Mountain Musings

An Update on Granny

Thank you to all our friends and to everyone who knows us through the blog all over the world who have prayed for Granny's health situation after our last post.

She was in the hospital for 4+ days before being released to home hospice care two weeks ago.

Granny has some good days and some not-so-good days. The hospice nurse who has been coming to check on her has been amazed at her resilience at 93!

On good days you can find her resting in her recliner and shelling black-eyed peas from the garden and like yesterday, amazingly, frying apples...although the effort was quite strenuous for her.

Prayer is still very much needed, and we would like to ask you to please continue on her behalf!

Out-of-state guests are arriving here at Mountain Musings for Labor Day weekend, and Granny wants to feel well enough to enjoy talking with them and joining in the fellowship.

Thank you for your prayers that the Lord would continue upholding her!

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. ~  Philippians 4:6

~Deb

Birthday Celebrations & A Visit From Another Sweet Munchkin

July has come and quickly gone, and the end of summer is approaching before we've even caught our breath!  And the blog, methinks, has been languishing! Welcome back! :)

Our family enjoyed some special celebrations during the month....Deb's birthday, a visit from grandson Jack, 4th of July fireworks, and Granny's 93rd birthday! It was a good month with visitors coming to see Granny, too!

 Here I am celebrating with my annual "only-time-we-have-it" Peter Paul Cake (icing and filling link) for my birthday. Hannah did a great job...delicious as always! The family spoils Momma Deb for sure!

I especially wanted a photo of me with Granny as part of my birthday activities. Here we are on the back deck as the sun went down on the day: I think the very best part of my birthday weekend was Micah and Jack's visit to help me celebrate! I don't get to see all the munchkins very often so it's always a treat to have them come see us!

Here I am below with three out of our four kids for my birthday. We missed you, Sarah--you belong in this picture! Next time! :)

We all had fun playing with Jack, especially Hannah. It was a great time for him to get more comfortable being around his aunt since she was scheduled to babysit him for two weeks this summer: Jack didn't take long to warm up to everyone! What a fun weekend with this little cutie!

And, of course, just like he did recently with the other three grandsons, Tom had fun teaching Jack some woodworking in Grampa's Workshop. Jack took his hammering very seriously as he helped make his J letter:

 

We topped the month off with celebrating Granny's 93rd birthday! Wowzers! 93!

And we belatedly celebrated her birthday with visitors in early August. My sister came to visit for a few days, and my cousin and her husband came to see Granny...very delightful times:

Just three days after this photo was taken last week, Granny experienced a life-threatening illness and was rushed to the hospital with a severe infection, labored breathing, and some other issues. She's still there tonight as I write this, and the doctors are trying to stabilize her.

Prayers are requested, please! We would be ever so grateful if the Lord looked with favor on Granny and granted her an even longer life! We'd love to celebrate another birthday together!

~Deb