My Daddy
It has been an exhausting week in more than one way. We as a Family laid my Daddy down. His funeral was yesterday. He suffered a horrible stroke on November 25th after we celebrated his 90th birthday on the 12th and said our good-byes on Thanksgiving Day, the 24th.
The last words Dad said to me after I told him I was leaving to go home were, "I'm sorry." I kissed him farewell. The next day, I was phoned and informed that he had a serious stroke, was unresponsive and was in the emergency room. We returned to Marion, KS. to see him lying in a hospital bed. I learned that when there is a stroke, the part of the brain that is attacked affects the opposite side of the body so Dad's right side of his brain was attacked and his left side of the body affected.
He was unable to speak. He was quiet, but his eyes spoke volumes. His right eye was discolored some and that coloring would return. I was not prepared for what would lie ahead of us as a family and it will take much prayer for me to forgive other family members for how this was all handled and for what was said to me during this difficult time of grieving my Dad's last days on earth.
I am at RETIREMENT COTTAGE today, resting. A son lies on an air mattress sleeping in our tiny living room. I fixed some coffee earlier and my dear Husband decided to fix a hardy breakfast. I am to rest today. Our Cottage's interior lies in a mess as I have been traveling back and forth to where my Dad was and when I was HOME, I had no energy to work on rearranging and making room for things that need a place. It means very little to me right this second as I have other things to deal with and have gone through.
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DAUGHTER'S PIE CRUST RECIPE
Pie Crust Recipe.
With her permission I share her recipe with you. BLESS your family, friends and your taste buds with this wonderful crust.
Pie Crust Recipe
1 cup flour
3 heaping tablespoons of shortening
A dash of salt
A tiny bit of ice cold water
Mix ingredients together well.
Roll out on wax paper.
Assemble pie.
Spread a little milk on top of crust before baking.
Simply delicious,
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DECORATING
I knew a very frugal Lady named Edith that shared with me a excellent guideline for decorating. She said with ease, "If your room has clean ceilings, floors, and walls, and the windows have nice curtains, you'll have an attractive room."
John 3:7
“Marvel not that I said unto thee,
Ye must be born again.”
King James Version (KJV)
PSALM 118:17
I shall not die,
but live, and declare
the works of the Lord.
By wisdom
a house is built,
and through understanding
it is established;
through
knowledge
its rooms are filled with rare
and beautiful treasures.
SALVATION
Romans 10:9 King James Version (KJV)
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Acts 4:12 King James Version (KJV)
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
"HOME is a wonderful place to LIVE. No matter the size of the rooms, ones HOME is a place to call ones own. I so LOVE my HOME." ~Deanna~
PSALM 90:12
SO
TEACH us
to number OUR days,
that we may apply our HEARTS
unto
WISHES
NO MATTER HOW BADLY YOU WISH with all your might that the something devastating that happened in your life hadn't happened and want so badly to go back in time to prevent it from happening...it isn't humanly possible to do this. You can't change the fact that it happened. IT DID. But JESUS can change the MEANING of what happened to you and give you PEACE. He can show you the way in which you are to go. God richly BLESS you. ~Deanna
4 comments:
Oh dear... I'm terribly sorry for your loss, and the circumstances surrounding the loss. Praying!!
I was struck by the similarity in our lives. My 91 y/o mom passed away rather unexpectedly on the 29th of November and was laid to rest on December 3rd. There is an emptiness so vast it's unexplainable and I know you understand. I'm pretty old myself, so she'd been in my life a long time. Our family, too, is riddled with those occasional barbs that pierce the heart.
So just when you think you're the only one who's a mess, you find a kindred spirit! :-)
I will lift your broken heart up in prayer. God hears every whisper.
MIndy
Thank you for commenting. I need prayers, Sherry. Thank you. I am soaking this all in. A roller coaster of emotions.
Mindy, I am sorry for your loss. I will pray for comfort for you as well. I appreciate your kind words. Believing that God hears our prayers and collects our tears.
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I am so sorry to read this about your great loss and family strife. When my father and my husband's parents died ( all at this time of the year too ) there was strife I'd never expected. Siblings all are Believers too, but it seems rivalries from days of our youth still cling to us even when we're "old" ourselves. When I reflect on what actually caused the divisions and hurt feelings it is rarely what you think it is about in the first place. I believe much of the strife comes bubbling to the surface from the cesspool of long held resentments and jealousies. I pray your family heals.
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