Birthday Celebration

May 2nd we celebrated Orin's 62'nd birthday. A joyous though small celebration that none of us thought two years ago we would have the privledge to enjoy. God is truely good! In the picture above are all but Sheila ( working) and me ( photographer). Beginning with the guy in front with his eyes closed! is grandson Andrew, Olivia , our son Scott, Rachel, Orin, Kinsie, Anna, our son Mike ( almost hidden) and his wife Emily. DO NOT MISS one year old LILY CLAIRE who pricelessly responded to " everybody look at grandma" ! ! !
Orin continues to rest at home with few major events occuring. He is able to get around the house, using the walker when he feels like his legs are weak. He is careful and has not had more falls. He is easily winded however with almost no exertion and says he can tell that he is getting slowly weaker.
I have had several people ask about visiting and would give this advice. We dont want you to stay away. However, Orin does do better with short visits and sometimes truely doesnt feel like company. If you are near, stopping by for 10 min frequently is better than longer less frequent visits. If you want to call... 11am to one pm and 7pm to 9pm are probably the best. He usually is up at those times. If you are farther away, call, not only will I tell you honestly if its a bad time to visit, but if he knows he is going to have company at a certain time he will often nap before so he does feel like the visit. The visits do tire him some, but they are so so good for his moral that it is well worth it. (and mine too) ... We love you all, Kathy

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Anonymous said…
Happy Belated Birthday, Orin. I knew you were older than me but not much. Glad to hear that you could all be together. Our thoughts are always with you.
Jerry & Edna
6:36 PM
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