Saturday, August 16, 2008

Contemplating changes

Hello from Searcy! Just looked at some pics from Linda of the gathering at Lake Geneva! What a great group of people! We missed being there SO much. Gladys is doing better now, she is able to walk again though her leg is still not well, it is much better.
Ken is working long hours everyday...4 days and two nights. He is ready to make a change, and is actually contemplating movng to Chicago, but that will take a lot of planning and effort, and there is no definite decision about that. We have been established here in our little house for 12 years now and it seems like a LOT of work to move!
Jimmy is doing really great! He has a good job in Fayetteville, that he likes very much. He met a young woman there who was 2 months pregnant at the time. He took her under his wing since she has no parents, had no home and was staying at the Salvation Army shelter. He found a clinic for her prenatal care, moved her into his apartment and is helping her to get SSI because she was disabled from an accident at work. She had her baby on Wednesday of this week! A boy! She has named him Michael Lee Branson. (I'm not sure why she wanted to use Jimmy's last name but he says it's OK. There are no legal ramifications.)
He has been clean for ONE YEAR! and is doing very well.
They will be here on Wednesday for an overnight. Gladys can hardly wait to see the baby! His mother's name is Jaimie, and she was texting Gladys messages through her entire labor which went very quickly! The last text was sent at 9 cm! Both mother and child are doing well.
We are looking forward to reading everyone's entry, and hoping we will see everyone soon! Somehow!

1 comment:

  1. Yay for Jimmy!!! I hope Gladys has NO MORE setbacks!
    Becky

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