David's Surgery Eve

I would like to say this is how excited David is about having surgery tomorrow! It's actually a picture from a few months back--before the basketball accident. Last Wednesday, the 8th grade basketball team played the parents. David's knee did not quite cooperate as he blocked an inbound pass. Let's just say he did really look good until the fall.

We went to the ER. That is a story in and of itself. We chose to take David's truck...his big truck...you know the one I have driven 3-4 times in the 3 years we have owned it...the one I simply cannot drive! Now imagine me driving it (scared for David) with him in pain in the backseat through the narrow roads leading to our hospital. I'm trying to decide if seeing David hurt or driving him to the ER was more scary. We finally made it home at 3:00am.

The diagnosis was a detached patellar tendon. The surgeon will drill 4 holes in his kneecap and thread the tendon back through. I explain this well the 2nd time around...that's right we've already been through this 9 years ago with his other knee. That time it was an accident on a kids scooter just before Christmas. We were in the process of having a custom home built and enjoying apt. life on the 2nd floor of the building. Now that was interesting. We are thankful David does not have to climb stairs this time. Brent is not so thrilled about giving up his room, but he would do anything for his dad.

Oh, to top the day off...Victoria threw up as I walked to her class at church today. We think it might have been nerves as she is so worried about David. She didn't want us to leave him at home alone for even a short time.

Please keep David in your prayers as he recovers. This is a tough surgery to recover from, but David is one tough guy!

Has It Really Been 20 Years?

I can't believe it has been 20 years since we said "I do." We were two teenagers ready to face the world--no fears, best friends, happy! Less than 2 years after we married, we moved 13 hours away from everything and everyone we knew to Tulsa, OK. That's a LONG way from Mississippi !! I remember watching the tape of our wedding....not for some romantic, nostalgic moment...but to see faces of people we knew in the sanctuary!! It's also the best thing that could have ever happened to our marriage. We grew so much during that time together. I can't help but smile when I remember the time we got into an argument and started laughing when we realized there was no place to go to be alone and mad in our tiny one bedroom apartment.

We've lived in a lot of places since that tiny one bedroom apartment--close to family & far away. Like every other couple out there, we've definitely had our ups and downs. The difference is we persevered through tough times. A very wise lady at our rehearsal dinner said no one would invoke the emotions that our spouse would...no one makes you happier, sadder, more mad, more excited, and more fulfilled. 20 years later I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt she was right....thanks Mrs. Bond!

For those who are struggling in their marriage, fight for it. Don't give up! I can honestly say that this has been the happiest year of our marriage.

Thanks, David, for the wonderful gifts of our children we enjoy so very much. I can't wait to see what the next 20 years hold!