When your kids don’t live close, even though you adore your grand kids, you don’t get to always hear the cute things they say or some parts of their personalities. We have three awesome grandsons, awesome in their each uniqueness. They bless my heart whenever I get to spend time with them.

This weekend, my son and family came up for a visit. During that visit, they made us a couple awesome meals. Truly lucky that they are so kind. One of those meals, my son prayed over the meal and asked for help with my recovery.

He has two of the most adorable sons. My aunt has corresponding with them every since my youngest grandson had been diagnosed with cancer. Both boys do a wonderful job of writing. Lucas seems to have a special way of writing that shows concern for those hurting. Could it be because he had so much hurt himself? I don’t know.

After our visitors left, the following day my physical therapist said that I could try experimenting with a cane rather than relying just on the walker. So, my husband took a video of me walking with a cane and sent it to our kids.

Later, we did a video chat with my son and boys. Lucas shared that his Dad prayed and then I did get a bit better. This is fun for a Grandma that relies on prayer, to see her grandson notice it too!

Northern Michigan is known for it’s unpredictable weather. This past weekend. We had rain which turned to a sheet of ice, then light, slippery snow atop.

Monday, as I ventured out…which I thought was ever so gingerly to the garage to check something in our freezer…I had a most unfortunate event. My foot slipped out from under me and I slammed on the rock solid- ice. Right on my hip and I knew that as hard as I fell and the feel, this would not be good. There were many attempts to get up to no avail. So, I crawled into the garage. Again, many attempts and silly solutions did not bring about my desired result. After a little over an hour, Leonard noticed that I was taking a long time and came to see why. (I am so lucky it wasn’t any longer!) He totally freaked out as now, I could not only not stand or lift my leg, but was shivering uncontrollably.

He asked if I wanted him to call 911. I could see no way that he could get me into the car, so “yes” was my response. When the ambulance got there, two of the EMT’s also fell while getting out of the ambulance ( they did not get hurt)- how lucky!

The EMT said they were sure that I had not broken anything because if I had I would be screaming uncontrollably. So, when we got to the ER she shared this which was also a bit unfortunate. They were so packed, people in the hallways and the waiting rooms were packed. Majority were from falling on the ice. I saw person after person going to get x-rayed and to return to the waiting room. Why was I not being x-rayed? I asked Leonard to check and the woman said I didn’t need to be. After 6-1/2 hours, I was called and was so Lucky to get an ER nurse named Julie. She was so nice and awesome. She called for x-rays and it was determined that my hip was broken. Not only cracked across the bone, but the ball was pushed back to a 90% angle. They said that I would probably have surgery that night. Although, being that there were so many people, that did not happen.

I was admitted into a room and every time I had to be moved, it was excruciating . So many tests had to be done. I was so lucky to have an amazing staff. All were so nice. Even though, just laying there caused great pain. Those little things that we take for granted, using the restroom, positioning yourself, standing were among many others that come to mind.

Leonard called the kids and others to tell them that I was in the hospital. He said,” I talked to God and He said you are going to be alright..well, I didn’t actually hear Him say that, but you are!” I had many dear friends hold me up in prayer. I feel so blessed to have such friends that are close to my heart.

Brian and Tina seemed quite concerned and asked many questions. I feel bad that I worried them so. Andy and Luke wrote me letters which touched my heart.

Tina and Issac came to visit but they didn’t let Isaac come in since he wasn’t 18.

Tina also brought some cards her class had made . They were quite cute and touching

They planned on having surgery late afternoon on Tuesday but that didn’t pan out. So Wednesday was the new day.

I have so many dear friends that were praying for me and God in His mercy and grace listened and prepared the surgeon which told me last night that the surgery went wonderfully. I am so thankful and praise my God for healing, and to be lucky enough to have praising and caring friends. It will be a road ahead to recovery, but I know who will be holding my hand!

After two years of wearing a mask everyday at work…today, we didn’t have to!!! Feeling pretty lucky!

We all want it…sometimes we think we have it, at others, we feel we have none. Where do I go for my source of wisdom? Well, I go to the Holy Scriptures.

The Holy Scriptures- the living breath of God tells us in James 1:5 that if anyone lacks wisdom, that we should ask God for it. That in itself is a profound statement. If we want to know something, why go to another person. Go to the top! Go to the only Person who can see the past, the present and the future for eternity. The only source of true wisdom.

How many of you, whatever your age, feel wise? Job said in Job 12:12 “Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?” I think that what Job is saying is that as we age, we start to see the whole picture, opposed to when we are younger, we tend to live in the now. Do you remember being a teenager, would you now consider those choices wise? Yet through our long lives, don’t we get understanding?

Also, Proverbs 13:10 states “Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.” This tells me that if we want wisdom, we are to take advice from God first, then trusted others. How much pain we would have avoided had we heeded our parents advice. The times that they were upset with us for the choices that we made, was only their fear that we would be in harms way. For this reason, it was to our benefit when families lived in the same house. Aged grandparents are such a wealth of knowledge. Pure treasures to behold. Their wisdom is like gold to us, but often we don’t realize it until much later.

We do well if we have understanding. Understanding for the young, whose choices are based on emotion and not intellect. Understanding for the aged, to reap from the knowledge that they can share from a life lived.

Lord God, I pray for wisdom!