My beautiful sister, Laura, will be discharged from the hospital today, hospice has been arranged.
Her daughter flew in yesterday, two weeks ahead of their planned visit, her son came home from college.
Our youngest sister is making her way back from Alaska.
Tomorrow I’ll take food, love, God and prayers, and leave my tears at home.
All six of us sisters will begin to gather, moving in and out from her large porch into her house, to be near and out of the way, as needed. We’ll gather around her. We’ll gather around her brokenhearted husband and children. We’ll gather around her sweet dogs. We’ll gather around our mom. We’ll gather around one another.
Hard days are ahead.
Oh Julie, I’m so sorry. May God be with you all.
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Thank you Wally.
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I am very sorry. May God bless you and keep you, and shine his light upon you.
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Thank you so much Rebecca, that beautiful blessing means a lot to me.
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prayers that God will surround you all with his comforting spirit and peace!
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Thank you so much.
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So sorry about this. Sending healing prayers and energy for all.
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Thank you Leigh, we will all be blessed by your prayers and kind energy.
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Oh Julie, much love, prayers and comfort to you, your sister and loved ones. What a beautiful picture, it really speaks to everything you wrote in the post.
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Thank you Tricia.
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I’m so sorry that you and your family are going through this. I will be praying for all of you. Is your sister a Christian?
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Thank you for your prayers and for your kindness, Alma. My sister is not a church-goer, but she has a strong faith in God and she has many Christian friends who have supported her through her battle.
P.S. I really like your new gravatar photo. Very cute!
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I’ll be praying for peace and strength for her, and for all of you. Let me know if there is anything specifically you would like prayers for. I’d really like to pray into her kids’ lives.
P.S. Thanks!
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Thank you Alma. Laura had a good talk with her daughter, Melissa, and she has peace. Her son, EJ, has been very quiet and seems to be having a hard time. Of course he is. Please ask the Lord to speak to his heart, comfort him and help him see that it is going to be okay.
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Yes, I will pray especially for EJ. This touches my heart so much, it’s easy to remember to pray for him. I’m praying for your eye too, for the results to come back benign.
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Thank you Alma. I appreciate your sensitive heart toward EJ. I’m guessing his situation hits close to home.
How is your heart?
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Yes, I guess it does hit close to home. I am feeling good (much better than when I was pregnant, it’s like night and day), but the doc says it is a matter of time now. I will gradually get worse and worse, and when it gets debilitating again, I will need a valve repair/replacement. They tell me it will be in a year or two. So that’s scary, but I know it’s in God’s hands. I am praying for me to have a healthy outcome if it’s His Will, and for my husband and children to be drawn very close to Him if it’s not.
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Amen.
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Bless you and your family. I am so glad there are so many of you to hold her and each other up. My mom is in hospice. They are wonderful.
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Thank you Lily. I have heard many wonderful things about hospice and I am grateful that they will be ministering to her and to us. I’m so sorry that your mom needs them, too. Bless her and bless you.
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I will keep you in my prayers.
I am sorry.
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Thank you Kathleen.
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My prayers are with you. It sounds like your sister is in wonderful hands in the heart of your family. May God bless you all with peace and laughter and joy together in the time you have left together.
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Thank you do much Andi. There was precious peace and laughter in our last visit and I pray along with you that it will continue. Bless you.
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From reading your blog over time I’m sure we all know you have the strength to cope with your own emotions and support others in your family. I wish you well.
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Thank you bones.
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She truly is beautiful! Good to see that smile regardless of all she’s been through. I’m glad you are leaving tears behind. Please give her more reasons to be happy, It is tough, I know. But I will uphold you and your sisters in prayers plus her family too.
In the meanwhile, do give her a hug from me and two for you 🙂 and post your pix of the visit when you get there. I’ll check it up.
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What a kind comment, Frances, thank you so much for your love and prayers. I will give her your hug tomorrow.
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I’m sure she got my hug and many more.How are you today and how’s she? Through it all, enjoy every moment and still believe in His word. His peace will keep you.
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We did the same with my dad just three short years ago. Yes, the days were hard, but precious. ❤
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I’m sorry for your loss, Lew-Ellyn, thank you for sharing. We had a precious visit on Tuesday. Laura said, “The soul longs to go home, and I’ve felt that pull.” Words like those ease the sorrow.
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The Dutch origin of the word sorrow is “to care”. We have sorrow because we love. Your sister is beautiful. I am praying for your entire family. ❤
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Thank you for your prayers Lew-Ellyn. To sorrow = to care, I love that, thank you. ❤
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Your sis looks beautiful! I had been wondering about chopping off my long hair. If I’d look half as pretty as your sis does, I wouldn’t have wondered, and would have cut my hair already. Beautiful photo!
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Thank you.
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Praying for you this morning. May God’s grace be sufficient for you in all that you face this day and in the days to come. Peace, my friend, I ask God to envelop you in His peace.
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Thank you Kathleen. I read your comment just before I headed to the hospital Thursday to face surgery on my eye. Thank you for your very timely prayer. I’ll take your prayer covering with me again tomorrow when I visit my sister. Bless you.
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Praying for peace.
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Thank you.
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