So glad to hear your dad came through his surgery - I have to agree with you, the things that can be done through surgery now is amazing, and like you, my faith and trust was rewarded by amazing hospital staff and I owe them all my eternal gratitude for saving my wife's life
Never too late, we are finally getting through what has been a very difficult time, but my wife is now home, and I can look after her - she has a 6 month recovery programme, but we can live with that. She's here, alive and will see our son turn 3 tomorrow.
My brother, who isn't religious in any way said, "you're being tested by a higher power, you can come through this if you just believe."
That is awesome Shaun. And I hope that didn't sound cavalier. Certainly life has few guarantees. But, like you, I have felt the power and the love in prayer.
It is downright eerie how things happen sometimes. My dad fell Sunday night walking to bed. He is a little too prideful and hard headed to use his walker or cane. He had both hands full, one holding a washcloth and the other full of dog treats. ( I learned he does this every night because his two dogs follow him to bed). Because of this, he couldn't break his fall as well and ended up landing mostly on his stomach and chest. It just so happens he had been coughing the previous couple of hours due to a piece of diced onion evidently stuck in his throat from a burger he ate at dinner. Out pops the onion on impact like a self administered Heimlich manuever. If he hadn't have fallen, who knows what would have happened in his sleep. I guess the old saying, " Things happen for a reason" rings true more often than not. Dad got out of the fall with a sore wrist and a bruised pride.
didn't sound cavalier at all - its been nice to know you guys have been there for me when i needed to just say something...
