Saturday, Dec 22 and all is OK

Well, time is just going by getting close to the wedding. We have a wonderful celebration come up soon to celebrate the birth of Jesus. My family will have a wonderful time on Monday night and again on Tuesday morning. We will meet with my brother & his family and my parents on Thursday night once Jennifer gets to town. Then we have a rehearsal event on Friday night getting ready for the big event on Saturday. We are all getting so excited for this event.
I am doing OK as of now. I am still sore from everything and seem to be walking with a slight limp, but it will be OK. I get to go back to work on Monday and got a phone call on Friday telling me this was good to go forward with. Rehab worked me out pretty good on Friday but that is how this is supposed to work. They are doing their job to make sure I can do all that is necessary on my end. No pain, no gain!
I had two more replies from my last entry. One was from Sallie and Scott Keaton again giving me some words of encouragement and some support to Betty for all she has done for me. The other one was from Sheryl, another dear friend I met through Matt's Cub Scouts. She was always a dear friend to me and her support through all of this has been great. She can't make it to Megan's wedding but has a neat poem for me. This means the world to me. She is another one of those people that is in my life because God wanted me to know her. She has always been this kind of person! She always lifts me up, as do the Keaton family. I am so lucky to have people in my life that are this way! Family and friends make every day special. I am just so lucky to have people like this around me!
God has saved me and is putting SPECIAL people in my life that help me in so many ways. God will help you too if you need His help and ask Him for it. I would like to thank everyone that reads this note and tell you all how much I love you! I am still here because there were so many people saying prayers for me in so many places. Your efforts towards me have made me a different person. I have feelings today that I did not have before because of all of this. Thanks again to all of you!!!
Mark 12/22/07