Celebrating Charlie

Today dad celebrated his 57th birthday. What a blessing! It was on this day one year ago that dad was coming home from the hospital after his first surgery. I am so proud of him! He has done such a wonderful job adjusting to the loss of sight in his right eye, getting back into his normal routine after so much has changed, keeping a positive attitude through it all. I am very, very proud of him. I've been thinking so much of this time last year and how far we've come. It was this time last year that we found out about his tumor, that he went through the first and very major surgery and we almost lost him.

We went to our dear friends funeral in Atlanta on Tuesday. As I sat there listening to the precious memorial and tribute to her life and faith in Christ I kept thinking of how close I came to losing my dad last year. We are so blessed to have him here for another birthday, so blessed he is doing as well as he is, so blessed that the Lord chose him to reveal his glory in this way.

I am so grateful for my parents, both those that I was born with and those I married into. I am truly blessed!