Richmond Family Updates

(Written by Becky)

“It takes a village to…”  … you finish the sentence. This phrase is used in several contexts, like “It takes a village to raise a child.” And for us, “It takes a village to get through this journey.” There is no way we could get through this without our friends and family.

My cousin Pam, for example. She was here today cleaning our bathrooms… and not just cleaning but loving and serving at the same time. And she’s just one of many who we are so thankful for. (She just happened to be here when I thought of taking a photo for this post.) Just today, someone cleaned our bathrooms, another person brought Dad and I dinner and another person brought me a kitchen table from a thrift store and visited with Mom for a while. And that’s just today. I don’t even know if I could count the rest of the people who have been here in the past week to visit, eat with us, bring us food, shop for us, vacuum the house, move furniture, whatever.

A symptom of emotional trauma is memory issues… and I can guarantee that we will forget to thank someone. We try our best, but please know that we have no idea what we would do without you. Truly. I hope you will accept this blog post as a sufficient thank you from someone who finds it too difficult to “take it a day at a time” but rather needs to just take things an hour at a time. Although we are slowly getting into a routine, we sometimes feel we are just barely keeping our heads above water with everything to remember for Mom (fresh juice 6 times a day, growing wheatgrass, special dietary needs, meds, shots, vitamins, doctor appointments). But when we rest, we wish we had the energy for real thank you cards. I don’t know if that will ever happen and I’m sorry about that.

So, please remember: WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR YOU. WE LOVE YOU.

(P.S. We would love to see you this coming Sunday night at a prayer service for Mom at 6:00 at First Baptist Church in Scotia!)

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