Still Thankful

Even tho I am not looking forward to celebrating the holiday, I still have to stop and be thankful.  The past three weeks have completely turned my life upside down but the Lord has continued to bless me with much more than I could ever imagine.

I have found myself at different times thinking that I should call my dad or that I haven’t heard from him in a couple of days, and then it hits me.  I haven’t asked my brother if he has experienced that yet, but I know that he is struggling also.  I am worried that he feels that he has to do all the work, but I am not good at handling the farm equipment, so I have been helping him by feeding the cows in the morning so that he does not have to get up so early.  I still have to contact an attorney to see about what has to be done to transfer the deed to the farm into our names.

I keep thinking that I could have gone on and taken my vacation to Florida, but I didn’t feel like I could abandon him at this time.  Not to mention I spent most of my savings for the funeral because dad had no life insurance.  But again I am thankful that I had some money put away so that we could have a nice funeral.  I was amazed at all the people who came to pay their respects.  Many of them were my friends, but many were people that my dad knew throughout his life.  There was a gentleman who came and told me that he had graduated high school with my dad in 1951.  He had not seen him since, but felt he should come and pay his respects.  Now that was really touching.  And several of the officers from the police department also came.  We were provided a police escort and on dads last ride, we took the procession past the farm.  There were some of the neighbors were standing outside when we passed.

Well it’s time to go to bed,  my brother invited me for dinner last week, but didn’t tell me when they were eating, and I am not sure if my sister in law wants me there.  I know she thinks that I am controlling all of dads money at this time, and she isn’t happy.  Dad always gave them money if they asked, and now that won’t be happening.  So we shall see what happens.

I want to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving and hope it is a good day for all,  God bless each and every one of you.  I am so blessed by Him and having so many good friends to help me thru.