I hope this okay to post this in Personal as it has absolutely nothing to do with embroidery or sewing. Just love and faith and living a real life.

I was so proud of Ben. We have a friend who is just a little older than Ben: they both had infantile spasms. Nellie has Tuberous Sclerosis, and has continued to have seizures, while Ben doesn't have them anymore. While we were visiting with Nellie and her Mom last week, she had a couple of really hard seizures, which Ben saw and was concerned about. Then on Monday night he was gently crying in bed. When I went in and asked him what was wrong. He sobbed, "Nellie." I asked, "What about Nellie?" "Nellie..... Nellie... has has has has has has has lots of seiz seiz seiz seiz seiz .... seizures." There is this guy, with all of his own challenges, sobbing about his dear friend Nellie, and her challenges. I know lots of "typical" people who don't show that kind of true caring. We prayed for Nellie and that the seizures would go away. And just like we pray to put Ben's fears "in the trash" Ben asked God to put "Nellie's seizures in the trash." How sweet is that? Love you all, Jan