Monday, December 27, 2010

Michael's ear


A week ago, Friday night, Michael had been skateboarding with some buddies in a garage out by Bottle Hollow. He fell and ripped his ear off. Crazy. Den drove through the night and a terrible storm to get him to a plastic surgeon who did an amazing job of re-attaching it. It is still swollen and dark, but perfectly shaped. The bowl had been broken into three pieces and the skin in back where he had to work had been "ripped/mashed". The only place it was still attached was in front of the ear lobe. Lessons are learned in the most interesting ways. One man said Mike will probably "hear" us better now. I love that boy. I count our blessings that his hearing is okay. That no one else was hurt. That he will be fine. It could have been worse but he was protected. I am thankful for guardian angels and a loving Heavenly Father.

One more day

I finished taking around some goodies yesterday to people I love. We had gotten most of them done but then the kids came and Christmas blew past and yesterday was the first day back at it. In my defense, it was just the day after Christmas. However, as I was thinking about it, it occurred to me how awful it would be if when I got to the pearly gates, I had just needed one more day to set things right. Whew, this morning, I received a new day. Today, I will do the important things. :)

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Wreck

This morning one of our drill girls got into a wreck. A car pulled onto the highway right in front of her and she slammed into his side. She's okay, he's okay. We have traveled many, many miles in our days and count our blessings that we have been safe. I wonder how many miracles have occurred for us to be able to say that.