A Beautiful Mermaid Came to Call

Cathy sent this card to me. She is a dear sweet soul who went through my archives and found out how much I love mermaids . She made this herself!!! She said she hoped it brightened my day. It certainly did. I was having problems downloading pictures tonight, but I want to show you the cards John got, so I will try again tommorow.

I want to also say I am praying for all those who lost a loved one during 9/11. And for the healing of hearts and souls still recovering from that horrible day.

I also want to thank you all for praying for me and my family. I felt so much better today. And I felt stronger. Having this blog has done wonders for my soul. It has introduced me to some of the kindest people I have ever met. Even though I only know you on-line, you have showed me more kindness than some people I have known my whole life. Just by writing a word of encouragement, and saying a prayer. Thank you all. God Bless each and every one of you, and may the God of Heaven pour blessings upon you in magnificent ways. * love nita*

John Got Mail !

John called me tonight, and told me his mail was delivered 20 minutes after I left, and that he had received 20 cards from all over the world!! He received 10 last week.

I am so happy that people are responding, and he is so excited that there are that many people thinking of him. He said he wanted to wait until I come tomorrow to visit to open them. I am going to take some pictures of the cards and post them tomorrow.

For those concerned about him going to rehab and your cards not being delivered to him, they will forward his mail to the rehab place.

And I will post the address of the rehabilitation center that he is going to this week. Thank all of you who have sent John cards, and thanks to all who are going to send cards. It has really meant alot to us.

I have one more request tonight please pray for Elizabeth. She has came down with a bad ear infection this past week. I have taken her to the doctor once this week, but tonight she was in so much pain she was crying. I am taking her to the doctor again tomorrow if they can work her in ( I pray they can). She has missed alot of school because of John's accident, because he was in such critical condition we wanted to stay with him to make sure he was out of the woods before we went home. I am so overwhelmed with all of this. I am trying so hard to be strong but I am feeling weak. Please pray for us. *love nita*

Chapel in John's Hospital

I went to visit John today, he was a little down because he has to stay a few more days in the hospital because his wound is still seeping a bit. The doctor wants to make sure there is no infection at all before he goes to rehab.

I went to the chapel while he was doing physical therapy. (These are photos I took while there) It is a lovely chapel. I talked to God for a while. Telling Him things that burden my heart. While in the chapel I began to think about the things I love. I love bare trees in Winter. They have no truer form than in Winter. I love good coffee. I love new notebooks, I have a million of them but always want more. I love good ink pens. Good books. I love to walk the dogs in Summer Rain. I love learning, I am a lifelong learner. I love to basically learn about anything. I love it that I am rarely bored. I have always been able to entertain myself. Enough about me. What do you love? *nita*

I have been practicing self portraits with my camera. I am not that good yet, but I am trying. I have been blind in my left eye for 3 years. I started losing site in that eye 8 years ago . They found out I had a tumor on the optic nerve. It is not cancerous but it is inoperable. I feel blessed to still have one good eye. What is unusual is that my eye that is blind moves just like the other one. And I have not noticed much of a color change. My doctor says I am really lucky because of that. One blessing to be thankful for.

The plant with the angel is a Crow's feet plant. It is a succulent. It is a piece of a plant that I have had since 8th grade. It is a really neat plant. This picture is for a friend who had never seen one. *nita*

Shadow of a Dragonfly

Today I saw the shadow of a dragonfly, right in front of me. When I looked up it was gone. Dragonflies have always fascinated me. I would love to go out to some wetlands and get some really good pictures of them.

When John and I went blackberry picking in July, we went to some wetlands near us, and the dragonflies were flying all around us, it was magical. We talked that night of future escapades into the woods and wetlands. I wonder now, will we be able to do things like that. Will his health permit it.

I remember a hike we took once on the Cherokee trails at Carlyle Lake. We walked a 3 mile hike through the woods and ended up in an old cemetery. On a low branch of an old Oak tree was a hoot owl. We just froze. I had one of the eeriest feelings I have ever felt in my life. We looked around the little cemetery and discovered it was a family cemetery. Almost everyone there had died of Cholera. It really made me think about life, and how it can be unfair. Almost a whole family wiped out by a sickness. I have always been the kind of person who has tried to live each day to the fullest, because I never knew what life had in store. I will continue doing that, life may change for us but we can still do everything in our power to make it a good life. *nita*