The Simple Things Have Never Been Sweeter

Sophie and Pa

Addie and Pa

This past week was filled with the wonderful simple things in life.  Ken and I went to our granddaughter's first piano recital.  Sitting there and listening to songs played on piano and guitar by "aspiring" musicians we smiled and realized this is what life's about.  On Monday, we spent the morning with Addie and Sophie at their school for Grandparents day. Although an ordinary event for us, this time it was extraordinary.  Ken played golf and had a score in the 80's. Greg joked that he may want to look into getting another kidney :)  Amazing feat for someone who had a kidney transplant 3 months ago. The best things in life are the simple things.  We follow routines every day of our lives but when those routines are interrupted or changed, we realized how much we LOVED those simple things.  My mom would always say something good comes out of every challenging situation.  She was so right.  Ken and I both see life in a new, beautiful light.  We treasure the simple things.  We want to spend time enjoying the simple things.  We thank God for giving us these simple things.

This past week Ken reached a milestone - 3 months post transplant surgery.  For the past three months, Ken had to record in his black notebook every ounce of fluid he took in and every ounce of fluid he put out.  He had to keep track of weight, blood pressure, and temperature every day.  It gives me great pleasure to announce that the black notebook has been officially "retired."  This was a HUGE step forward!  Yesterday Ken went in for his second infusion of medicine to kill the virus in his blood.  Last week we waited anxiously for the results of the blood test measuring the level in his blood.  It had dropped from 90,000 to 31,000!  The doctor said if it goes below 5,000 he won't have to have any more infusions. We will find out those results next week.  I humbly ask again for prayers that this medicine continues to work.  I thank you again for all your love and support.

I wanted to end today's blog with a Danish proverb that I wanted to share with all of you - "What you are is God's gift to you; what you do with yourself is your gift to God."  During this season of Advent, let's give of ourselves to others and in so doing we are giving to God.

Until next time may the Lord carry us on our journey,
Pat