Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

We had all of our kids & grand kids over for Christmas and it was great fun. We all took turns becoming rock stars with a new game called Guitar Hero, got treated to an awesome Christmas feast, shoveled a few feet of snow, had some wonderful late night heart-to-heart talks, cranked the grand kids up on an overdose of sweets & an overload of toys & produced a ton of garbage. It was kind of funny to watch the kids want to play with what someone else got. There was even a moment when they were so overwhelmed that they resorted to playing with the magnets on the refrigerator. Kids are just weird! The grand kids were especially good medicine for Julie. She enjoyed a week with them reading stories, snuggling & lots of spoiling. What a great way to celebrate Jesus birthday.

Julie's doctor is continuing to adjust & readjust his game plan in treating her. When one medication doesn't seem to work, he'll try something else. We'll find out next week the results of the latest cat scan to find out what's causing her to struggle with a chronic cough. He may refer her to a specialist who works with lungs.

Thank the Lord that her blood clots are more under control so she's able to get up and around a little bit. Julie's been listening to some of her favorite classical music and it helps her to relax and it seems to quite down her coughing. I also notice that after she spends some time doing her homework for her weekly Bible study with her friends, she really appears lifted up.

Thank you for your loving concern & prayers! Greg