Wed., 3/19/24, Melody came over at 10, Wes and Gayla took us to lunch for my birthday, then we played 3-13, took Max to college, went to the hospital to stay with Marie

Wes, Gayla, Bill and me at Olive Garden

This was my free dessert platter for my Italian donuts to go on!  The waitress wrote happy birthday on it with the raspberry dip.  She was such a nice waitress.

Evan came out when I picked up Max.  He always runs out and greets me and I love it!

Can this sweet Rehvyn boy get any cuter!  I sure don’t think so.  Love that Kenzie sent me this cute picture of them

I got ready, filled the kernel burner, then made a coffee.  I filled the bird feeders and set a chipmunk trap because I saw one this morning.  Roy called me when I got in and said he took Marie to a Covenant Med Express to get checked out for pain.  He got the wheelchair out, locked the brakes, hung her purse on the arm of the wheelchair, then Marie got out and was going to sit down.  He looked away for a minute and turned around and the wheelchair had fallen backwards with Marie in it and she hit her head on the cement. God had someone there who prayed for Marie right away.  Another person was from the medical facility and called an ambulance and checked Marie out.  She was having headaches.  They were at the ER when he called again to give me an update.  She cracked her skull and also had a bleed.  The doctor thought everything would heal and the bleed would stop.  They admitted her to keep observing her.  I put it on the prayer chain at church and also sent it to our prayer group.  Bill and I prayed right away.  Melody got here at 10 and we visited, and prayed and talked about how good the Lord is.  We discussed what we’ve each been reading in the Bible.  She is such a sweet friend and I love our mentoring time.

She left and Wes and Gayla came about 10 minutes later.  Bill asked them if they wanted to ride in the Jeep because they had mentioned it a while back.  They did, so they moved their van and hopped in with us.  They enjoyed their ride.   We got to the Olive Garden and got seated right away.  Bill and I got spaghetti, Wes got Chicken Parmesan, Gayla got soup and salad.  They all had salad and I got soup.  I got the free Italian donuts because of my Birthday.  There were 8 of them so we could all have two.  Yum!  We came back to our house and played 3-13.  I was the big winner.  Happy Birthday to Me....  Bill had a dentist appointment, so we stopped at the King round, so he could be on time.  Wes and Gayla left, then and I went to Barb and Ron’s to buy some more prayer hearts for Sue.  They were packing and getting ready for their trip to Texas.  She showed me the new woodwork and doors Ron had put up.  He sure did a great job.  I prayed for their dog because Susie is usually so friendly and today she was just wanting to rest and wouldn’t eat and was throwing up.  I went in and saw Melissa and the boys.  Evan had already greeted me outside.   Melissa and her family gave me the sweetest card when I was there. 

It is such a perfect card because me and how I am towards all my girls

Max got in my car and told me Happy Birthday right away and thanked me for sending him Birthday Cake last night.  He said it was good.  That made me so happy.  He couldn’t make it over last night.  I took him to school and he told me where to go when we got in the driveway of the school.  I dropped him off and thought about how proud I was of him when he and Vader walked down the sidewalk to go to class.  

After I dropped him off, I called the hospital to find out what room Marie was in.  They connected me to the room and I talked to Marie and told her I would come up and stay with her so Roy could go home and get some rest and eat.  He had been there with her since morning and wouldn’t go down to the cafeteria and get something to eat.  I passed him on the road when I was almost ready to turn into the hospital parking lot.  A neighbor, Pat, was visiting with Marie.  She had to leave, so I stayed with Marie the next four hours.  I thought she would probably want to sleep, but she visited the whole time, and we shared Scriptures and prayed together.  She said Roy would have one of the cabbage buns when he got home.  They are in their freezer and all he needs to do is get one out, wrap it in a paper towel and heat it for 50 seconds.  She said he really likes those.  I made sure everything she needed was close and got someone to fill her water cups with ice.  Then she thanked me and told me she loved me and I told her I loved her too.  She and Roy are like family to us and are so special.  

I got home and heated a cabbage bun up for me too.  It did taste good.  I was hungry too.  Bill was at the Marine Corp League meeting and was eating there.   When Bill got home we had ice cream with bananas and hot fudge.