A PARTY

Today was a very good day for both of us.  Lee was able to attend an outdoor garden party by the pool for a celebration of my birthday.  Julia, Greg, Daniel, Will, Michaela and Lillie, along with my brother Dennis all came to see us.  We gathered under the gazebo and our neighbors, Jerry and Gloria joined us.  Dennis contributed watermelon and pound cake, Gloria brought the tea, and we had a pizza party.  It was so wonderful to see Lee be able to sit outside and enjoy the fellowship of all.  It has been a lovely day and the weather was quite comfortable.  The children showered me with gifts (books, pictures, and movies for the two of us along with some special treats for me.)  This was a welcoming day for us!

Lee has not been as sore today as he was yesterday.  He is able to move about without much difficulty.  Every day he improves more and more.  What a blessing!  We are indeed grateful for each step he makes toward recovery and the road back home!  We are now able to speak in terms of "when we go home" and that is a good feeling.  Our lives are slowly returning to a more normal lifestyle.

Lee has found a Panther's game to watch this evening and I do hope it is a good game.  We are happy that football season is back because that is his favorite sport. I am glad that he is now able to watch the games  from his recliner and not a hospital bed.  Last season he was in the hospital for the Super Bowl and he and I ate pizza in his hospital room and watched the game.  This year we hope he can invite his "buddies" over for the Super Bowl game @ our house in Vale.  We are planning on that anyway.

As you can see, we are beginning to feel comfortable making plans for the future.  We now speak in terms of planning ahead and when we return home.  It is good to be able to do that because for so long we were not able to even think in terms of our future, much less discuss it.  This is what happens, I suppose when one goes through a major life adjustment due to extreme illness.  We have learned so much throught this experience and we have grown stronger spiritually.  We appreciate our time and all that we share with our family, friends, neighbors and others.

More Later..........................................Brenda