The Ultimate "Going Away" Party

What a week!  It started out great.  Walt was eating good. Good still means very little, but it also means that what he eats goes down easy and stays down.  Monday and Tuesday he had no problems.  Wednesday started the week of mystery (what will happen today?).  Mornings were miserable.  He wanted to eat so badly but no matter what he tried it wouldn't go down easily nor stay down long. One of the days was so bad that his chocolate malt even gave him fits.  Thankfully that didn't happen again.  This may be the beginning of the bigger picture.  We know that stupid Murphy is going to win, but we are not giving in so easy.  I can still make some pretty tasty broths and that daily chocolate malt is full of protein powder.
Walt is still pretty comfortable pain wise.  He is very weak and getting a little wobbly.  Lack of food will do that to you.  He is good company and still loves to visit with his friends and family.  The most fun we are having right now is with our animals.  The 3 cats are so funny and all have different personalities.  Peaches (we thought he was a girl) hangs around the most.  Big orange cat that loves to cuddle.  Charlie (a girl, I know, we are all messed up) comes in to eat and say "Hi" a couple of times a day.  Sophie (we got it right?) She's the social one.  Company comes and she's all over them.  She literally chases Walt's Home Health Aid, Lana, when she comes on Thursdays.  She especially loves to rub up against her black pants.  Yes, she's white.  The most fun thing to watch is the 4 chickens chasing the cats.  They will run the length of the yard and those birds mean business.  I wish I got as much exercise as they do.  The cats have a dog door so they can escape into the house.  I'm just waiting for the day that the chickens figure that door out.
We have some wonderful friends that want to have a party for Walt.  It will be on October 26th.  Friends from S. California are going to be here and we just thought it would be nice to all get together.  We would love it if all of our friends from everywhere could come.  No matter what, it will be a joyous occasion.  We don't know what will be happening then (we don't even know what each day is going to bring), but we are having a good time planning.  Walt says, "Even if I'm not there I will have had a hand in planning it".  We are going through all of our old pictures to put his life together and that is a blast.  Makes us realize that we have had a busy, full, happy life.
We are hoping all is well with all of you.  It's not easy to live in this world these days, but if we can just keep praying for each other it will help.  The talk at our meeting today is on the resurrection.  What a wonderful hope we have.  Don't know if Walt will be up to going, but if not we do have the provision of listening to our meeting on the phone.  So, no matter what we will be encouraged by it.  I love Sundays.
We love you all.