FROM: Wallace
Sept 7 @ 9:27 AM

From Ro and I,…. the story of the Teacup and the Potter.

FROM: Judy
Sept 7 @ 9:28 AM

Larry: This is Judy and I do hope that all goes well. Your wife must have a heart that is unbelievably strong. She has been through so much and the good Lord must be helping out and all the prayers you have received must have helped. She has not been forgotten. I do enjoy getting the updates from Karen and she has sure been concerned. May God Bless You both and we will be thinking of you and Lea and keep you in our prayers.

FROM: Kim
Sept 7 @ 5:33 PM

Hi again. While I’m sorry the doctors weren’t able to finally close the incision yet, I’m sure their reasons are sound. I remember when Donna had her 2nd (?) surgery for ovarian cancer. The drs didn’t sew her up quite as well as the first time, due to excessive swelling. Unfortunately, I think the insurance company was wanting her out of there and basically they gave her a quick course in wound care and sent her home to take care of repacking the area herself every day for the next week or so. The area is still somewhat misshapen and I know she was very upset about it. I know the cosmetic aspect of all this is the least of her worries,
just wanted to share that example with you.

Please tell Lea that we all survived Labor Day weekend. Mary is a little concerned about her son, Alex who’s down at Univ of Southern IN. Maybe too much fun and too little study….. We’re all telling her that might change once he finds out his mid terms. She also says she misses him more than she thought she would and we all smile and nod. Alex was pretty much the center of her world, but she didn’t think she’d miss him? Ask “Mrs. Walton” (Mary’s nickname for Lea) if she agrees.

This morning was a bit busy and I didn’t get around to forwarding your update right away. Boy, did I hear about that! It seems that every update is like the next chapter in a book we’re all reading. Lea is the heroine and you’re the narrator….. see, I told you that you should consider making a book out of this. Guess that’s all I have to babble about for the time being. My mother in law is spending the night tonight and then I take her to the airport tomorrow at 6am. She’s visiting friends in Kansas. Anyway, need to get home and do a little straightening and figure out what to make for supper. Our thoughts and prayers are always with you. You’re doing a wonderful job and thank you again for generously keeping us all “in the loop”. God Bless!

FROM: Carol
Sept 7 @ 9:58 PM

Praise God that you have both come so far, and that you realize that you still have a long way to go. But with the prayer group you two have behind you anything is possible. My son Scott is safely back in the U.S.A. (from the Persian Gulf). We are giving thanks that he has returned safely. He is without a computer for the time being so he calls me daily to get his “lea update”. We both have an extended email list (he added most of his to mine this past weekend.) I am not sure that we will ever know for sure just how many people we have on the extended prayer lists. Our older son is getting married the 17th and that will be a special occaision for us also.