July 1st, already - wow! 2008

Hi There Again,

Boy, this one should be good....I'm so tired I can't see straight, but wanted to blog a little
blogger before I hit the sack. Try, try, try as hard as you can to make sense of this, when I talk 'bout my man!


Today I finished my "go-fer" duties and got the van registered, new windshield in it to pass inspection and made the overwhelming trip to the DMV to renew everything! There were at least six zillion people there doing pretty much the same as I was and I think I was one of about 8 people who spoke English and were Caucasion! Talk about feeling in the minority! Whew. Of couse after receiving my number, the only seat available was sitting next to a very "leave me alone" young Africian American man. I could tell he wasn't in the mood to chat, so of course I began chatting with him. What an eye opener. I shared with him our "death trail" over the past few years and he looked at me and said, "Ma'm I don't know how you can deal with all of these deaths in your family and still seem happy and normal (well, we all know that normal is not a very good description of me, but hey, this was our first meeting) He had lost a half sister to cancr and a half brother who had been shot to death. He had so many problems, that my heart went out to him. We finally sat there long enough, that we were bonded and best friends when all of the sudden it was my turn to pay up or ship out. After I finished, I felt I must do something to help him. He seemed so alone and so needy. He has no family just he and a world whom he feels there is no one who cares whether he lives or dies. The feeling of wanting to help him was so strong that I went back to him and said, would you mind if I prayed for you? He said, "no Ma'm, I would apprecite it, I haven't got anyone I trust enough to think they would care enough to do that". I told him that I would, I got his name and then I asked him if he would pray for Dennis and he got teary and said he would be happy to do that. He told me his name was Alex Polk, and I am putting out a plea that if any of you need someone else to pray for, please add his name to your list and pray that he might find peace and feel love from someone, especially our Heavenly Father....and if you're really into this like I am, pray that some way, some how, the missionaries might find him and teach him the gospel. I told him I was LDS and that being a member and believing as we do is what gets me through each day. Wow, that was a long story, but I can't get him off my mind and thought I'd give all our blog readers a chance to pray for a poor lost soul. Thanks for remembering Alex in your prayers, that could be another miracle!

After that I ran errands and then came home dead-tired, but couldn't stop until I'd done a few washings and cleaned the toy room. Now that was a little too ambitious of a plan, but I worked until 10:30 pm when Dennis came home from fishing with Todd, Michelle and kids.

That is another amazingly scarey story. They were in Jay's boat, having a ball, catching fish, when Dennis turned to say something to Todd and hit a wave and Michelle sitting up top in the captain's chair literally flew 30 to 40 feet off the boat and into the water...with no life belt on. I'll tell you that Dennis and Todd and the kids were paniced and poor Michelle was out playing "Little Mermaid" in the water. Thank goodness she was okay, they got her in the boat, stripped her down to some warm, dry clothes and continued fishing!
That could have been such a tragedy and thank goodness the Lord was watching out for them and everything turned out okay including the fact that they caught a gazillion fish and the kids had a ball. Then a storm came up and they fought huge waves, getting literally soaked to death with Dennis driving as slow as possible to get them to shore.
All in all, Seth said that part was the funnest! Better than Lagoon! Dennis could finally laugh about everything after they got home, but it was panic-ville for a few times. We said a very grateful prayer when he got home!

I'm finishing this on Wednesday morning, because I fell asleep so many times typing last night that nothing was readable. Today there is too much to read!

Tomorrow is the big 2nd treatment....I am nervous about it, but as Dennis says, "Don't worry about what hasn't happened yet." So, I'll keep you posted on how he does.

Again, thanks for all your faith and prayers! You are loved by us. And thank you to those who have posted comments, it means so much to us to read and hear what you are thinking and what you have to say to us. Until tomorrow!......

The Blessed Bunch
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