The Human Body

How it heals itself,

Regenerates itself,

Keeps on going in spite of cuts, bruises, bangs, accidents, trauma, injuries.

It's a marvel of a machine, for sure.

And, I am so very grateful!

Thank you, Heavenly Father, for this amazing HOME that I get to live in for a few years.

MY HEART!

Open heart surgery.

YIKES.

Coming to an operating room near you.

To someone I love dearly.

AS in, MY HUSBAND.

As in, next week.

But, as we listened to gather information about the procedure and what our heart does, I was so very grateful that my heart is so faithful!

It has been beating for 75 years....regularly.....

And, I am so very grateful.

FIVE Remarkable Children

From our GRAND 50th celebration in Rexburg, Idaho on our 51st year instead.
What a great party we had, and I'm forever grateful.
Dr Jenni, Dr Jordan, Mr. Justin, Dr. Jeremy, Dr. Kristi

It's unfortunate, but Allen is having very serious health problems.  I"ve always told him he had nothing to worry about because his father lived to be 97, but it turns out his father actually had heart issues, including valve replacements, heart by pass, and a pacemaker.  So, Allen needs a valve replacement.  WHO KNEW?

Anyway, our kids have been so supportive, so helpful, so included, so FUNNY, so caring.

And, I am so grateful for their input, their wisdom, their guidance, their concern.  It is a great blessing indeed.

My Brother and Sister In Law

My father was a remarkable man; he had a distinguished career and life.

But, he was definitely the generation that went to work, came home to find dinner on the table.

He worked hard in community, civic, and church.  He spent hours doing things for others.

And, when it was time to come home, he came home to a hot-cooked meal.  If he came after dinner, my mother heated it up and served him.

I don't remember my father cooking, cleaning, or doing household chores.  EVER.

So, honestly, he was not equipped to be a widow.  But he became one in 2004.  He lived for two more years.  He would not have lived that long, if it had not been for my brother Kaey, and his wife, Shauna.

Because during the week, they moved in with my father; they cooked the meals for him, took him to doctor appointments, watched television with him, interacted with him and LOVED HIM!  They had children, so it was a great blessing all around.  He was able to be involved with his grandchildren from that family, and the grandkids interacted with him.

Then, on the weekends, they would go home to their home across the valley, fix their own meals, do their housework, yard work, attend their ward church services, etc.  But, come Monday, they would be with my father until Friday.

Sometimes, I forget what a great blessing that was for my other brothers and me.

What a sacrifice it would have been.  What a great thing they did without complaining.

EVER.

FOR TWO YEARS!

Oh, when I think about it, I'm so very grateful and thankful for them.

What a great blessing to our family and to our wonderful DAD.

FOOD and Its Availability

Man, I love food.

But, I'm so grateful that I don't have to milk the cow, gather the eggs, pluck the chickens, harvest the vegetables, cut up the cow, etc.

When I am hungry, I go to the kitchen, or the store, and get what I need.

AND, I am beyond grateful!

When the Family Comes to Town!

Mr. Personality, Sayre is a delight to be around all the time!

Oscar - what a great kid!  Polite, friendly, fun sense of humor.  Just good.

The Hillmans are part of the family too.

It was short, but it was good, and I am grateful!