Blog Post 7/30/2023 - Our Family Vacation, a Look Back and a Prayer of Thanksgiving

 

 

 

Our Family Vacation, a Look Back and a Prayer of Thanksgiving

 

 

 

 

The photo below is from Sunset Beach, N.C. Kelly Family on vacation July 2023:

The look back my son Brian’s Update on his wife Laurie July 15, 2018.

“Laurie is better this morning then she was yesterday morning, which is all you can ask for at the moment.  They are pleased with the progress she is making with her lungs, and that gives them optimism that they will be able to eventually take her off the paralytics. Their focus today remains the same as yesterday in addition to trying to get Laurie better nutrition. The paralytic she is on paralyzes her tummy, which makes it hard to keep food absorbed in it.  

While we are making progress, the doctors still cautioned us that she is very ill.  With that being said, we try and stay even keel and not get too high when we get good news, and not get to low when we get not so good news. It’s easy to say, “stay in the moment, focus on what you can control” until you actually have to do it. When I catch myself heading down that path I try and say a prayer and refocus to the present time.”

 

Dear Lord,

“Thank you for the progress, Laurie has made, and for the progress she will make.  Thank you for all the people praying for her and her family.  Continue to heal her and give strength to her husband Brian (and their children Caiden & Berkleigh).  Bless her doctors, nurses, the care givers and all who have help in Laurie's amazing journey.  Today we are grateful for all that has been filled with HOPE for all that will be and profoundly filled with gratitude over the miracle of Laurie’s recovery, we ask you to give her the grace perseverance and give Brian the grace of endurance.”

 

In Jesus’ Love,

Deacon George & Family

 

Our week at Sunset Beach, N. C. was blessed by the grandeur of God’s coastal creation, sun, sand and family fun.  But more importantly our vacation was blessed with God’s gift of family enjoying each other.
Grateful for a week together, looking forward to our next family gathering, we bid adieu to Sunset Beach, while holding each other in our prayers and our hearts.
 

Thank you dear God for Your Son and for our Family, pictured below “G”rammy and Pop-Pop Kelly, July 2023, Sunset Beach, N.C.