Doubly Thankful

We've had a wonderful weekend with all the kids home to celebrate Thanksgiving.  Wayne has been a bit under the weather, but we were able to take a family walk around Buck Horn Lake after our Thanksgiving dinner, which has become a family tradition.

Yesterday we picked up Matthew's "new" (used car) so he was happy to have his own wheels again.  Notice that I wrote "was".  This afternoon while driving home from Oneonta he didn't have brakes and front ended an oncoming car.  His "new" car is definitely totaled, and I wouldn't be surprised if the other car will be, too.  The other driver was taken to the hospital with a bloody nose and difficulty breathing, but they told Matt that she may have been hyperventilating from the shock of the accident.  He walked away from a badly mangled car without a scratch--though he's very sore from the seatbelt.  We have SO MUCH to be thankful for!   The accident could have been so much worse since it was on a very sharp 's' curve at the bottom of a hill.  If he had gone off the road, he would have ended up in the river and would have probably flipped it in the process.  Thirty minutes earlier he had a carload of his friends with him.  God is so good!  How thankful I am to be able to hug my eldest this evening.  Please be in prayer for "Sarah" the 17-year old driver of the other car--that her injuries are minor and that she'll be fine.

Go hug your loved ones just because they're there!

Matthew On Stage

One of the benefits of working at Family Life Ministries is being able to take part in their Christmas musical production.  Matthew (2nd from left)  is happily singing in Four Tickets to Christmas for the next 2 months of dinner theater productions.  This weekend began the season with 3 shows in the Erie, PA area.  Wayne, Marc, Rachael, Katelyn and I are supposed to go see the musical December 13th at the Family Life Center in Bath.  I'm really looking forward to attending and seeing Matt perform in person.