I am so glad you heard from your son been there one word can ease your mind for sure. I have been praying for him. Sorry about your stroke it has been 9 yrs since mine. jon and I will be married 50 yrs May 15 built our home and moved in it Oct of that year. On Apr 12, 2013 11:31 AM, "Shirley Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I heard from our son in Lebanon, he wrote me a small note, I am going > to paste it here, so you can read it: > Hi, Mom > I'm back from the Syrian border. Had an amazing time distributing food > packages to the refugees out there. I spoke to many of them thru > translators. The stories they told me and the injuries I saw first hand > were horrific.. > I can't imagine how terrifying it must have been for them. 3/5th of the > refugees are children. You'll never see any of this on our nightly news. > > > So, we're back in Beirut for two more days, then home. Thank you for your > support and encouraging words. Love you, Jim > > > > > I am so glad to hear from you Sophie, I still have that photo of you in > front of those beautiful Red or were they deep Pink Azaleas. I had another > stroke about three years ago, they found a blood clot in my carotid artery, > had surgery three days later, they were at it for over four hours, took a > lot out of me, but had little to no disabilities from it, only my eyes > would never be the same. Last year I had a blood clot in my eye, it blew > out the vain and I have lost about 30 % of my vision in my right eye, I go > for treatments every month, It's a little better, but I will never get the > vision back I have lost. But my left eye is 20/20 vision with my glasses, > so I am going to be all right. Age brings changes !!! We adapt the best we > can !!! > > > I am so pleased we have heard from so many members, it just shows once > friends always friends !!! > > > We did a lot of shopping today, it just wears me out, in one store and > than out, waiting in line, unpack the shopping cart, than get out of the > parking lot, and going a few blocks, pull in parking lot, look for a > parking space, go in store, We went to four places today, I had already > told the big guy I would make Lima Beans & Ham for dinner with cornbread, > got home at 1:30 PM, started the corn bread, than put the a big pot on with > a little water, a onion, a ham bone, than put some frozen baby Lima beans > in and covered and cooked for two hours. We ate about 4:30 PM, I thought it > was good, and than I came in here and read my e-mails, was so glad to hear > from our son. > > > I'll write more tomorrow about the changes our back yard has made these > last twenty years !! > > > Sully in Sunny California > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >