AMY'S SPECIAL HALLOWEEN/FALL DECORATED TREE

AS YOU ALL KNOW RECENTLY I WON A GIVE AWAY AT LYNN'S....

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BEFORE I ENTERED THE GIVE AWAY I SAW A POST ABOUT HER

PUMPKIN TREE WITH PUMPKINS PAINTED AND CREATED FROM

LIGHT BULBS. THEY WERE NOT PART OF THE GIVE AWAY BUT I

JUST HAD TO TELL LYNN SO MUCH, HOW I LOVED THEM.

WELL TO MAKE AN OLD STORY SHORT, I WON THE BEAUTIFUL

GIVE AWAY AND MUCH TO MY EXCITEMENT SHE SENT ME A

FAMILY OF 5 ADORABLE, CHARMING PUMPKINS. THEY MAKE

ME SMILE EVERY TIME I SEE THEM.

WHEN I POSTED ABOUT THE GIVE AWAY, I TOLD HOW I WAS

GOING TO MAKE A TREE FOR AMY AND SEVERAL OF YOU

PRECIOUS LADIES ASK ME TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THE TREE.

THE PICTURES DID NOT TURN OUT VERY GOOD BUT THE TREE IS

GORGEOUS. WE RECEIVE COMPLIMENTS FROM EVERYONE THAT

COMES TO THE HOUSE.

MY SISTER BOUGHT THE TREE AT A THRIFT SHOP FOR HERSELF

AND WHEN SHE SAW THE GIVE AWAY FROM LYNN SHE GAVE ME

THE TREE SHE HAD PURCHASED. MOTHER LET ME USE HER

LIGHTS FOR THIS SEASON AND DONATED SOME RAFFIA SHE HAD.

SHERRY BOUGHT A FALL LEAF SWAG AT THE DOLLAR STORE.

WE TOOK THE RED RIBBON OFF THE BURLAP SACK AROUND THE

BOTTOM OF THE TREE AND TIED RAFFIA AROUND IT. WE WRAPPED

THE LIGHTS AROUND THE LEAF GARLAND AND THEN MY SWEET DH

WRAPPED IT UP AND AROUND THE TREE. I PUT THE CROWN

ON THE TOP OF THE TREE......THE UNIQUE WITCHES HAT THAT LYNN

MADE....I AM NEVER ONE TO BRAG BUT I MUST SAY, "IT IS AWESOME!"

WE PUT THE 3 FOOT TREE ON MY GLASS COFFEE TABLE. WE HAVE RUN

OUT OF ROOM WITH THE HOSPITAL BED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

LIVING ROOM. I HAVE A LIVING ROOM/ FORMAL DINING ROOM

COMBINATION AND WE HAVE BOXES OF SUPPLIES, AND STACKS AND

STACKS OF STUFF.

AROUND THE BOTTOM OF THE TREE IS THE AWESOME SIGN LYNN

PAINTED, I'LL GET YOU MY PRETTY...A BOTTLE OF WITCH HAZEL

SHE MADE....2 PUMPKINS MY SISTER SHERRY MADE FROM A VINTAGE

BEDSPREAD...A BASKET WITH ACORNS FROM CHAR AT

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A LEAF DISH THAT DOES NOT SHOW UP...A PUMPKIN STRAW FROM

A FRIEND OF AMY'S AND LEILA'S AND ON THE CHAIR BESIDE THE

TREE, A GORGEOUS SCARECROW SENT FROM BARBARA...

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ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TREE IS A SCARECROW MY MOTHER

PURCHASED FOR AMY 3 WEEKS AGO. AND ON THE BEDSIDE TABLE

BEHIND THE TREE IS A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS, THAT LEILA'S

SISTER, SHERRY SENT HER TODAY. THEY ARE SCATTERED

ABOUT WITH GLITTER, SOMETHING I HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE

AND IT IS JUST GORGEOUS TO LOOK AT. IF YOU LOOK CLOSE IN THE

TREE, YOU WILL SEE A WIZARD OF OZ CARD, THAT CAME FOR AMY

TODAY FROM A FRIEND OF LAURIE'S AT BARGAIN HUNTING.

ALSO IN THE TREE IS A PRETTY HANDMADE PUMPKIN FROM CHAR.

THIS IS OUR PRECIOUS ANDY...SOMETIMES CALLED ANDREW...AND

SOMETIMES CALLED ANDY PANDY BUT ALWAYS LOVED. HE IS OUR

PRECIOUS ANDY THAT WE RAISED FROM 6 DAYS OLD...WE ARE

HIS PARENTS AND NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, HE IS ALWAYS IN THE

MIDDLE OF IT. HE HAS THE SWEETEST LITTLE PERSONALITY.....

AND HE THINKS THE TREE IS JUST FOR HIM AND THE SCARECROW,

BARBARA SENT......HIS NEW BEST FRIEND.

AN UPDATE ON AMY DAWN:

THIS IS AMY WITH HER DOROTHY WIG ON AND THE DRESS LAYED



ACROSS HER, WHERE HER TRACH AND MASS CAN NOT BE SEEN.



SHE WAS SO VERY HAPPY THE DAY MY SISTER SHERRY AND MOTHER



BROUGHT THIS COSTUME. SHE GRINNED FROM EAR TO EAR.



THE BEAUTIFUL PILLOW CASES WERE SENT TO HER WHILE SHE



WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. THEY WERE MADE BY THE BEAUTIFUL



MICHELLE AT:



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THOSE PILLOW CASES FOLLOWED HER INTO ICU AND SHE ONLY HAS



THEM OFF FOR LAUNDERING. AT THE FOOT OF HER BED YOU CAN



KINDA SEE THE QUILT SHE MADE HER.



THE RED CORD WRAPPED AROUND HER WRIST IS HER MUSTARD



SEED NECKLACE THAT SHE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO WEAR



AROUND HER NECK SINCE SHE HAD HER TRACH PLACED.

WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO WEIGH AMY SINCE SHE BECAME BEDFAST. WE

FIGURE SHE PROBABLY WEIGHS 48 POUNDS. WE ARE AFRAID WHEN WE

REPOSITION HER, WE WILL EITHER BREAK A BONE OR TEAR SKIN.

HER COLLAR BONE WITH SKIN IS ALL YOU SEE FOR SHOULDERS...YOU

CAN PUT YOUR THUMB AND FINGER ON EACH SIDE OF HER COLLAR BONE AND

TOUCH YOUR FINGER TIPS TOGETHER BECAUSE SHE IS JUST SKIN FROM FRONT

TO BACK....YOU JUST CAN'T DESCRIBE IT.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY WAS VERY BAD FOR HER...THE LEFT JAW HAS LIKE COLLASPED IN

AND SO WHEN YOU TRY TO SET HER UP SHE JUST MOANS OUT AND

TRIES TO ARCH HER BACK AND HER EYES ARE WILD, LIKE A DEER CAUGHT

IN HEAD LIGHTS.

SHE HAS EXCHANGED PURSES AND BLACKBERRIES FOR A REMOTE CONTOL,

A MIRROR, HER BED CONTROL...ANYTHING THAT FITS NICELY IN HER

HAND AND SHE CAN MOVE AND WAVE IT AROUND. SHE KNOWS PEOPLE BUT

IS NOT ABLE TO COMMUNICATE EXCEPT ON A VERY BASIC LEVEL...SHE HAS

A HAND MOTION FOR WHEN SHE WANTS A SPONGE TOOTHETTE DIPPED IN

WATER AND SHE KEEPS IT IN HER MOUTH LIKE IT IS A LOLLIPOP.

SHE IS GENERALLY HAPPY AND SMILES READILY. PASTOR MARNEY SAID

IT AMAZES HIM HOW SHE CAN SMILE WITH ALL HER PROBLEMS. SHE HAS

THE MANNERISMS OF SOMEONE WITH SEVERE BRAIN TRAUMA.

RICHIE, AMY'S BROTHER IS QUITE ANGRY. WE HAVE ALL HAD OUR DANCE

WITH ANGER. WE WILL NEVER KNOW WHY SHE MUST SUFFER SO. I DON'T KNOW

WHY SOME PEOPLE DIE INSTANTLY AND SOME SUFFER AND WASTE WHILE IT

RIPS THEIR FAMILY APART WITH GRIEF...BUT I TRUST GOD AND I KNOW THAT

HE NEVER LEAVES US OR FORSAKES US. JESUS KNOWS REJECTION, ISOLATION,

PAIN AND SUFFERING, ALONG WITH HUMILIATION. SINCE EVERY SINGLE

THING IS ABOUT BRINGING GLORY TO OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE DO

NOT KNOW, WHO GOD IS TOUCHING THROUGH THE DETERMINATION OF AMY

TO BEAT CANCER. BUT EVEN AS IT SEEMS THE CANCER IS RAVAGING HER BODY...

AMY IS STILL SMILING AND STILL FIGHTING TO LIVE. I TOLD HER SHE

DESERVES A PURPLE HEART AND HER UNCLE TONY WHO WAS IN THE MARINES,

THINKS SHE DESERVES A PURPLE HEART ALSO.

SATURDAY MY SWEET BIL, BOB, DROVE MY MIL, IRENE, AND MY FIL, AJ, OVER

FROM TULSA TO VISIT. AMY HAS LOST AT LEAST 60 POUNDS SINCE THEY SAW THEIR

GRANDDAUGHTER LAST. MY MIL, IRENE IS IN HER 80'S AND IS IN CONSTANT

PAIN. IT TOOK A MIRACLE FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO COME.

SHE IS A SURVIVOR OF BREAST CANCER, AND LUNG CANCER. SHE FELL AND

BROKE HER SHOULDER JOINT OFF....WENT THROUGH SURGERY...SHE HAS SEVERE

ARTHRITIS AND SHE IS EITHER CRYING IN PAIN OR TAKING MEDICINE THAT

MAKES HER SLEEP ALL THE TIME.

WE KEPT A TOWEL OVER AMY'S MASS AND TRACH. WE TRIED TO DISCOURAGE

THEM FROM COMING BECAUSE OF THEIR HEALTH BUT THEY FELT THEY SHOULD.

AMY KNEW THEM AND GRANDMOTHER BROUGHT HER NUMEROUS STUFFED

ANIMALS.

I TELL YOU MY FRIENDS, THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT ROAD. SOME DAYS

THERE ARE BOULDERS THAT JUST SEEM IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OVER BUT

THE WORD OF GOD IS ALIVE AND IF YOU CRY ENOUGH TEARS YOU WILL JUST

FLOAT OVER THE BOULDERS...LOL..BUT IT WORKS WHILE CLEANSING THE PORES

OF YOUR SKIN.

SO MANY PEOPLE ARE IN NEED OF PRAYER...AMY, LEILA AND KORBIE, BILL AND

KERRIE, ROY AND ELISABETH, CEEKAY, DEANNA, SALLY, WILL AND CASS,

IRENE, MRS. MARNEY'S SURGERY, BECCA, DORIS AND RICHARD, TAWNA AND

MIKE, JAMIE, ANDREW, TAMMY, JENNIFER AND THE LOSS OF HER PRECIOUS CAT,

DENNETTE'S SON, LADY PENNIWIG'S JOB INTERVIEW, MEGAN AND RICHIE, BRANDON,

ERIC, ROBBI AND JEFF, REBECCA AND HER DAD, AUNT JEAN AND UNCLE BILLY,

PATRICIA, KIPPEY, KIMBERT, BOBBY, MADONNA, DONNA, CLIFFORD

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THE GREATEST THING WE CAN DO FOR SOMEONE IS TO PRAY FOR THEM.

I KNOW IT IS YOUR PRAYERS THAT HAVE KEPT ME SANE AND AMY A LIVE.

WE EACH MUST DECIDE FOR OUR SELVES WHAT QUALITY OF LIFE MEANS TO US.

IF AMY IS LIVING IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE, I BEG DEAR LORD TO

NEVER EXPERIENCE THAT KIND OF QUALITY BUT THEN WHO ARE WE TO SAY.

IT WAS DECIDED WHEN WE WERE BEING KNITTED IN OUR MOTHER'S WOMB

THE DAY WE WOULD BE BORN AND THE DAY WE WOULD DIE....AND WE ARE

TO GIVE THANKS TO THE FATHER FOR EVERY DAY...EVERY MINUTE AND

EVERY SECOND.

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O LORD, IF YOU HEAL ME, I WILL

BE TRULY HEALED; IF YOU SAVE

ME, I WILL BE TRULY SAVED.

MY PRAISES ARE FOR YOU ALONE!

~JEREMIAH 17:14

FOR YOU WHO FEAR MY NAME,

THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

WILL RISE WITH HEALING IN HIS

WINGS. AND YOU WILL GO FREE,

LEAPING WITH JOY LIKE CALVES

LET OUT TO PASTURE.

~MALACHI 4:2

ANGEL HUGS TO EACH ONE OF YOU