Year 3 day 254 One day closer to Grant’s restoration! The medicine that we are using to reduce Grant’s tone, the rigidity in his arm and leg muscles seems to be working. In therapy this week it was reported that Grant was initiating the walking movement on his own. When he’s alert, he seems more alert than before. So we keep working and praying and working. So far no bad news from the 2012-2014 audit of Grant’s accounts. I am not expecting any because a lot of effort was put into the explaining each expenditure. I hope everything is self-explanatory. Brittany continues to do well at the Tom Savini School of Special Effects Make-up and Animatronics. She sent me a picture of some false teeth she made of the vampire or werewolf variety. She had to make a mold of her teeth and then cast the teeth based on the model of her own teeth. Pretty impressive. She will be home during Christmas, I think she’s looking forward to the trip. HBCC is still on life support. The Team is doing good work. We just need to increase foot traffic. More folks through the front door, the more likely people are going to stick around. I was hoping we would be trying to break 50 in attendance at this time but we are still struggling at breaking 40. The experts say once you have had more than 40 in attendance for 3 months you’ve broken that growth barrier. Starting over has been a whole lot of work. I constantly have to remind myself to forget what used to be and get excited about what’s going to be. My love life is going well. It’s amazing that God would place another wonderful woman in my life. Sherri is so different from Carol, but when it comes to understanding and intuition, being kind and compassionate, having that “mom sense” there’s hardly a difference at all. I feel privileged and blessed to have her a part of my life. Emotionally I still have those moments (maybe hours) when I have to give grieving its due. Confessing them instead of trying to stuff them or brush them aside is helpful in shortening their visitations. Also getting in about 30 minutes of exercise seems to help them pass with minimal disruption. Sherri is really quick to pick up on my moods and coax me out of the hole that I start digging myself into when I am feeling sorry for myself. I am trying to rejoice in the good memories instead of allowing them to make me sad. This latest bout has been effecting me for a couple of days, noticed it with sleeping difficulty but really didn’t put two and two together until this morning. It was 19 years ago today that we took up residence in Westminster. I have the picture of it on my wall, gosh I looked a lot better then than now…. God continues to supply the grace I need to get on with life. Daily time reading the word and praying is a constant source of help and encouragement. I do not understand God’s ways. One thing I can testify to—Psalm 4:1 “You gave me room when I was in distress…” God has given me lots of room, but never has let go of me. When I have accused Him of Divine Malpractice—He did not punish me for my impudence, He did not release me to my folly. He is steadfast and waits for my tantrum to end and then leads me on.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 19:09:51 +0000
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