Hi all...just popped in to welcome any newcomers...
This is one of my Pc's good days and I am home on it...I freed up some memory and maybe that is helping..hope so...
Enjoy you visits on FC...so many good threads and helpful folks on here and just about any subject is covered that you can think of..just check the home page....
Happy Memorial Day weekend....
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Hi,
I am sort of new. I have been a member since 2002 but I have been so sick that I have not been here for almost a year. I love this site and miss it when I am unable to come and be a part of FamilyCorner.Com . When I am feeling well, I love to visit with my grandchildren and playing with them when I can. My granddaughter Abi-3 and oldest grandson, Andrew-7, live up in Kentucky, so I do not get to see them as much as I used to. Abi loves to have pillow fights when she comes to sleep over at our house. She just turned 3 this past Oct. and when she asked me about having a pillow fight I almost fell out of the bed laughing. She is our little princess who loves to dress up in frilly dresses, but she will wrestle and pin down other boys with no problem. Her brother is the opposite, very studious and loves to visit libraries or museums to see dinosaurs or study tornados. These two are the children of our daughter, BJ and her husband Kevin who is in Seminary in Louisville, KY. Our son, Frank and his wife Sheila, who live just 1 county over from us and they have 3 sons. Chad-6 who has a learning disorder but is so loving, Franklin-2 who is the spitting image of his dad down to the voice and wired up and then Nicholas Lamar-9 mo. who is named after his Pop, my husband. Franklin and Nicholas were both premies and have some medical problems. Franklin has a low immune system plus they think he may have Cystic Fibrosis, but Franklin is a fighter. He is allergic to everything and some of the things he is allergic to could kill him. We have to be real careful when Franklin eats at our house. They did not expect him to live after he was born, but he did. Nicholas was born 6 weeks early and Sheila's kidneys were failing. When she first learned she was pregnant, the doctors wanted her to abort saying that going to full term would kill her, but she said no. God would watch over her and the baby if it was meant to be. Nicholas was born with no tear tucks and just 1 week before he came, his weight was only 1.5 lbs. They gave Sheila some cortizone shots to build up his lungs and but weight on him. When Nick came out, he weighed a whopping 7 lbs.
I wish that I could keep them all by myself, but with my illness I am unable to do so. My illness is so bad that my husband has to do the grocery shopping, cleaning and even take care of my personal needs. Talk about in sickness and health....and I love him for it. If I can just get the surgery I need, then I will get so much better, but I have been waiting now for over a year to get it. I have a new surgeon so maybe I will be able to have it in the next few months. Please pray for me that I will get it. The surgery is dangerous and 1 out of 200 die, but my disease that I have will kill me before I am 60 anyway. I guess I have talked way to much so please forgive me for rambling on. I am home alone alot and the computer is my only outlet to the world and other people. Please take care and I look forward to getting to know everyone.
You and your grandson Franklin sound very much alike, both of you are fighters! Let's hope that you get the surgery you need ASAP. Then little Abi can come for a visit and you two can have the best pillow fights EVER!
Welcome back to FC and I hope that you will be feeling better soon. Prayer chains really do help and all the positive friendships you will get here at Family Corner will help make you stronger too. I hope you can visit with us often.
God be with you in your time of need.
OSI aka Anna
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Becky, welcome! I sure hope that you get the surgery you need and that your grandkids get as healthy as possible. I DO believe in miracles, do you? We must believe in order for them to happen, but in the meantime, will remember you in my prayers!
Grammy, nice to meet you. I am a newbie with limited time . Your intro touched my heart . I pray, being Gods will, you will get your operation. I can tell your grandchildren are VERY important to you!!! I have a few myself and they certainly make life worth living. I wish you all the best. Candy
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Grammy(Becky), welcome back. The computer can be a very good tool and help a lot. I'm sure you use it a lot to keep in touch with your family. Your family in Kentucky live very close to me as I live in Louisville also. Are they at the Baptist Seminary or Louisville Theological? Know that you and your family are in our prayers.
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Each and everyone of you have been so kind and your greetings have been very warm and heartfelt. It is good to feel like I am back home again and to know that you are welcomed no matter what.
To Alida: You asked if I believed in miracles?
Yes, I do. In fact, God has filled my life with miracles that cannot be denied because I was a witness to everyone of them that occured in my family. These miracles occured during the illness and eventual death of my dad, all the way through to the births of my grandchildren who I was priviledged to witness. There is something to be said about seeing the look on your childrens faces when they gaze upon the face of thier first child. I remember the tears in my daughters eyes when her son was born and she looked up at me and said "Look mom, I'm a mom too." We all cried together. I also remember witnessing the death of my dad, but again I felt priviledged to be there with him. My dad was bedridden from cancer and emphysemia so my mom had to take care of him. He wanted to die at home with his family around him and he did not want to suffer, which he did not. My dad used to always ask me in this begging like voice when was God going to let him die and I always reminded him that God will not let him die until God was ready for him. I put it to him this way:
It is like being in a Bakers Shop where you have to take a number before you can purchase the items you like. When they call your number, then you can go up to the counter where the baker will take your order. I told my dad that God was like that Baker, He was not going to let my dad up to that counter until his number was called. My dad used to always laugh at me when I would tell him that story and felt better. Just after my dad took his last breath, I told my dad "Dad, God has now called your number and you can go home". So,Yes I believe in Miracles and I feel as if my life has been full of miracles and blessings and I thank God for them. In fact there are alot more miracles then what I even mentioned here, enought to write a book about.
To RedCardinalBird:
My daughter and her husband, Kevin actually live in Shelbyville, KY but go to First Baptist church in Simpsonville, KY where Kevin is the Youth Pastor. He is attending the Baptist Seminary just outside of Louisville and all I can tell you is that it is across from the Presbyterian Seminary and that I was seriously lost when our son-in-law took us over there to show us. lol
Well, I hope that I have answered all of your questions and I would again like to say thank you for your warm greetings and look forward to getting to know all of you. Take care and God Bless You All.
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She is our little princess who loves to dress up in frilly dresses, but she will wrestle and pin down other boys with no problem. Her brother is the opposite, very studious and loves to visit libraries or museums to see dinosaurs or study tornados. These two are the children of our daughter, BJ and her husband Kevin who is in Seminary in Louisville, KY. Our son, Frank and his wife Sheila, who live just 1 county over from us and they have 3 sons. Chad-6 who has a learning disorder but is so loving, Franklin-2 who is the spitting image of his dad down to the voice and wired up and then Nicholas Lamar-9 mo. who is named after his Pop, my husband. Franklin and Nicholas were both premies and have some medical problems. Franklin has a low immune system plus they think he may have Cystic Fibrosis, but Franklin is a fighter. He is allergic to everything and some of the things he is allergic to could kill him. We have to be real careful when Franklin eats at our house. They did not expect him to live after he was born, but he did. Nicholas was born 6 weeks early and Sheila's kidneys were failing. When she first learned she was pregnant, the doctors wanted her to abort saying that going to full term would kill her, but she said no. God would watch over her and the baby if it was meant to be. Nicholas was born with no tear tucks and just 1 week before he came, his weight was only 1.5 lbs. They gave Sheila some cortizone shots to build up his lungs and but weight on him. When Nick came out, he weighed a whopping 7 lbs. 
Thanks for the HeartWarming Welcomes 
