My Peace Zone

My daughter and I were in the mall a couple of weeks ago, and since by now we’ve heard every rendition possible of “I’ll Have a Blue Christmas Without You!”, we started to sing along with it, when we both caught the words we were singing…..and we said to each other, almost, simultaneously…. “Oh….no we…

On Sunday night – November 28th – back to Tulsa from a beautiful week in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico with my son and his family after a whirlwind previous couple of weeks when on Tuesday, November 16th, my Honey graduated to heaven; Wednesday and Thursday, preparations for the funeral; Friday, the funeral; Saturday, Family Thanksgiving…

It was just after the first of 2010 when our son told us that he wanted us to join his family for Thanksgiving 2010 at their place in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Ron and I made it a part of our goals for this year. But then, as the year progressed, and my Honey’s health…

Upon leaving the beautiful, inspiring and encouraging time with precious friends and family at the Homegoing Celebration for my Honey on Friday, I knew it was time to go home and turn the page for a new chapter in my life. With our children and grandchildren at my side for a few more days, we…

My Honey went “home” at 6:57 p.m. on November 16, 2010. Now it was the day after, and it was already time to begin the preparations for his home going celebration. “Celebration” definition — to observe (a day or event) with ceremonies of respect, festivity, or rejoicing. Yes, that’s what we’d do — celebrate his…

What started as an idea to get our bodies moving, actually got our whole family excited about the upcoming weekend. We had a plan, and we were activating the plan. We would all be together for an early Thanksgiving on Saturday, November 20th. We’d get as many as possible in the bedroom with Ron to…

My Honey, unable to move his legs because of spinal cord compression, just received his Sequential Compression Device (SCD) and boots. He looks like he has on hip waders and ready to go fishing – a very good thought indeed! The boots will provide stimulation and help with blood circulation to his idle legs and…

And I Think To Myself, “What a Wonderful World” It was our first morning home after being in the hospital the two weeks before. We spent our first night home – my Honey, on his new hospital air bed, and me, on a blow-up air mattress beside him…..that the air escaped from in the middle…

“In everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” I Thessalonians 5:18 “….for I have learned to be content in whatever situation I am in.” Philippians 4:11 My husband’s name, Ronald, means “mighty wise ruler”. We thought, over the years, that he had lived up to that definition as he…

We have great expectations about what tomorrow (Friday) will hold for us. The surgery for Ron’s pain pump implant is scheduled for noon tomorrow. We will be picked up at CTCA by ambulance and taken to the Tulsa Spine and Specialty Hospital for the procedure. We look forward to this new day and the potential…