Thanks-Giving
I've not been on my blog for quite some time. After our Lacy passed away, there was not much to say. But now, 5 years later, I am feeling my heart healing, and my ability to look back and be thankful is returning. In the late fall/early winter of 2005, our Lacy was in the hospital for four weeks. What started as severe chills and fever became strep pneumonia. Lacy spent a week in our local hospital, but after a short-lived improvement had to be intubated and airlifted to Little Rock. It was touch and go for the first 3 weeks, but finally Lacy was moved from ICU (and 16 days on a ventilator) and spent another week in a regular room until he was released in January of 2006. While Lacy was in ICU my routine included spending an hour with him three times a day, reading to him, rubbing his feet, and praying for Lacy's recovery. Giving thangs for blessings lifted my spirits and gave me hope. Including Lacy in my thanks-giving was encouraging for him. The scripture " I