Friends
I hope it was a Happy Father’s Day for all those dads and grandads out there. What a fabulous blessing to spend Father’s Day with my much beloved Daddy!
I wanted to catch you up on the goings-on in my world. It’s been a challenging stretch here lately.
In mid-May, my father was hospitalized for a week with heart failure and an extremely low sodium level, and then spent three weeks in Rehab recuperating. Although the Rehab facility is only five minutes from my parents’ apartment, it was hard on both of them to be separated. It was the longest time they had been apart in 35 years!
To make matters worse, my mother suffered an infection and her own electrolyte imbalance, and became unable to visit my father. Eric and I filled in the gaps as much as we could, running back and forth taking care of both of them. The past six weeks have been hard on all four of us.
I am happy to report that my father is now back home with my mother. It is so good to have them in one place, together again after so many weeks apart. Dad continues to improve despite his many health challenges. My mother is better, but still having some health issues. Additionally, the heat and humidity are making it tough on my precious mother-in-law’s breathing issues. Please keep all my people in your prayers.
While the challenges of the past six weeks have been many, the blessings have also been abundant. Eric and I are so grateful that my parents are close by, allowing us to care for them fully while still living at home. We have been blessed with compassionate care from countless nurses, doctors, and caregivers, many going the extra mile to meet our needs. Our friends and family have poured out love through texts, phone calls, casseroles, hugs, and encouraging conversations. Best of all, there have been the prayers, so many prayers lifted on our behalf.
Again and again, God has reminded me of His faithfulness. I have felt His presence and His peace even when things were far from peaceful. I know He is with us every step of the way. I see Him in the sunrise, hear Him in the birdsong, feel Him in the breeze as I perch on my front porch glider. As always, He is with us, and for us, and nothing can stand against.
Perhaps the greatest blessing of the past few weeks has been the cherished time I have spent with my amazing Daddy. We have sat in the afternoon sunshine, telling old tales, stories we have shared so many times, yet somehow never grow old. We have laughed at good memories and relived old adventures.
When I was young, Dad and I established a tradition of celebrating father-daughter days. These special days were a chance for some one-on-one time to explore a new place and spend some quality time together. Our afternoons of late have reminded us both of all those good father-daughter days of long ago.
As I departed for home the other day after hanging out with Dad for several hours in his Rehab room, he reached out and took my hand in both of his. Raising my fingers to his lips, he kissed my hand, and murmured, “I love you, Doll.” With tears in my eyes, I responded with our well-worn reply, “And there ain’t no love lost.”
Friends, I don’t think it gets any better than that, do you?
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{Love} “always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”
1 Corinthians 13:7-8 – NIV
PRAYER
O Lord Jesus, meet us in our moments, comfort us in our challenges, deliver us in our trials. Grant us Your peace that passes all understanding. Lord, make a way where there seems to be no way. Hold us close and remind us that Your love never fails. Thank You for our fathers and grandfathers, our families, and our faith that sees us through our struggles. Let us live each day knowing that we are abundantly blessed!
In the Faithful Name of Jesus, we pray,
Amen
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Friends, it’s a different kind of season for me, and there is little time for writing. While I do hope to continue posting my Monday messages, I am finding it hard to keep to a weekly posting schedule. I will post when I can. Please know how much I value your faithful support, and I am thinking of you as you navigate your own challenges. Thank you for your continued prayers for me and my family. May the peace of God that passes all understanding guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Blessings,
Anita
-APS 6/22/2026
Faith Beyond Sight 