Visitors Make the Good Days Great and the Bad Days Magically Better!

I have been SO blessed to have many visitors!

My Sister-in-Law, Jen,  my niece, Kayleigh, and my nephews, Logan & Talon from Shelley surprised me one afternoon!  I was totally unaware they were in Utah and it was so great to see them!  The hugs!

We had a SPOKANE REUNION with 3 of my dear friends from Washington who are living here in Utah! 

Christy & Jaime (2 of my best buds from Idaho Falls!) came down and stayed 2 nights with me.  (Well, one night in the condo with my mom and the other here in my hospital room!)  A Sleepover!  We laughed a lot and they came to some of my therapies with me and for the 1st time I felt like life was kind of "normal" again!  We went "out to eat" too, for my 1st time and at some  DELICIOUS Chinese food!  (Down to the hospital cafeteria anyway!)  When Christy and Jaime 1st got here they came loaded with care packages from my friends and neighbors back home!  To all of you...THANK YOU SO MUCH!  I don't really know what to say or how to thank any and all of you who have given so much and loved my family and I so much!

Eating Chocolate Covered Strawberries...from Heaven I think!

The "SHOWERING" of care packages from home.

A  Foot Massage!

Testing out the "Power Chair"...(I know you can't see the chair, but that's what we were doing anyway!)

Yesterday was one of my hardest days physically and I was completely discouraged and depressed because of it.  SO HARD.  But, in the afternoon my hardest day, even though the pains were still there became MAGICALLY BETTER!  My sweet friend Jessie showed up for a visit with sweet little Aubrey and they went to a "Wellness Class" with me!  Brian's Sister Kandis, her husband Rob and my sweet little nieces came again to visit!  They were joined by two of the most wonderful women I know from Idaho Falls who decided to "just drive down!", Penny and Teresa!

After a wonderful few hours with Penny and Teresa, and a few pretty funny laughing moments my mom showed up with my Step Dad, Dennis, and my HUSBAND!  (Dennis & Brian both arrived about the same time, Dennis on a plane and Brian on a Shuttle from IF!)  Yeay! 

SO...my TERRIBLE DAY for pain and discomfort and a lot of PHYSICAL DISCOURAGEMENT was sweetened by the love of others!  Even though my pain and discomfort was so intense throughout the day I still was blessed to be able to smile!  I am ever so grateful!

There is another act of Selfless Love that I would like to share in this post about visitors.

Tuesday, the nurse came in and told me I had a visitor but that I didn't know this person.  OKAY?!  That's kind of strange?  I turned around and saw a super darling woman who looked to be about 9 months pregnant!  She introduced herself to me as Holly Martineau (sp?).  She explained to me that she was Becky Martin's Sister-in-Law.  (Becky Martin is a friend of mine from Idaho Falls, who recently moved to another city, we have really missed her and her husband Nick since they left.)  Holly explained to me that Becky was so sad she couldn't come visit me here in Utah where I have very few friends and family.  So Becky called Holly and asked her to come and visit me!  Well not only did Holly come visit me, but Holly is a massage therapist and she gave me a WONDERFUL foot massage!  (My feet have been cramping so bad and my muscles constantly hurt.)  Once again I don't know how to thank people for their selflessness.  Thank you BECKY!  I love you and miss you!  Thank you Holly for serving and TOTAL STRANGER.

The world is SO FULL OF GOODNESS AND LOVING PEOPLE.  It's hard to remember this sometimes with all of the crazy things happening all around (in the news etc...), but really...there is SO MUCH GOODNESS. 

Today is a family weekend for me!  I GET TO SEE MY KIDS in about 3 hours from now and I can't hardly hold back my tears of joy!  My Husband is back for the weekend!  My Mom and Step Dad are here!  My brother and his wife and family are going to be here for the weekend too!  I am SO EXCITED and SO BLESSED!