Emot-helllo-bear     Smileycircle   How_are_you   There is just so much that is going on while I have been absent but I have been reading the post.  Some of them wants to make meForum-lol      and some make me want to I just want to remind everyone that not only do we all have our own cross to bear we have to remember that God did not promise it wouldn't be heavy and to say the very least we all are living proof of this.  I am at a loss for words believe it or not about you Merv. I had no clue you had lost a son. I am just so so sorry. I was always told all my life that there is no loss ever as bad as the loss of a child. I too agree that God sure knew what he was doing bringing Chris into your life and now there seems to be such excitement approaching you  with all these fellers. Now we all have a plot unfolding that is going to be like getting addicted to a show or soap opera just waiting with baited breath to hear about the latest.      You go girl while all the rest of us will be cheering you on.Emot-yey    Emotions-ha-ha  I have such admiration for you with all you have been through and still continue to give so much of yourself. You just try and feel the prayers from not only all of us but from thousands others who have this on a worldwide prayer chain.  This is for our little brave warrior [Chris] for sure. May God be with him for his surgery and I pray it will be of great hope and help to him. Girls believe it or not, I am going to have to shut down because we are starting to get some pretty good freezing rain. It is suppose to get pretty ugly the way they are talking. Emotioncons-groan By the way Lisa, Joe and I will be celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary on the 16th of next month. The kids want to send us to Georgia to see one of my brothers and SIL that we havent seen for a couple of years and when they lived here many years ago we did everything together. If the trip isn't too much for us we were thinking about going on over to Sebring Fla. to see our best friends who also moved from here a long time ago. Gosh I wish I could address everyones post but the power is blinking a bit and I guess it would be best to shut down. I love you all and hold everyone up to our Heavenly father in prayers. I can't wait to share my experience with God with you all, but I think it goes without saying that you  know already with Joe. I feel like we go through everything together don't we? Gosh how fortunate we are to have each other.   Brenda