More Unfortunate Events that occured during the holidays

We left for Florence, SC on Wednesday, Nov. 26 and found out that everybody in the Southeast seemed to be heading in the same direction! Traffic was bumper to bumper much of the 10 hour trip. We celebrated my birthday a day late with our son and family. Then we checked in at the motel where we were staying and guess what! I was sick all night long with the virus Jim had on Tuesday. He and James spent Thanksgiving with Bill and family and I spent the day in bed at the motel. Friday I was fine and got so spend some time with the 3 granddaughters at noon after they returned from their after Thanksgiving shopping trip.

Friday afternoon our son James started complaining about a stomach ache. After staying awake all night Friday night I took him to the hospital at 8 a.m. on Saturday. They admitted him and he was there 5 days. They did a lot of tests and never did find the cause of his stomach pain. One of us had to stay with him all the time since he has to have care.

We spent last night(Wed. Dec 3) with our son and 2 of his daughters (one had gone back to college) and I cooked dinner and afterwards went shopping with the youngest granddaughter. That was the only time I got to get out and do anything the entire trip.  We left to come home on Thursday, Dec. 4.

I guess I can sum up our Thanksgiving trip by stating that we are most thankful that James is ok now and did not have to have surgery. Pictured above on Dec. 3rd, the day he came from home the hospital.

The trip home was uneventful except for the rainy weather. But hey, it could have been ice and snow if it had been a little colder. It states in the Bible: Give thanks in all things. I am trying to do that!