God Bless America

Hi Everyone..  just a quick shout out from Kenz and Momma this morning.

It is Memorial Day weekend and that brings many of the same experiences in our life each year - baseball, boating and celebration of Gayl's life, remembering how we mourned and how much she was loved, how much we are loved.

Em is doing well.  Specifically, she is managing her pain and it appears that the meds are less frequent and bouts of discomfort less traumatic.  She has a lot of work ahead with regard to increasing her ROM... range of motion.  She has muscle atrophy and weakness, along with the body's natural reaction to "guard" the left side, so her left hip is up.  She needs to remind herself to lower it, stay level and start to trust her new joint.  So much...

Emily is currently enjoying time with Greg and family and friends at Lake Chautauqua, NY... which is wonderful for her, and hopefully all of them.  We miss our lake house, especially at this time of year when all boats hit the water, but are reminded of how full our life is regardless.  Joe's team is on the field again at 3 pm and tomorrow and if they fair well, again Monday.... and this year has brought so much "extra" to our plate.

Best wishes to everyone for a wonderful start to summer.  May God bless all of the men and women in uniform, their families as they serve us and protect our way of life in the United States of America.  Please extend a quiet moment of praise and prayer to them at some point this weekend.  We hope the weekend brings a cookout or a parade or a nice concert or program on t.v. that celebrates how blessed we are to live in our democracy and be Americans.