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Name: Suzanne (& Bruce)
Gender: Female
Interests: church friends & family; flowers & gardening; geneology; scrapbooking
Expertise: a little about a lot of things, but an expert at none
Occupation: grandma and school secretary
Industry: education
Message: message me
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Member Since:
12/24/2007
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| Our almost 2 year old grandson Shea Hermon has pneumonia. Please pray that he will make a quick recovery! At church Wednesday night he sat with Maddy and me and was so happy, good and playful! Kids can come down with bugs quickly...and hopefully he will get rid of this bug quickly. On a happier note, our most recent grandchild, Taylor Eileen, was born August 24, 2009 at 5:21 a.m. and weighed 6# 10oz. and was 18.5" long with lots of dark hair. She is a pretty baby and we praise God for a healthy baby and delivery. We got a call about 1:30 a.m. from Tim for us to go over to stay with the sleeping girls. So, Jami did not have a long labor (although she has had several "false labor pains" for the past 3 weeks). It's fun to see the girls reactions to her. Taylor was sleeping right through all of the playing and yelling---good thing she's being exposed to it now. AND, it's wonderful to just hold her and cradle her in my arms. I was able to do that on Friday for over an hour!! I now have a lap to hold her on! 80.5# ago I wouldn't have been able to say that! We are so blessed and praise God for each one of the grandchildren and their parents! | | |
| My Mom called me yesterday afternoon and said the headstone company fulfilled their promise to have Dad's gravestone in place by, or on, his birthday. The company had it set yesterday, October 6th. Mom was anxious to see it, but I had a commitment until 7pm, so told her I'd be glad to take her tomorrow on Dad's birthday. It ended up that Dave had to be in Chariton during the day, so he picked her up and we met at the cemetery. It had been a gloomy, rainy day and when we stepped out of the car the brisk, cold winds reminded Dave and me of the winds at his burial. But suddenly the sky cleared in the west and the sun cast brilliant rays on the horizon and on the headstone, just as if Dad was saying, "Hi!". We shed tears and hugged and remembered his better days. The stone looks very nice - I did take a couple of pictures, but because I don't know how to download them, I can't share them with you. It is a black stone and has engraving on both sides. On the front it has their wedding date, their birthdates and dad's day of peace which was December 19. In the corner of the stone on Dad's side is a patch of mushrooms; in the corner on Mom's side are a book and quill. At the bottom is the verse from Revelation 14:13: "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord" under their names. On the back side it says, "Parents of Suzanne, Ned, David and Cynthia" This fall day was bittersweet...and the sunshine continued to cast its rays on us as I drove Mom back to Pleasantville. Yes, I miss him; but, through Christ I have a chance to see him again! As one of his favorite songs says I must live by faith in Jesus above, trusting, confiding in His great love! | | |
| My mom (Nora Lee Ingle) called and said my brother Ned is a grandpa again!! His son Jarrod and wife Sharon became parents this evening - April 24 - to a baby boy named Derek Michael Ingle. He weighed 8# 11oz. and was 20 inches long. He has dark curly hair like his grandpa Ned! Jarrod, Sharon and Sofia were back at Thanksgiving (they live in California). It was so good to see them and we send them our congratulations and look forward to pictures. This makes my mom's 17th great grandchild!! The most recent ones born within the past year are: Ben and Emily--a baby girl, Paige, born in February; Matt and Kelly--a baby girl, Alexandria, born Nov. 7; Marc and Ginger--a baby boy, "Shea", born Sept 23. Praise the Lord for each and every one! Grandpa Vern loved his grandchildren and great-grandchildren VERY MUCH!! An update on Bruce: he is SLOWLY improving....tires very easily, still sore on his right side, etc. He hasn't gotten test results yet. Thank you for all of your prayers and concern. This time of year I am reminded of my dad and his mushroom adventures. He loved to go and he loved to share. He was known around Pleasantville as THEE mushroom hunter. When we were going through his things, we found 3 or 4 little books with the mushroom spots written down! We thought about auctioning them off.....but, they will remain memories for the family. Which reminds me, Dave---do you have all 4 of those?? One time Dad's feet got so sore from all of the walking he did, mom got a picture of him soaking one foot in a 5 gallon bucket of water, surrounded by his treasure of mushrooms all around the bucket!! | | |
| Well, Bruce got an early birthday present today---he had 4 stones removed from his right kidney! On March 26 I took him to the ER at 5 a.m. with severe pain. His Dr. blasted the 6mm stone (and also blasted us & the insurance company with a $10,000 bill!!) and sent him home. Four days later after teaching one of the adult classes and doing the Lord's Table talk, we were back to the ER where they kept him overnight and put in a stent the next day (the large stone only went down to 5mm). He has been in continual pain and discomfort since that time and has had lots of nausea from the stent. We went back today for a 3rd surgery. (Before surgery he was asking me when I thought he could have a steak!) Bruce's mom and sister were there with me during the surgery. His mom stayed until we left to go home. It was so nice of her to come and be with us! We had some good visits. This surgery lasted about an hour---the urologist removed the large stone plus 3 more inside the kidney and inserted another stent. He came home much more uncomfortable than he did the past 2 times from the hospital----told me to be sure to avoid all of the potholes on the way home! Hopefully with some rest and meds, tomorrow will be a much better day for him. HAPPY 61st BIRTHDAY BRUCE! Hopefully you'll feel like eating a steak sometime this weekend. ILYMTTYBNAMAT! (I love you more today than yesterday,but not as much as tomorrow!) | | |
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