God is Good, All the time!

Wow... I forgot I even had this blog... Been a few to say the least.. My life practically was on pause for a while there- when we moved into the house, needless to say it was COLD... We are talking Frigid.. Year round, day night, cold! After 3 surgeries and two more "pending" per my request Hubby finally agreed and we moved back "home" .... It was a hard decision for us as he had always wanted a house and thought it was what he truly wanted However with the old house came a lot of old problems... Too many to deal with in fact we really needed to rebuild as so much needed done, and the pain and suffering I was going through I literally didn't know how much more I could handle it was hard. Our move back has been a blessing in every way, my knees are now "stable" and I pray I get a few more years on them... But I am able to move here where at the house it was as if I was stiff and unable to get up and do anything. I still have pain-per weather normally but not days to weeks of not moving. And overall I think God brought me home to be with my Dad, we found out in June he had lung cancer then July was told he was in stage 4 and Hospice was brought in, and I cannot emphasize enough how important those few months were with him, it was hard Very hard but I would not trade one day that I had with him for anything. We had many laughs, prayers, hugs and really good talks and like I said I was truly blessed to spend that time with him, I was able to deal with it in a better way I believe knowing how he felt, about going home to Jesus, etc. I would not trade that for the world! But in addition to the hard times some have not been as bad, watching my girls grow up, Courtney already graduated, Tiffany is within months and both are God's girls. He is first in their life and they are spending all of their spare time with him. I am blessed. Oh and we are pastoring a church! Yeah! Brans Chapel FCM... It's an awesome little church that is slowly growing and teaching us so much too! Intact just my past birthday (October 30) fell on a Sunday and Chris did so great... We had an upcoming anniversary of believe it or not... 22 YEARS! On November 9th and he Surprised me with new wedding bands with little crosses on them-something we have always wanted! Christmas and Thanksgiving have been very hard with my Dad gone but I know he has been having the Ultimate Party in Heaven! No Cancer there! Woo.. No pain, no tumors, seizures, no hip/knee replacements... Oh what a day that will be! I just want to stress how blessed I am with such an amazing family... Oh we did add a new member to the family this year, a beautiful hopping Jack Russell Terrier by the name of AJ... He is the bested little buddy in the world, he protects the house ... If anyone or anything is stirring he lets us know. God is so good.