Sunday Sept 25th

 Miriam planting her beautiful flowers with love and joy!

Dear Family and Friends,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Miriam had one episode of a low grade fever yesterday afternoon. ( 100 degrees). Thank the Lord she has been afebrile today......no idea where that came from.                                                                                

                                                                                 

I do not have much to report since it has been an uneventful 2 weeks.                                                              

                                                        

Please continue to pray unceasingly for my dear Miriam. 

Thank you, Joyce for this thoughtful comment which means so much to me and I know others will also appreciate ;

"We love Miriam......we give praise for everything, every event which is FILTERED THROUGH HIS LOVE.  We remain joyful, prayerful, hopeful and thankful."

In His Time,
Alex

                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

                                                                                                                                                      

Further Encouragement!

Dear Family and Friends,

Mom/Miriam did a very unusual response last night. Her dear friend Vilma was in the room and I was explaining to her how funny  Miriam is. 

I began telling her about one of our morning prayers that occurred in the early 80's. As a background, we had visited charismatic churches in the past and mom/miriam has this knack about remembering just about anything. She began to pray the heavenly language of  "speaking in tongues". Her eyes were closed and I became very concerned. I shook her body and asked her if she was okay. She ignored me and went on "speaking in tongues". This went on for a prolonged period of time. I kept shaking her body to snap her out of that trance.  Then she slowly opened one eye and looked at me with the "I got you look". She laughed so hard and so did I!

As I was telling this story to Vilma, suddenly Miriam began to laugh again with some sounds. This was much more than the previous blog update. We couldn't hold back our tears. Miriam definitely hears and understands our conversation. Her memory remains intact. She remembered this event that occurred more than 27 years ago. 

So, dear family and friends. Please talk to her. Keep her updated about your lives. Share with her everything that you can. She hears, she understands and she remembers. 

In His Time,

Dad/Alex

Another Encouraging Smile!

Dear Family and Friends,

Another exciting smile from Miriam this evening. I was "skyping" with Doris and mom. Doris was reminding Miriam how she always looked after her from the day they lost their dad. I told Doris that Miriam has mentioned to me several times about how she threatened to punch any kids who tried to bully her. Miriam gave a big and long smile.  Her smile lasted for approximately 30 secs, enough time to  take a quick picture. PTL.
 I just finished giving her a full bath with CNA assist.. She loves her bath.
Frequent skypes or face time with our boys and her siblings have been very helpful.

Got some beautiful flowers for my beautiful wife.When I held them in front of her to show them to her, she turned her head to look at them.  She knows!

In His Time,

Dad/Alex