A WONDERFUL DAY INDEED

HELLO ALL, TODAY IS SUNDAY, USUALLY A DAY OF CHURCH AND REST, MAYBE GETTING TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY. BUT TODAY WAS REALLY SOMETHING! SISSY AND ROBBY AND THE BOYS PICKED ME UP FOR CHURCH, AND TODAY WAS SO SPECIAL THERE BECAUSE THE WHOLE WARD (CHURCH GROUP FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH OUR CHURCH) FASTED AND PRAYED FOR OUR FAMILY. I WAS SO TOUCHED, BECAUSE I ASSUMED THAT THE FAST WOULD BE FOR BOBBIE JO'S RECOVERY, BUT INDEED IT WAS THAT OUR FAMILY WOULD BE COMFORTED THROUGHOUT THIS TRIAL AS WELL AS FOR BOBBIE JO. HOW WONDERFUL TO HAVE SO MUCH LOVE IN MY LIFE. THE GOSPEL IS EVERYTHING TO ME- AND NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS WITH BOBBIE JO, I KNOW THAT HEAVENLY FATHER'S WILL IS THE BEST THING FOR ALL OF US. ANYWAY, AFTER CHURCH, I WENT TO JAYBIRDS BASEBALL GAME. I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BE WITH HIM, AS USUALLY HIS MOM NEVER MISSES A GAME AND HE NEEDED HIS FAMILY THERE. DON'T YOU KNOW IT, HE SMASHED A HIT CLEAR INTO CENTER FIELD! I AM SO GLAD I WAS THERE- I AM NOT SURE HOW HE IS FEELING ABOUT HIS MOM BEING SO SICK. AFTER THE GAME, BECKY AND I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO SEE BOBBIE JO. SHE IS HAVING SOME PAIN AGAIN AND HER LEGS ARE SWELLING. IT HURTS ME TO SEE THAT SHE IS GETTING THE SAME SYMPTOMS- I WANT HER TO GET WELL. SHE IS ON SO MANY MEDICATIONS, AND SOMETIMES SHE IS NOT HERSELF. MARTIN, (HER DAD) STAYED FOR THE NIGHT, AND HE IS TIRED. WHILE GETTING UP, HE STUMPED HIS LITTLE TOE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE REALLY GOT IT GOOD! SO HE IS STUMPING AROUND UP THERE, AND IS STAYING TONIGHT AS WELL. HE WILL BE A TIRED DADDY TOMORROW. OWEN, MARIE, KAYLEE AND JAYBIRD CAME TO VISIT TOO. BOBBIE'S MARTIN WAS THERE, BUT HE IS ON CALL AT WORK AND CANNOT STAY ALL THE TIME. BOBBIE JO KEPT SAYING THAT SHE WAS UNCOMFORTABLE, AND WE NOTICED THE AIR MATTRESS ON HER BED WAS NOT INFLATING. THE NURSES SAID IT WOULD BE HOURS BEFORE A TECH COULD GET THERE TO LOOK AT IT, AND IN THE MEANTIME, SHE WAS MISERABLE. SHE EVEN LAY SIDEWAYS TO GET SOME RELIEF, AND PROPPED HER FEET ON THE BEDSIDE POTTY. RUSTY AND LIBBIE CAME UP, AND WHEN RUSTY SAW THAT SHE WAS SO UNHAPPY, HE STARTED FOOLING AROUND WITH THE BED TO SEE IF HE COULD FIX IT. AFTER A WHILE, HE SAID, WELL, HERE IS A NUMBER TO CALL IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE WITH THE BED. I SAID, IT IS FOR THE TECH THAT IS COMING I GUESS. HE SAID, I CAN DIAL A NUMBER AS WELL AS THE NEXT GUY AND HE DID. SURE ENOUGH, WE GOT IN TOUCH WITH THE COMPANY'S MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD GET SOMEONE OUT THERE. RUSTY SAID, "WELL, TELL ME WHAT TO DO, I CAN DO IT FOR YOU". SO, SURE ENOUGH, THEY WALKED HIM THROUGH THE TECHNICAL JARGON AND GAVE HIM THE DIRECTIONS, AND HE FIXED IT! HE IS THE SMARTEST THING IN THE WORLD. I THINK DAD MARTIN WAS A BIT EMBARRASSED THAT HE DID NOT THINK TO CALL! SO WHEN I LEFT THE HOSPITAL, BOBBIE JO WAS RESTING COMFORTABLY. I AM NOW HOME, LUCKY AND BUSTER ARE HERE WITH ME AND I AM GETTING READY FOR BED. I HAVE TO BE BACK EARLY, SO GOODNIGHT MY LOVING READERS, AND I WILL WRITE TOMORROW! LOVE, NANA