Thursday, June 25, 2009

First things first~~~Happy Birthday Mom!!! 6 months until Christmas!

God determines who walks into my life ...
It's up to me to decide who I'll let walk away, who I'll let stay, and who I'll refuse to let go.

Someone once said, "You may soon forget those with whom you have laughed, but you will never forget those with whom you have wept."

When we are experiencing sorrow, one of the greatest comforts is knowing that someone else has gone through a similar trial and has literally felt the sadness we feel. In such dark times of life, we tend to cling to those friends who have been where we are. Jesus is one such friend. He experienced the death of a very close friend, watched as some of His disciples openly betrayed Him, and kept silent as He was unjustly beaten and hung on a cross. Needless to say, He was "a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief," and can therefore relate to us on a very personal level when we are dealing with pain and grief (Isaiah 53:3).

If you are in a time of sadness and sorrow and feel that no one understands you, remember that Jesus understands because He has experienced pain too. You can trust that He has been wherever you are and will walk with you through your darkest hour.


When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who . . . have chosen . . . to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand.
Henri Nouwen


Think about this for a minute...
If I happened to show up on your doorstep crying,
Would you care?
If I called you and asked you to pick me up because something happened, Would you come?
If I had one day left to live my life, would you be part of that last day?
If I needed a shoulder to cry on, would you give me yours?
Do you know what the relationship is between your two eyes?
They blink together, they move together, they cry together, they see together and they sleep together
BUT THEY NEVER SEE EACH OTHER... that's what friendship is.
Your aspiration is your motivation, your motivation is
your belief, your belief is your peace, and your peace
is your target, your target is heaven, and life is Hell without FRIENDS.

Thank you all for being my friends. Some of you I only know through this site, but you are still my friends. Some of you are my 'family.' My osteo family. We are members of a family none of us want to be members of........but we are anyway. Thank you for being there for me (us).

David is doing well, so far, without pain meds. We will give him some percoset tomorrow before PT. We want to make sure he will be able to do PT without pain. But he has been able to go all day without pain meds today. We are really glad about that. So is David! He absolutely hates taking medicine. It is bad enough getting him to take all the other medicine he has to take without adding another one! So we are grateful he is pain-free without having to take another pill.

Please pray for David tomorrow that he does well in PT. He is so brave and courageous, even in pain. I wish you could all meet David and see how brave he is. He is such a wonderful child. Thank you for your prayers.

Thank you for visiting and checking in on us. Thank you for your prayers, love, and support. Have a good night tonight. God bless you all. We love you. {{HUGS}}

Kristi and the Koury Klan

When you go into court, you are putting yourself in the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
(I wanted a funny at the end of the journal today!)