Archive for August, 2006

08.31.06

When Tragedy Strikes

Posted in family, health at 2:40 pm by Mrs C.

It’s amazing how our lives can change from one minute to the next. Eight days ago I was living my routine life and doing all the routine things. Then I got a phone call from my daughter in Tennessee. In a soft, pathetic little voice, she whimpered “Sara’s gone.”

Sara is my grandson’s two-year-old, blonde and chatty, with the most amazing sky-blue eyes you ever saw. Since she is a typical, active toddler, my first thought was that she had wandered away. Through sobs, I heard that Sara had found her way into my daughter’s pool and drowned. She was missing for less than five minutes, opened a door she was never able to reach, walked across tall grass that before she had always insisted on being carried over, and managed to climb the steep stairs to the above ground pool. All of the impossible little details that changed her life and ours forever.

Our faith and strong family care helped us all through the days ahead. We hugged together, cried together, devoured pictures, and talked about all the good memories we still have. Of course, we would give anything to have Sara with us again, but we know that she is safe in the arms of Jesus and He will care for her much better than we ever could.

Goodbye, my dear Sara. Great-gramma loves you very much!

08.17.06

Hospital Horror Update

Posted in life in Canada, health at 6:13 pm by Mrs C.

After waiting a few weeks for a hospital bed to become available, my aunt finally had surgery on the 15 pound tumor in her abdomen. Only the tumor was now 25 pounds and the added weight caused another organ to tear. So, of course, more surgery had to be performed. That was six weeks ago and the dear lady is still in hospital. In their haste to help her recovery, a lung was punctured, but hey, a woman in her 70’s can bounce right back, right?

Well, she did! It was touch and go for a while there, but Aunt T. is finally on the mend. Another few weeks and they might even send her to rehab. This is when we really appreciate our ‘free’ medical care, otherwise we would have to pay for the hospital errors out of our own pocket!