Hi everyone, it's been a while. I was planning on doing a 6 month update but life got the better of me. Who would have known that ever since Lis returned home, I could still be so busy. Today Lis just had her second follow up with Dr. Edin (who is awesome) here in Fergus Falls. Lis was so encourage by his kind words. He said her speech, skin tone and appearance have improved in addition she had a sparkle in her eye. He also is working on slowly reducing/removing some medications which goes with our moto, less is better when it comes to medication if possible. Lastly, we received a call later today that her bloodwork checked today all return great results. We continue to pray that each visit she makes great strides.

So, does that mean we don't have any rough spots in our days? Of course we do, there are days where Lis and I feel discouraged and just want things to feel "normal" again. I keep reminding her, were things ever truly normal? Personally we believe normal is boring. Also, it gets lonely for her as I'm working down in the basement in my office and she's not able to drive anywhere. Which reminds me, if you want to visit, just send me a Facebook Message and we can set something up. Lissa also wants people to know that if you text her, she's not purposely ignoring you, she's just not good at responding because her hands still don't corporate like she wants them to. And that leads to the next thing, her short term memory isn't still the greatest but it is improving every day, I tell her welcome to my world as my memory has never been great either, it's a wonder we remember to feed the children. 

What does that mean of the future? We don't know exactly what it'll be, but again, where would be the fun in that. We know we'll have some really good days, some really bad days and some in between. We know that this journey also could have been worse and we are thankful that even though we have bad days, we all still able to be together. I had a chance recently to give a quick chat about our last few months with some wonderful family members, basically to sum up, the following things have kept us going: the prayers of our family and friends and also special Bible versus that have helped us along the journey, I suggest looking them up, you never know when you'll need them.

Romans 5:3-5
Romans 8:28
Psalms 144 (A wonderful friend sent this at the perfect time, isn't it funny how God times things?)

I'm sure there are plenty of other good ones but these are some special few. In addition, even though we have had many loved ones that have assisted us after our return home; Lissa and I want to put a special thanks to Lis's sister Aimee. Throughout all of this, she hasn't left our side from helping me take Lis to appointments in addition to taking the girls here and there and filling in when needed (which can be a lot at times). Her goal is the same as ours, to help our family return to as close as it was prior to the stroke. 

Finally, thanks again for all the love and support we have received, our family has been touched by so many!