A day when prayers were answered 7 Feb 2011

I just have to record the things that happened within 24 hours time frame in our family. We always pray for our children and our grandchildren, but lately our prayers for them have been more earnest and on the morning of the 7th they were especially so, as the day before our little four-year old granddaughter in Las Vegas was diagnosed with Juvenile Diabetes creating a family emergency for her parents as she was hospitalized with a 700 high sugar reading. What a scary thing for this young family with no insurance coverage.....and how frightening for a little one to be told she has to have finger pricks and shots the rest of her life! So, our prayers were even more earnest than usual this morning. We were just about to leave the house to get our taxes signed when the phone rang. As it did, we realized that we had been sort of puttering around without knowing why that morning. It was my daughter in West Jordan, Utah telling me that her 17 year-old daughter had been driving from school when a car ran a red light and hit her totaling our granddaughter's car. She was unconscious , the airbag had deployed and the car doors difficult to get open from either side as her car had spun around and was hit on both sides by the other driver. Her mother was calling from the ER and Teanna was awake, but hurting at that time. A miracle she was not killed or seriously injured! After another prayer, we went about our duties of the day which included getting our income taxes signed and ready to go as well as a surgery to remove (Permanently) the toenails from my big toes. I knew I'd have to be off my feet for at least a day and maybe more so was planning a quiet week. When we got home there were many messages on the phone, one from our son Jade in Lewisville, Idaho telling us his wife had rolled their van with the two youngest boys in it. We called immediately to learn they were all okay but the van had rolled several times landing right side up and that no one was seriously injured. Another miracle!!! Two totaled cars with no major injuries!!!

We feel so blessed and thankful for life. Doug said a child across the hallway from Breelynn's hospital room, a little one died....and all of a sudden diabetes became more manageable and even a blessing....they still have a daughter! He said the scream of the other mother will forever haunt him and remind him of his blessings.

I've had minor discomfort from my surgery and a lazy day of keeping my feet elevated, but all is well.