Home from Warrenton!

Howdy to all my friends and family! Ollie and I got home Sunday from our lengthy show in Warrenton TX. It was a highly successful show, for which we are grateful to God!

One of the first things we did was to go to see Mom and Dad on Monday. We had borrowed their flat-bed trailer, so we returned it and took Mom out to eat lunch. Dad had slept late and eaten something so he could take his morning meds, so he didn't want to go. We brought him back something nice to have for dinner later! Danny and Lisa had been there Sunday and had a great visit with them. Glenda and Jean had seen them Friday, left one of their cars there, taken an overnight trip and saw them again Saturday to get the car! Mom and Dad were in great spirits, especially since they had seen all their kids in the last few days!

Now that the weather is cooler, Mom is sending Dad on his scooter to get the mail! I love her insistence on getting him out of the living room and out into some fresh air! Praise God that the temperatures are lower! There was just no way Dad could get out when it was 100 degrees! A little cooler weather has put a bit of a bounce in all our steps! After way too many days of over-100 degree temperatures, the 80's are so welcomed! It's so depressing to drive in central Texas and see miles and miles of parched land, dry tanks/ponds, and dying trees. Please join me in praying for plentiful rain! "... it is the LORD who makes the storm clouds. He gives showers of rain to men, and plants of the field to everyone." -- Zechariah 10:1

Our guys are gearing up for deer season which opens here the first Saturday in November. That is exciting to me because Danny and Ollie make a point to invite Dad to the lease for dinner and poker. The once-a-month poker night still is in effect, but they get Dad out there more during deer season. Danny and Ollie and even making preparations for Dad to be able to spend the night out there. All the men on the lease really enjoy Dad and I know he loves it out there and loves cutting up woth all the guys.

Mom is doing okay. She is suffering with peripheral neuropathy that is affecting her feet and one of her hands. Her feet feel tingly and sometimes numb and one of her hands has lost most of its strength and aches off and on. I intend on finding a doctor in Austin who specializes in peripheral neuropathy and see if he/she can help her. One of Mom's relatives also has this and is in a wheel chair because it has dramatically affected her feet. Mom is very concerned, of course, as all of us are. Bless her heart, she focuses so much on Daddy that she doesn't often take time out to take care of her needs. Now that the Warrenton show is over, I can get focused on her!

Good news! Jerry, the wonderful man who was helping Mom out at the house, has decided to continue working with her and Dad! He took off a little bit of time to take care of some personal issues, thendecided that he really loved working in the healthcare industry and went back to work for the home healthcare company that Mom hired early-on! YAY! Mom had tried a woman caretaker after Jerry left and was totally dissatisfied. I knew that Mom wasn't going to ever be happy with another woman working in her home. We all breathed a huge sigh of relief when Jerry came back! Jerry is a compassionate, hard-working man whom Mom trusts with the care of Dad, as well as her home and her laundry! That's HUGE!!! Another blessing from our sweet Lord!

I have to run...I will leave you, for now, with this passage from 2 Corinthians 1:3-4...

Praised be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation! He comforts us in all our afflictions and thus enables us to comfort those who are in trouble, with the same consolation we have received from Him.

Amen!