From Aunt Laurie...

I have had a full week to say the least. My house has never had so much activity, with all 4 of my kids home, as well as Carol's kids, and they don't come home alone! Of course they all want to be together. I think at one point I had 10 kids sleeping in every corner of my house and I loved every minute of it! As always when the kids are home, and this time was no different, they ask, "Can we go to Aunt Janet's"? So at the beginning of the week we spent an evening visiting with Aunt Janet and Uncle Paul. We sat on the deck, laughed a lot, and just enjoyed being there. Carol and I both know that our kids particularly love Aunt Janet's house because it's just nicer than ours, and we all know Aunt Janet usually feeds them better!  Now today, Saturday the kids were all taking off and asked, "Can we go see Aunt Janet before we leave"? Janet and Paul are leave tomorrow for Mexico where Janet is to receive an experimental stem cell treatment. I will leave the details of this for Shannon to fill in on her next blog as she is a much a better writer than I, but today was a different visit for these kids. They wanted to pray for their Aunt Janet. What a precious moment to see these kids surround their Aunt Janet and pray Gods protection, peace, and healing on her. And one by one each of them embraced her, comforting and being comforted. They will forever be touched by her. Laurie Martin