Way cool stuff...to me anyhow

So we went home for Thanksgiving...it was good and different...when we were at the Dilbone Thanksgiving, neither of Chris's siblings were there...I missed them so much, I feel like an outsider sometimes when the rest of the crew is there, but usually Tina can somehow make it "feel" better...but she and Dan had to stay home...Tina is about to bust out the ity bity Broaddrick baby...anyhow, we missed you all, Chad and Bec too....Mom and Dad Dilbone are having a hard time, they had to put their 3 year old puppy to sleep...it was like one of their kids...it was sad to see them missing her so much...Pray for them...even if it is just a dog...it still hurts...Had fun laughing at Chris's cousin Tim...you had to be there but it was the best part about Thanksgiving there...

Then went to my grandparents...was good to see the fam there. My aunt who has multiply Myloma was there and was looking good. She has had 3 rounds of Chemo and then will have a stem cell transplant (from her sisters) in Jan. but will have to spend like a month in the hospital...that sucks....pray for her, her name is Amy.

The rest of the crew were doing well. Macee and Isaiah had a blast playing together...they are inseparable...

The coolest thing though was that when I was done eating with all my cousins, I went in to the "adult table" and sat and talked with my grandparents and my dad and step mom....going to my grandparents is like going home for me..they are the one thing from my life that has stayed "normal"...being there brings tears every time I am home...so this time was not any different...as I sat there holding my pappy' s hand, he said that he had something to share with me...he brought out an envelope and handed it to me...it was dated 1962...it was a love letter that my maw had written to him while he was at Kent State, they had been married for 6 or so years at that point...but anyhow, as I read this letter, tears began to fill my eyes...it was so amazing..I saw the richness in their relationship and was so blessed to see the amount of scripture that my grandmother had used throughout the letter to encourage my pap while they were apart....I felt like the richest girl in the world...the love of Christ poured out through my grandparents, the heritage that I have...wow...seems so undeserved...if only I can pass that along someday...wow...my heart was so blessed to be part of such a simple act...teaching me that no matter what, when we have Christ in our lives that we as couples can get through so much. It reminded me of a picture that all of us (grandparents, parents, and aunts), have hanging in our houses....when my mom died, my dad gave my sister and I each one that were our moms...simply put..."As for me and my house we will serve the Lord"...may this be the cry of my heart. I pray Chris and I will pass this rich heritage down to our Macee...wow what reasons to be thankful.