This has been a busy traveling week with hard but easy times to be spent with family and making new friends. Barbara and I attended a wedding for a grandson Trevor Harding (Kristi’s son) and his new bride Mariel up in the mountains of
Meantime for those of you following the progress of son KIM who has been in hospital in
That’s a mixed blessing – VERY much appreciated by the family because it makes it possible for other family supporters to help with supporting Linda and their adopted daughter Alyssa (Bad for me I’m not even sure I spelled it right.) But it’s much easier to get the kind of general support for KIM in Beckley – however… if they can get the paper work to clear up and Medicaid/Medicare/Disability to decide who will pay which bills that will be really helpful.
If they can get that cleared and get Kim to the place where he can *begin* to respond to rehabilitation it will be a giant step forward. But we are SO thankful for everyone’s help and prayers and concern. I’m ABSOLUTELY sure that’s what’s gotten him to this point. The Lord has been SO good. That very first night when he was lying on the pavement of the highway two car lengths back from the impact point…. When Linda thought he was dead for sure, and it just so “happened” there was a young man with accidental and life-saving skills on the scene of the accident before the ambulance crew crew arrived who was able to assist in ministered to Linda and to help arrange immediate treatment, keeping him alive in the ambulance and then the airlift crew to CMAC in Charleston -- well, it’s all overwhelming.
Of course Kim’s not out of the woods yet. All the medical people say he’s in for a long recovery – I guess what Linda and all of us (including you who are believers) is that we serve the Lord who IS in control. Who supplies the people with the abilities and talents and strength to help Kim survive. We went through something like this about 14 years ago with melanoma on his face and neck and many lymph nodes. A non-malignant brain tumor on the right side of his cranium – surgery, radiation and recovery and all that… We’ve experienced some things like this before and the person who emerges is THE LORD. He is the great physician, and we know HE has the resources to bring this all out as HE wishes and which is best for all concerned.
So that makes us willing, indeed longing, to turn it all over to HIM, and know that HIS way is best and as HE wills the most strengthening for whatever comes.
Thank you all for praying and for being a part of such a great support group and family.
Cordially, IN HIM
Barbara and Jack Buttram
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“JUST A MINUTE”
THE CHICKEN INQUISITION IS OVER
Just a Minute: A weekend newspaper labeled August First Chick-fil-A support day: “The Chicken Inquisition” – which seems like a good title. So on Friday August 3rd I looked for ‘counter coverage’ of the intended as “Get Even” day – but I couldn’t find it.
I saw a few sign-makers – On August 1 the only signs had been the trade mark moo cows sayin’ “Eat More Chicken” – and one flub-a-dub of a guy on U-tube trying to intimidate a very pretty and pleasant drive-thru waitress into being rude. She was very kindly parrying the ‘smarty’ -- who had waited for about 40 minutes to get up to the drive-thru window so he could order what he conceived as an irritating cup of ice water. She just gave him the large cup with a smile, plenty of ice, and a cheery “come back any time.”
Chick-fil-A policy specifies they don’t discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or a half dozen other things listed in their policy placard.
So the “get even day” was pretty much a DUD <> I’m Jack Buttram. (END)
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