Last Christmas the children gave us “Storyworth” as a gift. It is a site that sent both of us questions each week and allowed us to tell stories about our own lives while answering the questions. It was a gift from all four but Trevor monitored it. It was a great incentive for us to document our lives. We searched for and added pictures too after returning from our mission. It was especially good for Tom who is not the best at telling about his life, let alone writing about it. The “Storyworth” year came to an end with 2020 and was published in a nice book for each of us. My editing was not perfect, as I was the editor for both, but the finished work is lovely and we hope it will bless our family. It has been a lovely gift.
Our dear friend Roger entered hospital this past week and his brother John called late one evening unsure if Roger was going to live. We love Roger and prayed for him as we always do and when we checked on him the next day, his condition had improved. Tom is a great ministering brother and we have been ministering to Roger since we moved out to Langley. Our history though goes back many years to the North Shore and Roger even served for a time as Tom’s executive secretary when Tom was Bishop in the late seventies.
We have been blessed by so many friends thru the years and we are grateful for their prayers and support right now. We still get calls, messages and emails as people are wanting updates and concerned about how we are doing. We are doing fine and waiting for Tom to receive an infusion tomorrow for his bone density and then meet with the oncologist, Dr. Bahl, on Friday for the first time. We are anxious to hear what his suggestions and directions are and to talk to him about the possibility of theranostic treatments in Germany or Australia. Travel is very difficult right now because of covid but if we need to go we will.
We have a wonderful family who send us their support and love daily. We enjoy our Sunday family zoom meetings when we can all be together for a short time. Jadyn (granddaughter) and all her roommates at BYUI have been dealing with covid this week and are in isolation. JayLynn (granddaughter-in-law) had her gallbladder out this week and has gone home to Enterprise with her family to recuperate leaving Justin (grandson) on his own with school work. Zach (grandson) is determining if hockey and the team he is with right now is where he wants to be. We are so grateful he is back at church and has the gospel to help him make his decisions. Ross (grandson) and Sarah posted the pictures of their winter wedding. They are awaiting their sealing in the Temple.
We continue to meet with Carol and take her the sacrament on Sunday and we have been working on our Temple workshop for the Bellingham YSA. We walk each day and do our errands and work at home. We love each other and love being together.
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