God Provides

Today was a great day for our oldest daughter Allie. She sure did enjoy turning 9 years old today. It was her birthday and she was going to make the most of it. I joined her class at school for a birthday party for her and then later I returned to school to have lunch with her. She is in the 3rd grade and I guess at that age Dad is still pretty cool. I enjoyed sitting with her friends and listening to their silly chatter. Such as:

If 20 men walk into a room and look in the the mirror and they see twenty four-heads how is this possible......I thought about it for a while and gave what seemed like several logical answers to me and the little girls just laughed at me. The answer was that they saw twenty foreheads in the mirror. OK, the 9 year olds out smarted me on that one.

I really enjoyed having lunch with Allie and her friends. As I was there I was thinking of Trish and how much she would have enjoyed spending the day with Allie and her little friends. When I stop and think about it I am amazed at the person Trish is. I spent 3 days in the hospital last weekend and I think after 3 or 4 more days I may have cracked. There are so many trials and difficulties associated with our current circumstances, yet God always provides the measure of grace we need to make it though each day.

We have recently lost some, and some have walked away because the pressure was to great. To those who had to leave, we thank you so very much for the time you spent with us and the wonderful things you were able to do while you were on the journey. For those of you who are still with us, still reading Ashley's Story, still praying for a little Gherkin, we thank you so much for your steadfastness. And I want to say a special thank you to the folks in Omaha who have reached out and been there for Trish.

Goodnight,

DAVE