GardensJohn's blog: Update from a long lost member!

Sorry I have been gone for so long. After Yvonne's enormous back surgery I became her primary care giver. I did not realize what all that would entail, but has meant I am with her pretty much 24 hours a day. Over the past four months she has gotten progressively stronger and now walks with a walker instead of riding in a wheelchair. She was in a rehab center for one month, then came home and had two months of in home health care (nursing, physical therapy, and occupational therapy). That ended the last of May. She has now transitioned to outpatient physical therapy. She is getting stronger, but her stamina is still very limited. It's been an emotional rollercoaster for us too. Needless to say, my gardening has been minimal this year. My daughter bought me a Eastern Viburnum Snowball Bush, and I had to exchange an Azalea that died over the winter and replant it. Haven't really even cleaned up the leaves from two overbearing oak trees in my yard. Fortunately, the Clematis this year were in full glory and produced tons of huge blooms! My Knockout Roses were also on full display in the front. Then the Jackmanii Clematis in the front picked up after the blackspot defoliated my Golden Showers Roses. Now the Easter Lilies I planted have come up and are beautiful! So, for those of you who are praying people I sure would appreciate your prayers for us. This has been a long hard journey and it is far from over. I hold on to two passages of Scripture, actually three: Jeremiah 30:17 "I will restore you to health and heal your wounds, declares the Lord." Hebrews 10:23 "So let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful." Hebrews 13:5 "God has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you'; so we say with confidence, 'The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid." So never fear, I am still here, only right now everything gets prioritized. Thank you for your prayers and for being friends we've never met.

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