Tree of Life

Many times as Papa and I have our java together we are thinking about our family! I need to find more pictures of my adult kids! We have tons of the grandys!! We pray for all of our precious family and find much joy in each one of them.
Enjoy our blessings in the pics I am sharing. Leahs' oldest girl Maddie is a Juvenile Diabetic. They are pictured at the OSU SHOE during their Walk For The Cure every October. Diabetes is a constant adjustment for her. She wears an insulin pump now but even then, she has trouble at times with highs and lows. She can feel pretty lousy and hurt all over when the sugar is high, or if she gets the flu it is scaring for her. She may have to have an IV to get her ketones down if that happens and that means a IV poke and blood work, the whole nine yards. She is a trooper with it though, an inspiration to us all. We pray for her. We pray for her to have the strength to endure, we pray for God to heal her too. We love our family. We love our kids, their spouses and our grandables dearly.

Just LOVIN' Gary at an early age as a teen has brought me jewels of life to live for and joys inside my heart that only Gary can or could have given me...and my God and Lord Jesus His Son.
Steve and his family had a Spanish Thanksgiving this year with friends. Leah was in Steubenville to celebrate there with Regina. Kev was in the "north" country at the farm with Gigi....What a wonderful Thanksgiving. Even in a RV! we had everything we needed to have a wonderful meal together and Thank Our God...Pilgrims' Hearts!
A thankful heart is like medicine to a soul.... there is a proverb that goes something like....when hope is deferred it is like a empitness you can not fill, but when Hope is revealed it is a Tree Of Life. Jesus is that Hope revealed...Our Tree of Life. May we always COUNT OUR BLESSINGS!!!!..... Family = Blessings, Sending Sea Breezes...while they last!!.... Kari