Dear beautiful family & friends: We arrived at the hospital shortly before 7:30 AM for
a 9:30 AM surgery. Dad had struggled the night before-fighting off a cold, with a slight
problem of stuffed up nose. When we arrived, his temperature was taken and it was
normal---RELIEF!
Apparently, Dr. McCarty's first surgery took longer than expected; as Dad didn't get
into the operating room until about 10:23, surgery didn't start until 10:47 and was finished by 11:45. Even though we had each had an epidural, the time in recovery is
still relative long. Dr. McCarty called after the surgery was finished and said the surgery
went fine and Dad was doing well. I didn't see Dad until they brought him into his room,
which was right next door to where I'd been, now just 7 weeks to the day ago. We
are both soooo relieved that the surgeries are behind us and the recuperation and
return to better health ahead of us.
We have been asked to speak briefly about our CES missions to Australia as a senior
couple for approximately 20 minutes shared time, the night before our stake conference,
which will be a broadcast conference with many other stakes, just as Kris&Troy, Heather
&Robert & Shauana and Jason have recently had.
Thank you all for your most loving kindnesss, support and prayers. This is when it pays
off having 9 "Kids", lovely mates and 33 grandchildren. WE KNOW your prayers and
thoughts helped so much.
Love you all so much and want you to know you are always in our prayers.
More than half of you called before I could call; you all enrich and give us the most
immense joy as you raise your beautiful families. Thanks for your support.
IF time permits read the Chrokee Legend, I'm forwarding from Helen; it reminds me
of the tender mercies and supports we not only receive from our families, but from
our beloved Heavenly Father and His beloved Son, our Savior.
Love you all,
Mom & Dad, Grandpa & (ma), sis/Pat
> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:29:31 -0400
> From: hebormann@zoomtown.com
> To: tmbormann@yahoo.com
> Subject: Fwd: Cherokee Legend
> CC: cincygal@fuse.net
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> > To: Barbara_Husbands@csgsystems.com
> > Subject: Cherokee Legend
> > Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:07:53 -0400
> > From: omadonya@aol.com
> >
> > Cherokee Legend.....? Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth's?rite of Passage??? His father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him and? leaves him alone.?? He is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not? remove the blindfold until the rays of the morning sun? shine through it.?? He cannot cry out for help to anyone.? Once he survives the night, he is a MAN.? He cannot tell the other boys of this experience, because each lad must come into manhood on his own.? The boy is naturally terrified.? He can hear all kinds of noises.?? Wild beasts must surely be all around him? Maybe even some human might do him harm.? The wind blew the grass and earth, and shook his stump, but?? he sat stoically, never removing the blindfold. It would be? the only way he could become a man!?? Finally, after a horrific night the sun appeared and he?? removed his blindfold.?? It was then that he discovered his father sitting on the? stump next to him.? He had been at watch the entire night, protecting his son? from harm.? We, too, are never alone.?? Even when we don't know it,?God is watching over us,?? Sitting on the stump beside us.? When trouble comes,? All we have to do is reach out to Him.?Moral of the story:?? Just because you can't see God,? Doesn't mean He is not there.? ' For we walk by faith, not by sight.???????
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