack of those lying around here somewhere, because he's used about 6 of them in the last 28 years. I wish I were kidding.

But all that happened last year. This year, we're going to look forward to a New Year blessed with good health, good friends & family, and to a good God Who answers prayer!

Jean

Our God is the God of salvation;
And to GOD the Lord belong escapes from death. Psalm 68:20