Hard Week

Kerissa • Jul 13, 2013

This has been another difficult week. On Wednesday, my 89 year old grandpa passed away suddenly, faster than all of us were expecting. He was in the end stages of kidney failure but given 4-6 months to live. But this past Wednesday, he had a catastrophic event—the social worker thinks he must have had a heart attack or something like that. I already miss him so much. :'( This is the second family death in not even 2 months.

One of the things I’ll always remember about my grandpa is how he always made me laugh:

  • When I was little, he used to call me “shorty.”  That was his nickname for me.  I didn’t like being called that then, but now…I chuckle!
  • Ever since I started getting bad headaches last year, he always wanted to know how I’m doing and if I still have “an itchy head.”  Haha!😉  For some reason, he got mixed up between those two things!
  • A few weeks ago, I wanted to take a picture with him, so I told him to say, “Cheese!!”  He said, “Cheese!!  Bleu cheese!!”😀
Holding me on his 70th birthday.🙂

One of my favorite pictures with him taken just one month ago. <3

By Kerissa Lee 23 Jan, 2024
Hi, friends, I had a whole other post ready to go with some good news, but instead, I have an urgent prayer request. I started experiencing sudden onset numbness, tingling, and weakness in my whole left leg, and it’s been so scary. 🥺 It just came on out of the blue. I was doing so well with physical therapy each week (able to walk fast on the treadmill and leg press 40 lbs), and now, I have to limp because my left leg is soo weak. I really want to avoid the ED as much as possible, so I saw one of my doctors today. She’s concerned I’m having a big motor nerve issue. 😭 The plan is to see a physical medicine specialist, have a nerve conduction study, get an urgent MRI done, as well as see my PCP and pain doctor on the 25th and 29th for further evaluation/testing. I know I already said this, but it really has been so scary to lose function so quickly. Can you pray that I will trust the Lord and not worry? It’s been very hard, so I’d really appreciate your prayers and support in the coming weeks. Thank you so much. ❤️
By Kerissa Lee 01 Jan, 2024
"Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth." Hosea 6:3
By Kerissa Lee 11 Dec, 2023
"This hard place in which you, perhaps, find yourself, is the very place in which God is giving you opportunity to look only to Him."  Elisabeth Elliot
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