Marathon Weekend Begins

Wednesday morning.......day of departure. Going home and knowing we will have a lot on our plate for the next four or five days. It will be delicious but we will certainly be full by Monday. We will have several kids and grandkids home and will be busy doing this and that. It is always so good to see one's kids especially when seeing them doesn't occur very often. I don't know what we would do without the ones that live near us. Life would be so empty. But the times the others come home is special to all of us.

We will leave our dear friends here in Flint in a few minutes. It has been a good visit. I felt there was an urgency to seeing these friends once again. We trust them to the care of our heavenly Father. The Lord has been gracious to them in many ways, but one particular way is that their neighbors watch over them like hawks. Neighbor Ron mows their grass and fixes anything that breaks. Ron and Irene check on the the Jolly's each day a couple of times and care for their dog as if he were their own. What a comfort it is to those of us that love them that there is help for them only a few feet from their front door.

In a few hours when we get to Stevensville, we will get three of our grandkids whom live there. They will come home with us and with that our marathon weekend will begin. I'm looking forward to seeing our kids interact and seeing the grandchildren have fun with each other. Family is such a gift. Actually, family is the Lord's idea and so it has to be good. When it isn't good there is something broken. Our family isn 't exempt from breakage. We have had our share of hurts and disappointments and there are a few things we would change if we could. On the other hand, the blessings we enjoy through our family are countless. We thank God for each member.