Email from Todd

I woke up late this morning...just got on here about 15 minutes ago and checked my mail....and this was what was there:

Hope
I Just want to thank you and Scott for everything you do for mom and dad.You've always been there for them and put their needs before your own.and i will never forget it.Every night she spent in the Hospital it was you who stayed with her.Shes in the best place she could be right now and i thank you from the bottom of my heart.
P.S. I hope the taller toilet we put in worked better for mom.
I Love You
Brother Todd

I have been weary spiritually and physically and I can't even tell you how much this email has lightened my heart and soul. I know Todd is not perfect, Lord knows none of us are. But this letter touched my heart so deep. The good Lord knew I needed something, something to lift my spirits...so He sent me a letter. I love my family so much....all of them! I haven't done enough for mom and dad, there is no way I could repay the kindness and love they have shown me throughout my life. We all have opportunities to repay kindness and some times we take them and some times we don't. We put our jobs, money, possessions and all kinds of things on top of the list then followed by family and friends and kindness to them. I wish I could do more for them, for all of my family.

Mom is feeling better every day. I thought this set back would keep here even longer, but we are all working to get her home soon. Dad and Tommy and Todd are working hard to get the upstairs finished...if they had more help, I guess she would get home quicker. I know she will love to have her own space and her own everything. I know she thinks she is inconveniencing Scott and I, and she is really wanting to go home just because she wants Scott and I to have some privacy. Well, when she does go home, Scott is going to drop me off there every morning then pick me up every evening so I can clean and cook for her. At least for a while. I just don't feel good about leaving her all alone. I know she will have some help, Todd and Lisa just live up the hill...but they have a family to take care of and need to be there for that baby as well.

Thanks Misti for your calls as well, hopefully we will get to do lunch soon.

Ohhh and Mom does love the higher commode, she doesn't have to hurt herself to get up.

I am feeling much better today as well, fever broke and the congestion is easing a bit...I think we both got something at church on Sunday.