Good News, Good News
It is the evening of June 3rd, and I pick up the phone to call my sister on a mobile phone
She talks to me from a restaurant in Edmonton where she and her oldest son are having a pre-admission supper before she undergoes major heart surgery the next day. She is bright and positive, with plans to attend her granddaughter's wedding in three weeks or so.....
Between that evening and now she has had more medical adventures than you could shake a stick at, and I have not heard her dear voice for six months less four days, so you can imagine how my heart leapt when I went to answer the phone this afternoon and saw her name and telephone number displayed. Home on a two hour pass from the hospital with two of her children, she sounded as bright and positive as she did six months ago, and it seemed as if all the distress and despair of the intervening time was a very bad dream.
I had to post this news, - it just seems so WOW! How Awesome! And I am so full of gratitude........
7 comments:
I am so pleased.
I'm sure you shed tears of joy, Hildred. Best wishes for your sister!
Lovely to hear your story and especially so for me after my recent adventure in hospital - it is so good to hear of others who are worse off than oneself.
Great news, indeed!
How wonderful, Hildred! I'm happy for you and also for your sister. May she continue to get better and better.
I wish your sister all the health and happiness possible! And I am happy for you, knowing how much good news means -- and having been in your shoes and knowing how hard waiting and worrying are (when there's not a lot you can do but wait and worry and pray and hope).
Thank you for sharing your joy!
I do hope it continues to be well with your sister. She has had a lot to bear and she needs some normal time.
Such good news thanks for sharing it.
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