Before TJ's frightening illness last week, I was thinking how sad I was to not have mom here to tell about Jade's early delivery of him. I don't know if that makes sense, but I wanted to have her counsel and comfort. Then when TJ became so sick, I was in a fog. Like on movies when everything zones out and all you see is the main character's tunnel vision, I was in that tunnel but wasn't the main character.
Lacy, Renee, Tammy, Kim, Misty, Lisa, Trish, Jessica, Rosalie, ward members and my co-workers at CVMC helped me to endure such a hard time. Without having Joey right by my side, I was afraid and yet wanted to be strong for Jade, Tim, and TJ. I am so thankful for all the talks of encouragement that I had with each of you. Between that, and Joey's love and concern over the phone, I have made it through one of those awful, rough points of my life. I don't know what hardships will be required of any of us in the time we have left here on earth, but I know we are each better people because of the love our family and friends share with us. I cannot thank-you enough.
Love,
**Wendy
They came, they visited, they left... and we barely paused to take some pictures. Shoot... (oops--no pun intended.)
OK this is a "getting back on the plane" picture that got mixed in with the others. I thought it too cute to delete. Luke is such a serious dude, isn't he, and Charlie so studly.
Granted Luke was not as excited as we were. Of course, that would have been hard, especially after the 10 hours in airports he had. 
So nobody's arms are quite as nice as mommy's arms!
