Sunday, July 16, 2006

Sad News

I will be gone for a while, my Grandmother passed away at 6:45 this evening. Please pray for my family.

Bridget

Monday, July 10, 2006

Grandma update

Just a note to let you know we made it to NC and home safely. Well, I made it back home, my Mom stayed and I'm not sure when she will be home. My Grandmother is not going to get any better and actually she is only going to get worse. The doctors have said that her body is just tired and she doesn't want to fight anymore. My whole family is having such a hard time with all of this right now. The only thing that is helping, is knowing that she is saved and I will one day see her again, but like Blake said last night "That will be in a really long time" and that just hurts so bad. My little 8 year old has prayed for her for months every day multiple times, from saying grace at the table before we eat to saying his prayers before bed. He didn't understand last night why she didn't get better, he said "but I prayed". So Rusty and I had to sit him down and explain to him that God always answers our prayers just sometimes they don't get answered the way we want, but that it is always the way it is supposed to be. He seemed better after that but he kept crying and bringing his little hands up to his head, he broke my heart. My children are very close with my Grandparents, they have spent alot of time with them and this is going to be very hard for them. There aren't alot of 17 year olds that have been blessed to have Great Grandparents. The decision was made yesterday to make her comfortable, no more tests, no more blood draws or poking, she is on morphine for pain and she is still on the ventilator. They are going to let nature take it's course and let God's will be done. My Grandparents are such strong Christians and I don't know how my Grandfather is holding up the way he is, but he has been so strong for all of us around him. Please pray for us and keep us in your thoughts.
Bridget

Friday, July 07, 2006

Prayers Please

I am leaving with my Mom to go to North Carolina, we got notice today that my Grandmother is doing really bad and that she is "not there anymore". My family really needs prayer right now for God's will, I am not ready to give her up but I also do not want her in any pain.

Thanks

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Happy 4th of July (the day after)

Well, it was once again a busy but fun 4th of July for our family. Saturday was the 29th annual Gibson 4th of July party at my mother-in-laws. It was a lot of fun, tons of wonderful food and great music. We had about 130 people and I worried all week because of all the rain we were getting, but thank God by Saturday things had dried out and it all went off without a hitch. Yesterday on the 4th, my parents and my brother came over for a cookout and to watch the fireworks in our town from our deck. We have the best seat in the house, our deck overlooks the mountains. They have a big celebration in town and then around 9:30 they set off fireworks in the town park. We have a perfect view of the fireworks as they are going off and we don't have to leave the house. It's great.

My dad will be heading back to North Carolina tomorrow to stay with my Grandfather again. He has been trying to come home every other week but we can't depend on my aunt to go down and stay there for more than a few days so his visits have been cut short some. My Dad worries about my grandfather being alone, he is 81 and gets confused sometimes. My Mom is very lucky that my Dad will stay with her father like this, there aren't a lot of husbands out there that would be willing to do that. The doctors seem to be pleased with the progress my grandmother is making even though it sometimes doesn't seem like much to us. Please keep praying for her.

I am officially the assistant secretary for the little league football, I will be the assistant while I am learning from the current secretary and until she moves. I hope I am up to this, from the sounds of it, it is almost like a full time job. I am just glad I really don't have to deal with the parents a lot, that falls to the President, lucky man that he is. I guess we will see how this goes. I was the PTO President for Ashleigh's school when she was in 1st grade and those parents drove me nuts, everyone wants to tell you how you should do things but no one wants to volunteer to help. What have I gotten myself into?

Have a great day!!!
Bridget