The Waiting

Every family knows these moments.

The waiting.

To see how a dear loved one will do.

All across the country phones ring

with updates about our  loved one.

Is she responsive?

What do the doctors say?

Dear Grandma is going to have a very

interesting day. She will have some

tests this morning and then they

plan to remove her from the respirator.

Only God knows how that will go for her.

Is this the day she will

go to her eternal home?

To see her husband already gone?

Her son, my Dad....

waiting and urging

her to come?

"Look Mom ~ 

It's...Jesus!"

Or maybe her lungs have had the time

to repair and have the ability to

breathe again...

Perhaps her days here are not through.

How much damage
has been done to her heart?

No one knows.

No one here, at least.

So...we wait.

Her son and daughter
remaining on this side 

of eternity will be with her.

If she survives today, and nothing

else changes, Mom and I are going to

head to Virginia tomorrow morning.

What is comforting in situations

such as these is to know that our

days have been known to our Creator

before we were even born.

We won't be taken too soon...

nor left too long.

Hard to see this sometimes.

Faith and Trust are never more

evident or important than in times such as these.

I am sure that Grandma Esther would

appreciate your prayers today.

I know I would.

Much Love to all of you who read here.

Your prayers mean so much.