Blessed on the 4th

“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance.”- Psalm 33:12

What an awesome July 4th we had with dad! As we celebrated our freedom - we felt blessed in so many ways. . . blessed to live in a free country and blessed to be alive. Our way of life has certainly changed over the past eight months, but what a blessing it is to still have our dad still alive able to still be a part of our lives.

Most of mom's family gathered over at my mom's brother's house for the annual "Sowers" get together. Most everyone from mom's family was there. . .and dad really enjoyed the day visiting and cracking jokes with everyone. ABOVE LEFT Dad is hanging out with my oldest brother Dave (at right with the shades on his head) and at left behind him is my other brother Timmy, and on dad's lap is his great-grandson Barham (we call him Bear). In the picture RIGHT ABOVE, dad is enjoying some time with mom's younger sister Patty and her daughter Shelly. As you can see dad was all smiles. . . being with your family is good medicine. Dad also really enjoyed talking to my cousin Nate Sowers about the upcoming WVU football season. . . my boys were happy to get an "insider's report" on what we might expect this fall season. Dad spent the afternoon watching the kids swim, eating lots of yummy food and catching up on life with everyone! We were able to stay from about 12 noon til 3:30 and then dad got tired and it started to rain so we headed home. Needless to say, he took a long nap! Tomorrow we are going to head to the baseball field if the game doesn't get rained out. We know we'll see tons of local folks he hasn't gotten to see in so long, but we are also gonna have our eyes out for any folks from Pendleton County who we will be playing. . . dad had a route over there and has a bunch of friends out that way so we are wondering if any have 9/10 year old all-stars who are traveling might be friends of dads? We'll let you all know!

Thanks for taking time to check in - have a safe and blessed July 4th weekend! (P.S. Dick Harmison. . .if you are still reading this blog.. . give my dad a call at 304.263.5843. . . my uncle Tommy was telling him about you visiting him at Winchester Rehab and his memory is not good from that time during his stroke recovery period. . .He would love to hear from you!)