Showing posts with label life takes a turn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life takes a turn. Show all posts

Sunday, August 10, 2008

life takes a turn

mid-way through our michigan vacation, my husband clark and i were involved in a serious accident, a run-in with a large bus. i was alert at the scene but clark was unresponsive and subsequently intubated and care-flighted to a large, progressive hospital in grand rapids.

later that evening we learned that while clark sustained multiple facial fractures, there were no brain or spinal cord injuries. words cannot express the incredible relief i felt. yesterday (saturday) clark underwent reconstructive facial surgery and can now boast 3 titanium plates and 16 screws in the left side of his face. our grown children have come around us in amazing ways and will help us return to ohio as soon as we're travel-worthy.

the outpouring of prayers, emails, calls and visits from friends and family has been completely overwhelming and we will draw strength from this incredible support for years to come. our traveling companions, carl and darcy krumroy have gone above and beyond any ordinary friendship.

today i possess a gift that some of you have personally experienced as well... the palpable awareness of our fragile mortality and the subsequent gift of life that we receive only one day at a time.

more to come in a day or two - God is good.