'BAD THINGS DO COME IN 3'S', RIGHT??!!!!!

I certainly HOPE SO--because last week, we had 3 'bad' things happen to us.
First, on Sunday afternoon, our youngest son, injured his right shoulder very badly
PRACTICING for his new 'church league' Softball Team/League. It's been a few years
since he's played & he was very EXCITED to get back to playing, again. That's why
he DOVE for a ball getting past him quickly, playing Short Stop--when he used to Pitch &
play 3rd Base. Well, it got TO him faster than he thought it would & he ended up trying to
do a somersault, instead of just crashing to the ground, and didn't quite complete it. Well,
the ER took x-rays & put him in a sling, but NOTHING was broken, THANK GOD & he's doing MUCH BETTER, now. His 28th BD was last THURSDAY!!!!!

2ndly, our youngest GRANDson, Jack, who lives in Houston with our oldest son & his wife &
daughter, got another virus & high fever & with this one came 'intussusception'--a collapsed
bowel--he's not even '2', YET!!!!! The TX Children's Hospital is GREAT down there & they
did a 'Barium enema' to OPEN that part of his large intestine BACK UP & it worked & he ONLY spent one night in the hospital & got to go home--BUT, it RECURRED again 2 days later &
his Mom had to take him BACK & have the procedure done, again--THIS TIME WITH AIR, ONLY--which saved him/them that awful/BURNING diarrhea--and, it worked, AGAIN!!!!!
We are hoping his fever goes AWAY & he does NOT have any more occurences of this!!!!!!!!!

3rdly, at my husband's work, where he's the 'boss'/President, it was discovered--partly by/because of him--that they had Carbon Monoxide POISONING in their plant & he had
to send EVERYONE HOME!!!!!!!!! The Fire Department, who measures that, quickly found
their 'problem'--'new'/thicker ink--it's a Printing Plant--that had clogged up the expensive filters, which were no longer working & giving off this AWFUL GAS you can't/don't smell!!!!!
Everything was cleared/cleaned out that afternoon/evening & everyone got to go BACK to WORK the NEXT DAY--THANK GOD--with no further expenses or sicknesses--that he knows of, yet, anyway!!!!!

'They' all HIT me in my STOMACH--just like I had BEEN HIT in my stomach--especially the injury to our youngest son & the physical problem with our GRANDson--but, my husband is SUCH a GOOD BOSS, that those folks who work with him are LIKE OUR FAMILY, TOO--so, we are SO THANKFUL that no one was hurt or made sick OUT THERE!!!!!!!!!

WE both PRAYED A LOT MORE THAN USUAL this past week & I'm feeling REALLY CLOSE-R to OUR GOD, which is one VERY GOOD thing to come out of all of this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Plus, we realize that we are not 'promised' the next day, even, much less good health--but, we DO TRUST & BELIEVE that our God is 'WATCHING AFTER' & 'TAKING CARE OF US'!!!!!!!

I told our youngest son, he will be SO VERY GLAD 'the day' he wakes up IN NO PAIN, after this & will APPRECIATE feeling/being healthy, again, and in NO PAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Probably MORE than we usually do, since we usually wake up with little or no pain. AND, we'll be THANKFUL when little Jack is ALL WELL & we are already THANKFUL that my hubby's plant/folks are back, productively working & making money, again.

Last week seemed to FLY BY, sort of, and yet, also, seemed to take 3 weeks to PASS--if you've been through similar things, you know what I mean. I definitely was in one of those 'male-like' TRANCES most of the days. And, I didn't necessarily get very much 'done' around our house, either. Our wash definitely STACKED UP!!!!!

BUT, THIS is a NEW WEEK, with new challenges and BLESSINGS & I'm HOPING that since we have had THREE 'bad'/WEIRD things happen to us last week--that 'THAT'S IT' for a while!!!!!

And, we THANK OUR GOD that things wereN'T WORSE--which I know & can ALWAYS think of something/things that COULD BE WORSE, when something does happen. AND, it was SO encouraging to see HOW FAST God worked to 'FIX' all 3 circumstances!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MUCH FASTER than when I've prayed for things in the past!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU, GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH, I don't want ANY of you feeling 'sorry' for us--just say a PRAYER, ALONG WITH US, of THANKSGIVING that our family & work family are ALL SAFE, tonight!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!