It's Hard to believe that December 22 marked the 8th completed week from when we drove away from Windsor! If I could be more consistant with posting these (Like EVERY Sunday lOl) Then the dates would be better..hahah BUT the gist is the same. Last week end Autumn and Aaron drove an hour south from their home in Iowa Citya and we drove an hour north from Nauvoo and met at the Dicken's Christmas Party! I must say I am SOOO grateful for people who care to do such things. The room was decorated MOST beautifully, the parlor games were fun and engaging. We met many nice people...we met some good friends from Nauvoo there! That was fun and of course every minute spent with McConegheys (Autumn and Aaron) is a TREAT! The food was wonderful and the dancing was so well taught and expertly selected that our whole group was able to pick up on them and they were beautiful. The food was delightful in texture, taste, and presentation. Total Farm to Table deliciousness. It ended with glorious caroling around the piano. AHHH I was born in the wrong century!
On the way home from this magical experience I got word from my family back in Oregon that my father had had a serious fall and broken his back. Talk about going from a high to a LOW! Such is planet earth. He had been putting his scooter away, like he always does and somehow fell, hitting his head knocking himself out and breaking his back (vertabrae completely severed) A nephew who was living there was tossing a dirty diaper in the outside trash and found him there. EVER the optomist when asked how long he had been there he sarcastically said, "only about 5 min." My funny and nurturing daddy, In his late 80s, cancer survivor, stroke survivor, survived 35 thousand volts in his 20's (construction accident), And he just keeps exerting faith in Christ and working...He rather reminds me of that crazy knight in the Monty Python movie..."I'm not dead yet!" as he continues to fight and serve Jesus. ANYWAY We (about 60 of us) started fasting for him immediately as the next morning he underwent a 5 hour surgery. I am grateful to my siblings who live there and help mom and dad with all that they do! MIRACLE of MIRACLES this dangerous surgery he was probably not going to survive went very well and the nurses had him walking with a walker the next morning. Unbelieveable. God is all powerful and all knowing and all loving. I was ready to say goodbye to dad and be OK with it and that time will come, but today is not that day.
This is our family when I was ten years old. Nathan is the baby and sweet Ali was yet to join our family. Because of Jesus Christ our family will be together forever. Our ancestors on the other side of the veil and our decendants who are coming are as active in our lives as we allow them to be. Because of Jesus Christ we will all live again in perfect and whole bodies with all of our mental capabilities. It truly takes away the sting of death and the grief. I feel my family on both sides supporting me and each other. There is so much more to this life than one can imagine and I'm learning more and more every day as I study the scriptures, put my faith into action, attend the temple, and talk to God all day long.
Merry Christmas!
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