For Family Home Evening, we decided to make Christmas tree ornaments for our missionaries--a set for Gp. and Gm. and a set for Talmage. Pre-made felt kits, all we had to do was stitching and embellishing. We just thought it would be nice for them to have a little something that we made with our own hands.
With a few personal touches.
Then the missionaries showed up! Brenda was in the hospital this last weekend and went home Tuesday on hospice. Mom decided she would rather spend time with Brenda before she passed than to come home for a funeral. They drove the whole way on Monday to get to Spechts at midnight. Dad showed up to spend the day with me on Tuesday morning.
Wednesday morning I took Dad to the hospital, he had been in A-fib since he had gone to bed Tuesday night. They got him squared away and he was feeling much better, but tired.
Thursday I went with him to make repairs after wind damage at 351. You might be a redneck if you wrap your hot tub in a cheap tarp, bailing twine, and duct tape.
In the hospital one day, on top of the lambing shed the next.
A recent art project though they liked making rings this week better.
Brenda passed away Thursday night and Mom and Dad headed back to Montana on Friday. We didn't see much of Mom, but she felt like she was very blessed to have that time with Brenda. It's a tender mercy they were in Montana and not on the other side of the world. James and I took dinner up yesterday to Petersons. There was a good feeling there. This last spring, I happened to pot 4 geraniums I had propogated from Brenda's house-warming gift 7 years ago. I was able to give one to each of the boys.
We turned the fireplace on for the first time of the year after church today. It is 90% humidity with the mist and fog and feels very cold outside.
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