It has become part of my weekly routine to call Daddy every Sunday morning. He looks forward to calls and usually will answer the phone with "Jake's Mule Barn" or some other silly greeting just to let me know he knows it's me calling. The discussions are usually about the same every week How hot is has been, how high the utility bills are getting, what vegetables are in season, who's sick, who's died and how his health is. Not necessarily in that order.
This weeks news consisted of Boyce Ray being in intensive care in Jonesboro. With Daddy's poor hearing, details are usually a little sketchy. He thought that Boyce Ray had gotten dehydrated. With the temperatures running over 100 degrees these days in Arkansas, it is easy to believe. Troy was home this week and him and Stephen Jay stopped over to visit with Daddy and Brenda for awhile. Daddy really enjoyed this. Daddy had an appointment with an arthritis doctor this week. He is having a lot of problems with his left shoulder. He seems to think it is from his walking with a cane. Don't know how much longer he will be able to get around without a wheelchair. I worry so much about him falling.
These weekly conversations have become a highlight of my week. Just to hear his voice and feel his smile warms my heart. Makes me miss him so much. He is such a wonderful man. He is never in a bad mood, he never gets mad, never has anything bad to say about anybody. In name and in life, he is really a GOOD MAN.
This weeks news consisted of Boyce Ray being in intensive care in Jonesboro. With Daddy's poor hearing, details are usually a little sketchy. He thought that Boyce Ray had gotten dehydrated. With the temperatures running over 100 degrees these days in Arkansas, it is easy to believe. Troy was home this week and him and Stephen Jay stopped over to visit with Daddy and Brenda for awhile. Daddy really enjoyed this. Daddy had an appointment with an arthritis doctor this week. He is having a lot of problems with his left shoulder. He seems to think it is from his walking with a cane. Don't know how much longer he will be able to get around without a wheelchair. I worry so much about him falling.
These weekly conversations have become a highlight of my week. Just to hear his voice and feel his smile warms my heart. Makes me miss him so much. He is such a wonderful man. He is never in a bad mood, he never gets mad, never has anything bad to say about anybody. In name and in life, he is really a GOOD MAN.
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