August 20, 2023
Dear Family:
We extend Happy birthday wishes to Jake Packam August 22, in
two days. Emery and India have started
kindergarten already and Cooper will be starting in a couple weeks. Amazing!!
This has been a week!!! Aunt Amy suffered a bad fall Friday
August 11 in Layton, UT. She ended up with 2 fractured ribs and two fractured
vertebrae. She spent Friday, Saturday & Sunday in the Layton Hospital. She and Mike flew home (the trip was for Mike’s
Niece’s wedding) Sunday night and Monday night she was back in the hospital (St
Vincent) with added pulmonary contusions and the bottom third of her lungs
collapsed – resulting in shortness of breath.
Monday night and Tuesday were really tough. But with good care, medications, physical
therapy assistance, pulmonary therapy assistance and prayers, she was able to
go home Friday evening. I spent about 5-6
hours with her on Tuesday-Friday. She
had lots of friends and family sending love and good wishes. Now she is resting and recovering at
home. She can now breathe without oxygen
assistance and she can walk around, but very slowly. This will be about a 3 month recovery before
she is back to normal. She says she can
field her business phone calls, but Glennda and I remember our mother saying “Don’t
do too much or you’ll make yourself sick.”
So we hope she doesn’t do too much too soon. This was a very scary time for sure.
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“The greatest wealth is health.” ...
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“Take care of your body, it's the only place you have
to live”
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“He who has health has hope and he who has hope has everything.”
It can be very easy to take our health for granted. Any time, any day things can change. We see that with our Amy and I think about it
every day with my sister Judy. Anyone
who has had a health scare, or been treated for disease or illness will likely
agree.
President David O McKay said, “The healthy man, who takes care of his physical being,
has strength and vitality; his temple is a fit place for the spirit to reside… Bodily ailments deprive us of the full exercise
of our faculties and privileges and sometimes of life itself.”
Today, Enzo was blessed in the Wilsonville ward where Taylor, Kelsy and family live. Great Grandpa Rich, Grandpa Brian (Kelsy’s dad), Grandpa Brad & Grandma Sheri and I were there.
Taylor gave Enzo a sweet blessing and we all remembered our baby blessings today.
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I’ll always remember when Brian was blessed by Bishop Lew Smith. Rich didn’t bless the baby, but when he walked back with Brian in his arms, he held Brian up to his face in gratitude and to hide his tears. Baby Brian had given us a scare, and we were grateful that he was going to be okay. That was 1968! It was interesting to listen to Kelsy’s dad Brian, talk about their family and their health challenges with her youngest brother today. We all have such gratitude in our hearts for our babies and our health today. It warms my heart when I see how much Cooper and McKay shower Enzo with their affection and attention. Enzo is 3 months old and he watches those two big brothers constantly.
I really enjoyed having Brad and Sheri stay at my home this
weekend. They are the best house guests
ever. I’m also looking forward to cooler
weather. It’s been very hot for a long
time here. I’m worried about Riley and
family in Nevada with the hurricane due to dump rain on them today or
tomorrow. I hope she will keep us
updated about their status.
I had a gig yesterday at Edgewood Downs (a retirement home
in Beaverton). It was supposed to be an
outdoor concert associated with a car show at the other end of the parking
lot. I worked up a playlist that would
appeal to retired folks, assisted living folks, and car owners. BUT! – the retirement folks never got up and
walked to see the cars, the car owners never came over to hear the band and my
music wasn’t quite right. Live and
learn. But in the last week I’ve got 4
new gigs and we have bookings up to December 14. It’s just enough! Not too much – 3 or 4 gigs a month is about
right for now.
Well, I want to extend my love to you all. Have a wonderful week and I’ll check in next
week.
Love Mom, Grandma, Great Grandma, Sister and Aunt Suzanne
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