We are home. It is great to be home and I am excited to sleep in my bed with my pillows. Yet, being home is hard. Mike is everywhere, as he should be, and it is so hard to keep emotions in check. I am also tired and know a good night sleep will do me a world of good. I did go through all the cards tonight that have arrived and they gave me a good cry, a good laugh, good memories, and absolute love. Thank you. Elizabeth and I needed it.
Wendy has done a fabulous job while I have been gone and it is so much easier to come home because she has everything under control. In fact she reminded Elizabeth of an orthodontist appointment on Wednesday that she rescheduled for Elizabeth after Mike passed away. She has organized the mail by to do piles and the only thing I need to do is to pick one pile and just start. I think the thing I dread the most is that we had finally gotten everything done and now I need to start all over. But not today. Today I need to sleep. AND not tomorrow. Tomorrow I need to spend time worshipping. It is two weeks to Easter... the cross. I think this Easter will be different and better. To really spend this next few weeks walking the walk Christ did for our salvation and eternal life in heaven will be a great gift in light of the last few weeks. To really study, to really meditate at the foot of the cross. I'm in!
Prayer needs:
Emotionally healing
Wisdom for decisions
Energy to plug away at the paperwork
Time for myself
Parenting skills
Elizabeth's emotional healing and strength
Praises:
Dear friends and family
The cross
Emails, calls, texts, letters, everything from everybody that is helping me get up each morning
One more day
6 comments:
Praying for you both and thinking about you two often.
Love in Christ,
Kelly
Romans 12:15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
So thankful you made it back. Thank you for letting us hug you! You are right -- sleep, God, then the paperwork. I thank God for Wendy's little piles. Elisabeth Elliot whose husband went "into the gates of splendor" at a young age said "Do the next thing" and you're a testament to that. Praying for you BOTH. xoxoxo Kathleen
So glad you made it home safely! God bless Wendy for staying and taking care of everything. So thankful she'll stay with you two for the next couple of weeks!
Take cues from your body--sleep is exactly what you need. You've been on a rollercoaster and had a huge array of emotions. It will take time.
Let Wendy take care of you...it'll all be there tomorrow and use her help while she is there. That's why she is right by your side.
Keeping you in our thoughts and prayers every day!
Love,
Cynthia Turzak
BLESS YOU DEANNA & ELIZABETH. I love your blogs and I love your devotion to Christ! Praise Him for your safe trip HOME! Love, Gini
PS. Deanna...I also am thanking God for Wendy, maybe her nickname should be "Wendy, the Wonder Woman!" Gini
Praying for you and giving thanks, knowing the Lord is with you in and through it all, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" and Praise God for servants (His hands and feet) like Wendy. One day at a time, Love, Lynnette
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