Surviving Evil

 I know it's been a while since my last blog.  Life gets so busy and so crazy.   My husband had back surgery saturday August 21.  He had a spinal fusion, his hardware in his back replaced, and some work to free some nerves. Surgery went great but hes in a lot of pain still.  I am not taking him home until he is ready and his pain is controlled.    This is his 6th back surgery.   He is such a strong man and I just want him to get some relief and pain control.    Keep him in prayers please.        As for me I am doing well.  I found out I have osteoarthritis and bone spurs in my left knee.  So the dr wants to do an injection.   I know its gonna hurt but as much as it hurts now it would probably be worth the pain.        So by marriage I am a grandma and a great grandma at age 37.  I wouldn't trade it for anything.   Love my kids, grandkids, and great ...

 Hey guys! I am sorry it's been a while since my last post.  Sometimes life gets a little crazy.   We just got back on vacation from San Antonio with my sister and brother in law.   We had a great time.  The week before vacation I had to take Bill to the back dr again.  He had back surgery in March but he is still having a lot of pain.   The dr did an MRI and another Myelogram of his back.  It turns out his fusion from about 1p years ago never fused and his screws in his back are loose.   So yes he has a few screws loose.  Lol.  Although I already knew that.  So now he is scheduled for a fusion and new screws being put in on July 26th.   He will also be in a back brace for 6 weeks.   Please join us in praying that this surgery heals him.   As for me I have been dealing with chronic ulcerative colitis.   It's been miserable.  My dr is trying an IV medication that I...

 After finding out about Bill's cancer diagnosis our lives changed a lot.  We had planned on getting married in September of 2018 but moved it up to July 21, 2018.  My first wedding to Josh was done through the justice of the peace on my lunch break so I told Bill I wanted our wedding day to be memorable.  I wanted the white dress and a church wedding.  I got  to work planning and found a beautiful dress.  We had the most special wedding day and I am so blessed.  We had our reception and then we drove to Arlington and spent a few days for our honeymoon.  We went to a Rangers game.  It was my first one, I had never been before.  I loved every minute of it although the Rangers lost.  I enjoyed it because it was spent with the man I love.   Bill had been doing chemo for a few months and we were making regular trips to Houston to MD Anderson.   Once we finished the chemo he had over 40 rounds of radiation. ...

 After getting out of the hospital I went to Neches to stay with my dad.  He and his wife Nancy took care of me.  I required bandage changes, used a walker, used oxygen and had to have a suction machine to keep my trach tube clear of congestion.  There were several nights I woke them up because my tube clogged and I couldn't breathe.  I was taken by ambulance multiple times to get it cleared so I could breathe. They finally put in a trach with a removable tube that I could take out and clean.   After I left my dads I went to stay with an Aunt in mineola and got in touch with Bill Waldon, the man who saved my life.  We met and I began attending church with him.  He went to Hubbard Chapel Baptist Church. The more time we spent together the closer we got.   We knew we were attracted to each other but we were very cautious because there is a 25 year age difference between us.  So I called the preacher and asked him how God would fe...

 On September 24, 2016 I went to the lake with friends and at some point I left the lake although I dont remember leaving there.  I ended up in a horrible wreck.  I rolled the car several times and hit a culvert and the car burst Into flames.  I have no memory of the actual wreck just things I learned later.  I was told when the car landed I was screaming out for help.  There was a man who lived a couple houses up the street off Highway 69 here in mineola that heard the wreck and came to my rescue.  He came down and could not get my door open so he climbed in the back window of the tahoe I was driving.     I was in a friends car and she had ammunition in the back.  So as my hero climbed in to save me the ammunition was firing off.  Noone else even bothered to try to help me.  He climbed in and couldn't get my seatbelt off as the flames were all around us burning us both.  He never gave up though he asked God to please...

      When I was first free of Josh and living on my own I had a huge hole in my heart.  I felt like I had to fill it.  I think it was the hole where my girls should be but I tried to fill it with a man.  I went from relationship to relationship trying to fill that emptiness but nothing ever filled it.   I was still so damaged that relationships just didn't work.  My self confidence was also terrible because I had so many scars all over my body.  I reconnected with a friend I had made when I was married to Josh.  Her name was Kandis and we began to spend time together and hang out and that gave me something else to spend my time on.  I was so lost and just trying to find a place to fit in.  Kandis and I would go shopping or get our nails done and just do girly things that I never got to do when I was with Josh.        I struggled with making my own decisions no matter how small they were.  ...