Isn't it supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year??

I'm a believer that sometimes you say things and but those ideas out into the world, and they are that more likely to happen. I believe you can jinx people. Call me weird or superstitious or whatever. In my last post, I mentioned that I am afraid of my grandparents passing away. Well, we got a call on December 23 that Granddaddy had been taken to the hospital by ambulance. I will spare you the details, but apparently he has an infection somewhere in his body that has his white blood cell count elevated, has him dehydrated, has him slightly delirious, in pain, and he lost some blood. And they still can't find the source of the infection. We have been getting reports from family members who live near them in Alabama, and we thought he was improving. Apparently not. The nurses brought in DNR and Living Will paperwork last night. I'm angry that all of this is happening. I'm angry that they have brought out the paperwork. Until recently, my 91 year-old Granddaddy had been going to work everyday, and now it's like the doctors are giving him subpar care because he's old. Old people get sick and die. That's not ok with me. He's supposed to be ok. He's supposed to celebrate his 71st wedding anniversary with my Grandmother in January. He's supposed to see me get married. I'm trying to say prayers and stay optimistic, but I'm angry. To top it all off, we also found out yesterday that my Grandmother's only living brother was put on Hospice.

I know I owe y'all a post about Christmas, and that will come later. This is consuming all out my thoughts right now. Prayers and thoughts are appreciated.

A

Let's hope the bees stop buzzing.

Let's get serious for a minute.  I just read Raising Colorado's latest post and my heart sank.  If you haven't checked out her blog, I demand encourage you to do so.  She's fantastic and funny and just plain awesome.  Recently, she's had to deal with some unpleasant things.  Now, I've never met her, but I read her blog religiously and I follow her on Twitter, so I feel like I know her.  Here's what I'm asking of my readers: take a moment and send some love/prayers/happy vibes/good thoughts her way.  Do it for Troy.  Do it for me.  Do it because it's almost Christmas and that's the kind of love that Jesus is all about.  Just do it.

This one's for ZDub,
A