 This is the team from our church that helps at the rest home. Some were unable to be there due to appreciation day was on a Tuesday and they had to work.
Madeline, Curtis and Jared. They the young and the faithful. They volunteer every other week at the bible study in the rest home and have help numerous times on Sunday push the wheelchairs of the residents to church around the corner.
This is Joyce(in the green) and Betty. Joyce came to the hospital with Patsy(not pictured here) as soon as the heard about my stroke. They were so supportive calling and praying for me constantly. Joyce came to the house and made dinner for the girls, drove Ariel to drama practice and cleaned the house for me while I was in the hospital.
I haven't been able to volunteer since the stroke. However, Curtis and Jared's sweet mother Allecia has been driving to my house and taking Madeline so she can continue to be there.
These pictures were taken the day before my stroke. My car's battery went dead in the parking lot of the rest home. I was frustrated because it thwarted my whole day. AAA was 2 hours late and I had Madeline, Curtis and Jared with me. Dale had to come help us and he was in the middle of a deadline at work. Joyce took the boys home since it was taking forever. I thought that was an inconvenience. Then the next day I had a stroke. That sure put the day in perspective.
I have so many people to thank for helping me. My friend Charlotte who sat with me over 4 hours to make sure the nurses were taking care of me more than once, took me home from the hospital the second time and brought dinners and provided rides to the kids. All my friends who visited and helped my kids get to their activities. Allecia, Kim, Jill, Kathi, Carrie, Tami, Mary-Beth, Dawn, Bonnie and Laurie. Countless friends who sent me encouraging cards and held me up in prayer. My friend Ivy made sure I looked good in the hospital by bringing me beauty products.
I don't know how scary this whole thing would have been without all of you.
My mother wasn't able to come until after the second hospitalization. She helped us tremendously my cooking and driving me to appointments, the kids to activities, bought me the tray and rolling carts to help me get around the kitchen again. She was here for over a month taking care of all of us.
My family was awesome too. Sweet Madeline had to take on a lot of responsibility before my mom came. She was making dinners, doing laundry, grocery shopping and taking care of Ariel for over three weeks. She was very glad when my mom arrived. After my mom left she has still been helping with all of this on days my energy runs out. Ariel has started to help a lot more too and she prays for mom's recovery every night.
My husband has been so wonderful. He has had to suddenly do everything I did before. Grocery shopping, paying the bills and taking me to all my doctors appointments. The help from my friends not only helped me but my precious family walk through a difficult time.
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