This was an exciting day for us 25 years ago when our first grandchild Justin was born. We also had an exciting week this week when Justin and JayLynn had a gender reveal on Saturday which announced to themselves and the rest of us that they are expecting a baby BOY in January - our first great grandchild. JayLynn’s sister received the gender information and organized the reveal. We all watched on zoom and the great grandparents provided the comedy as we all endeavoured to tune in with our limited technology skills. We love our family.
We were very blessed this week to assist with three live sealings in the Temple. On Thursday we helped seal Verna Olson to her deceased parents. Verna is Bela’s good friend and Bela and James were there to help out. On Saturday Tom sealed the Zands’ daughter Shawna who had also been married during the covid shutdown and had now been able to receive her own endowments and they were anxious to be sealed. We consider these our covid sealings - Ross and Sarah, Ethan and Amanda and Shawna Zand and the Hernandez boy. These are all couples who were married during covid but were unable to be sealed because all the brides could not receive their endowments due a the minimal functioning of our Temple. Our second sealing on Saturday was a convert family from the North Shore. The parents had been sealed previously and they were now ready for their two teenage children to be sealed to them. They were a lovely family and it was an added treat to have North Shore Ward members in attendance. We love being back in the Temple and feeling the beautiful spirit of the Temple. Tom gives his all to perform these sealings. It is something he loves to do even though he is in a great deal of pain. Sitting for the sealings helps him out.
Kindness continues to abound in our lives as we still receive words of encourage from friends and family and our dear neighbor Jean mowed our lawn and trimmed our edges this week. We are trying to be as independent as we possibly can but these two chores are difficult for me and we are lacking Tom’s skills at the moment. I have always thought he was wonderful but my eyes have been opened to the recognition of all he has done to keep our home and lives running. He helps with dishes and laundry right now and takes care of our finances and bills. He even managed to do the ironing today.
We took Tom to a local physiotherapist this week and he gave him a few new exercises and offered his opinion that his pains were more sciatica than disc related. Travis Wolsey had suggested this clinic to us. Tom is trying to do very short walks each day as everyone is suggesting walking. He uses his walking sticks to assist him. I sometimes go on longer walks by myself. Tom tries to do the exercises that Justin and this physiotherapist have suggested he do and he sleeps with the wedge Liza had him buy. It is painful for him to walk and very painful for him to stand. Dr. Collingridge was concerned about his low iron and suggested he eat a steak. Tom had no problem following that advice. We have been avoiding red meat meat to keep his cholesterol down. He went for his zometa infusion this past week too. It was a busy week.
Sayde had her yearly evaluation at children’s hospital yesterday so she and Liza drove down Sunday evening and back home after we had dinner last night. It is a treat just having them even for a short time. We have been experiencing a drought as far as in person family contact is concerned and Tom keeps saying how he is missing his children. We will take anything we can get.
This was a busy week and, other than Tom’s pain, it was a good one.
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