Still waiting

Okay, so maybe I'll post quarterly.  ;/

Well, we are still waiting for Jim's journey to be jubilant in the flesh, meaning, we need some healing and we need it badly and we want it now, but that's just us calling out, Lord.

It's been a while since I posted, but since my Australian friend wants to know, here it goes.  :)

Every year we "wait and hope" to borrow a phrase from my son.  And we hope it will be a little bit better.  But in truth it's a little bit worse. 

Jim can't seem to get out of bed more than a few hours on a good day, a few minutes at a time on bad days.  Rather than dream old dreams of ministry together, getting helgies, fishing, and going to Minnesota, something we have wanted to do since we have been married, we hope and dream of the day that we could just make it to the cottage for one more golfcart ride so we could see God's beauty in the forest that we love.  I doubt we will make it up there this year.  Meanwhile, I have yearnings that are so unmet, I can't believe it.  I am actually happy and at peace.  God has been working.  OVERTIME.  Yearnings are still there, but I live in them w/ this little smile on my face that says something you as a reader will never get to understand.  Oddly, for that I am grateful and sorry.  What I wouldn't give to have him hold my hand on a Sunday morning at church. 

Anyway, as I was saying, where we used to dream of taking the grandbabies to Disney and fishing w/ helgies, we ah, hope Jim will be able to hold the little one w/out much pain.  So, meanwhile we still ask for full restoration.  We hope you are still asking as well.

To add to hurt to injury, when Jim can get out of bed, it's hard to leave the bedroom because it's so hot and we don't have air conditioning.  W/ his lung issues, he needs conditioned air.  Heck, I need conditioned air.  We do have a window unit in the bedroom, and we actually have another small unit, but it barely keeps the first floor cool and it costs a bajillion dollars to run, so we only keep the bedroom one on.   HUM HUM HUM.

We have changed the mattresses again.  Jim needs another one.  We hope they will return it or the warranty will replace it.  They break down because Jim is on it so much.  So, I have a mattress in my living room again, if anyone wants to use our Sauna.  ;)

My hands hurt, so I'm going to go.  Well, you want to know Gary, so there you have it.  If you ever hit the Australian lottery my friend, buy me AIR CONDITIONING.  And I'm glad you asked.  No one cares to hear me grumble anymore, but I would say all of that isn't too bad considering the past 6.5 years. 

Okay, that's the real reason I hate to write anymore.  I sound like WAAAAA WAAAAA WAAAAAA.  We really don't have much to say though.  God is Good and WAAAAA WAAAA WAAAA.  lol