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sumi said:
Hey everyone, I'm home. Got back very late yesterday. The day did NOT go well, but it's done, it's over. They wanted to keep me overnight, but I couldn't, I finally talked them into letting me go yesterday evening. Thank you for all the messages and PM's. I'll respond to everything when I feel up to talking more. I feel really bad today. 

Love you all :hugs
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I'm so sorry, Sumi. You take it easy. Just eat as much as you can, even when you have no appetite. Then you make sure you get lots of sleep, that also helps heal and it keeps your strength up. :hugs
 
Hugs and hugs and more hugs...but gentle ones.
Rest and as Nicky said, eat.

'Food fixes everything' as my husband says. (just eat the right food.)
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sumi said:
Hey everyone, I'm home. Got back very late yesterday. The day did NOT go well, but it's done, it's over. They wanted to keep me overnight, but I couldn't, I finally talked them into letting me go yesterday evening. Thank you for all the messages and PM's. I'll respond to everything when I feel up to talking more. I feel really bad today. 

Love you all :hugs
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Aww sumi, I'm so sorry. I hope you get better, rest up up now. If you ever need help with anything let me know. :) :hugs
 
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Oldy but goo
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Grandpa, some ninety plus years, sat feebly on the patio bench. He didn't move, just sat with his head down staring at his hands. When I sat down beside him he didn't acknowledge my presence and the longer I sat, I wondered if he was OK.
Finally, not really wanting to disturb him but wanting to check on him at the same time, I asked him if he was OK.
He raised his head and looked at me and smiled. "Yes, I'm fine.
Thank you for asking," he said in a clear strong voice.
"I didn't mean to disturb you, Grandpa, but you were just sitting here staring at your hands and I wanted to make sure you were OK," I explained to him.
"Have you ever looked at your hands," he asked.
"I mean really looked at your hands?"
I slowly opened my hands and stared down at them. I turned them over, palms up and then palms down. No, I guess I had never really looked at my hands as I tried to figure out the point he was making. Grandpa smiled and related this story:
"Stop and think for a moment about the hands you have, how they have served you well throughout your years. These hands, though wrinkled, shriveled, and weak have been the
tools I have used all my life to reach out and grab and embrace life. They put food in my mouth and clothes on my back.
As a child my mother taught me to fold them in prayer.
They tied my shoes and pulled on my boots.
They have been dirty, scraped and raw, swollen and bent.
They were uneasy and clumsy when I tried to hold my newborn son.
Decorated with my wedding band they showed the world that I
was married and loved someone special.
They trembled and shook when I buried my parents and spouse
and walked my daughter down the aisle.
They have covered my face, combed my hair, and washed and
cleansed the rest of my body.
They have been sticky and wet, bent and broken, dried and raw.
And to this day, when not much of anything else of me works
real well, these hands hold me up, lay me down, and again
continue to fold in prayer.
These hands are the mark of where I've been and the
ruggedness of my life.
But more importantly it will be these hands that God will
reach out and take when he leads me home.
And with my hands He will lift me to His side and there
I will use these hands to touch the face of Christ."
I will never look at my hands the same again. But I remember God
reached out and took my grandpa's hands and led him home.
When my hands are hurt or sore I think of Grandpa. I know he has been
stroked and caressed and held by the hands of God. I, too,
want to touch the face of God and feel His hands upon my face.
 
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Chicken Girl1 said:
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the weather here is getting chilly! We are supposed to have a blizzard Friday through Saturday
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We have had sleet this morning, along with a nice little breeze to go with it. Why does that wind have to cut right through you? Whew! Yes, and also expecting a nice snowfall come Sat. and Sun. I did a couple of beautiful photos of the mountains this morning as we headed into town though. Will post them once I catch up here. :)
 
sumi said:
Hey everyone, I'm home. Got back very late yesterday. The day did NOT go well, but it's done, it's over. They wanted to keep me overnight, but I couldn't, I finally talked them into letting me go yesterday evening. Thank you for all the messages and PM's. I'll respond to everything when I feel up to talking more. I feel really bad today.

Love you all
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