Saturday, November 1, 2008

Happy Birthday Paw Paw Jack!-A bittersweet celebration

On November the 4th Jack will be 82 years old. Today he was blessed to be surrounded by all 5 of his kids and most of his grandkids for a family meal and some cake and ice cream. He thouroughly enjoyed the celebration!
 
Rick Luke, Sara, Ricki and Bob
Rick Luke, Sara, Ricki and Bob
Bub's oldest brother Tim is using a wheelchair most of the time now. He has the most positive attitude about dealing with ALS(LOU GEHRIG'S) but still it was difficult to see this disease progress so rapidly.

Jack was a little shaken to see him in the wheelchair and as they embraced each other he cried. As our custom is, we all made jokes about having a wheelchair race ,and tangling up the wheels, etc. -anything to keep from reducing ourselves to puddles of tears  on the floor!  Once recovered , the rest of the day was nice.  Pr 17:6 ¶ Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

Pr 17:6 ¶ Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

3 comments:

Kim Carroll said...

As always I wish we could have been there.

Justin said...

Whew... I was almost reduced to a puddle just seeing the pictures... Love you guys.

auntbum said...

Truth is...I had to walk away several times to "puddle" alone. Lots of things going on and seeing everyone....well everyone that was there.... was just hard.
You all were certainly missed!