Today feels like the perfect day for a parade! Well, there's definitely at least reason for celebration.Last time I wrote about "where've you been"... since then, miraculous things have happened (did anyone pray for a miracle?)... we've had a couple of the best days I can remember in quite a while.
It started yesterday, with a pretty busy first full day back at Orchard Park. Dad, as I've mentioned before, usually has "issues" with moving.
Not so, this time! Trish & I got a single word from him again on Friday night. "Yup" was the word of choice this time, but it was a blessing none-the-less. Now, Saturday morning was another story altogether! Lots of words! Sentences! Heck, darn near whole conversations!!
Yes, Dad's ability to talk seems to be returning. Slowly, but surely, he's speaking. Pretty wispy, but real words. It was wonderful, to say the least! I'm told by evening time, Dad was pretty worn out... so there wasn't much late night jabbering going on.
Today started pretty quietly as well, although Trish had Dad giving all kinds of appropriate answers to questions she asked. Memory is still a BIG questionmark. It seems to come & go a bit, which makes it tough to tell where he's at.
As the evening progressed, Elijah and I got some real solid responses to a few questions working the old memories. While we had to talk him through "where were you born?" & "what high school in Cairo?" (we got no answers, but Dad did agree with the answers given), but when I mentioned that he joined the Navy after high school, he said he remembered that. I asked what ship were you on? He thought abought it for a bit, I added it was the USS... ? and he said, clear as a bell, "Oriskany!" For those of you that don't already know this... that's the right answer!
He's struggling to figure out who everyone is (himself included), but I told him we've got time for that. Thanks to God for that time!
Isn't it AWESOME that after all of his ups and downs (I guess, in pastoral verbage that'd be 'hills & valleys') with God's strength, Dad's back to plugging right along towards recovery.
More good news to come... PRAISE GOD!
Johnny:)