My parents are both 84, mother bumped into a corner cabinet and it caused interior bleeding, which required surgery to clean up, not a big deal, but this sort of kicked loose a whole avalanche of trouble. Mother has been in Intensive Care for 9 weeks, hooked up to every apparatus found in those places. the worst came when the Drs. told Dad there was no hope. I don’t know if it was good that I was there and he was not alone. It was tough. those two have walked hand in hand for 62 years.

Lots of people prayed for mother. The turn for the better came when i asked the Dr. if I could give her some beer, with an eyedropper maybe. Mother loves beer and after all, what could it hurt, they had given up on her. I just wanted her to get the taste into her mouth. The first couple of sips I don’t think she could taste at all. but a few days after that she drank a whole bottle, then she was able to hold the sippy cup herself, then she was taken off dialysies, her kidneys were working again. As of now she is off all the life supports machinery, she is sitting up for several hrs at a time, since Christmas she can talk again when the breathing tube was removed from her trachea. today she fed herself. the nurse cut her food up for her of course, but she wielded the fork.

It was a very streneous month of December. and the first time Kristina and I spent Christmas eve in a bar in Munich. My sister had kept the place open, there are so many lonely people and that evening is the big thing in Germany, you should not be alone on Christmas eve, except that Dad wanted to be alone on purpose. all in all it was nice, my sister had played old Christmas songs all day and kept the cookie platters filled for her regulars. Next day Kristina took me to the airport. so here I am, a little frazzled, a little jet lagged.

PS
mother’s beer is different from what you know. she likes an unfiltered Weissbier that has the yeast in it, which of course is a powerhouse of B Vitamins, and of course, there are no additives of any kind, it is pure and natural.

I found out that the blood thinner that mother has been taking for close to 20 years basically destroys the blood vessels, they get weak and permeable. There are alternatives, but they cost more. the stuff she has been taking is called Macomar or something like that, I do not know how it is spelled. it is too late, but I wonder if she had not taken that medication if the whole episode would not have happened. the old story, what you don’t know can hurt you. ”
We are very happy for Rosie and her story tells us that there is always hope and many times a natural cure may be more helpful than harmful.
I just finished this painting of an Eastern Bluebird. Click here to purchase

Don’t forget the January Birthday people. View by clicking here
Kate, Marty, Luke and Savannah are in Fl. They sent us a Christmas card with this picture of Carl and I from our trip on the KY Dinner train.

Here is Ginger and her family.

Also here is another picture Kate sent of her and Savannah in a parade. We think that is part of Marty in the coveralls.

Here is the Christmas picture from Don and his family.

And here is the Christmas picture from Bits & Herb Levere and their families.

Carl has a stained glass entry titled “The Visitor” and I have one called “The Eastern Bluebird” and we would like you to vote for each on them by going to the following link. http://www.zhibit.org/vote/spotlight-viii-winter

You may want to take a quick walk through my gardens. No need to read all the stuff which is just a diary of what I do each day, but the pictures are really worth the walk. Arlene’s Gardens

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^{We are heading into July so remember to send this month’s birthday a gift basket or some of Arlene’s Home Farm Flowers.}

We are heading into July so remember to send this month’s birthday a gift basket or some of Arlene’s Home Farm Flowers.

We are heading into July so remember to send this month’s birthday a gift basket or some of Arlene’s Home Farm Flowers.

We are heading into July so remember to send this month’s birthday a gift basket or some of Arlene’s Home Farm Flowers.

Need a gift? Remember our art and remember all my personal profits from these clown paintings, cards etc go to the St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital. So whenever you need a nice gift for someone give them a package of art cards. Click here now!

Need a good gift for someone?  Why not give one of my books?  They are for sale at Arlene Wright-Correll’s “How To” Books R 4 Uô