Comments on: Down for the Count http://www.cooperfamilyfarm.com/fbp/index.php/2010/01/down-for-the-count/ Chasing after God, seven kids, and one handsome soldier on a tractor. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:03:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Jennie C. http://www.cooperfamilyfarm.com/fbp/index.php/2010/01/down-for-the-count/comment-page-1/#comment-9285 Jennie C. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:14:25 +0000 http://www.cooperfamilyfarm.com/fbp/?p=3088#comment-9285 Christi, I was delighted to meet you, and I think Delaney might like to be in touch with your Bethany. :-) David is Sergeant First Class (E7) and he's a tanker, AKA Armor Crewman. He went to war twice with his Cavalry unit down at Fort Stewart, which is how he earned his spurs. It wasn't his first time going to war, but it was his first time with a Cav unit. He also has a sword that was awarded to him for recruiting, and he was so good at it that he earned his gold ring. He guarded the wall in Germany during the Cold War, he fought in Desert Storm, he's served in Korea, and he's been twice to Iraq. We'll be happy to answer any other questions the boys might have! Yes, Davey made those shelves for me. I've got to paint them yet, but I love them, and I love he who made them. :-) And once again, no worries about Cecilia's little gift. I needed to mop anyway! Christi, I was delighted to meet you, and I think Delaney might like to be in touch with your Bethany. :-)

David is Sergeant First Class (E7) and he’s a tanker, AKA Armor Crewman. He went to war twice with his Cavalry unit down at Fort Stewart, which is how he earned his spurs. It wasn’t his first time going to war, but it was his first time with a Cav unit. He also has a sword that was awarded to him for recruiting, and he was so good at it that he earned his gold ring. He guarded the wall in Germany during the Cold War, he fought in Desert Storm, he’s served in Korea, and he’s been twice to Iraq. We’ll be happy to answer any other questions the boys might have!

Yes, Davey made those shelves for me. I’ve got to paint them yet, but I love them, and I love he who made them. :-) And once again, no worries about Cecilia’s little gift. I needed to mop anyway!

]]> By: mum2twelve...now a bakers doz http://www.cooperfamilyfarm.com/fbp/index.php/2010/01/down-for-the-count/comment-page-1/#comment-9284 mum2twelve...now a bakers doz Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:22:19 +0000 http://www.cooperfamilyfarm.com/fbp/?p=3088#comment-9284 PS I'll offer up my sore back for yours the next couple of days cause I <b>know</b> what this is like and the trip home helped reactivate my lower back pain. Shoulder is still good though. We mums just can't afford to fall can we? Interestingly the little girls (Emma and Elsa) have not only been praying for my back but recently added that I not fall any more. Since adding that to their prayers - I have almost fallen twice and been caught as if wings had held me in place. I believe it was the result of their prayers that either my guardian angel, or theirs, saved me from more injury. PS I’ll offer up my sore back for yours the next couple of days cause I know what this is like and the trip home helped reactivate my lower back pain. Shoulder is still good though. We mums just can’t afford to fall can we? Interestingly the little girls (Emma and Elsa) have not only been praying for my back but recently added that I not fall any more. Since adding that to their prayers – I have almost fallen twice and been caught as if wings had held me in place. I believe it was the result of their prayers that either my guardian angel, or theirs, saved me from more injury.

]]> By: mum2twelve...now a bakers doz http://www.cooperfamilyfarm.com/fbp/index.php/2010/01/down-for-the-count/comment-page-1/#comment-9283 mum2twelve...now a bakers doz Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:17:47 +0000 http://www.cooperfamilyfarm.com/fbp/?p=3088#comment-9283 Jennie - I thought the house looked amazing and you were incredibly awesome to make coffee for us when you were feeling so miserable. Seriously - for someone with such back pain (you hide it well!) the house looks great. Tidy and, most of all, filled with peace! Loved the bookshelves in the front room - I meant to ask if Dave had made them? Our older boys noted David's spurs and were describing them (and the other things of note that boys notice) to him at the dinner Wednesday night. Man - that was hard. The dinner, I mean. By then the littlest ones were so exhausted from being on the road since 9:30 the night before and were <i>begging</i> to go back to the hotel. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for opening your doors to us and sharing your home and family! It was a wonderful respite (despite the embarrassment of Cecilia's <i>little gift</i> to you all!)and allowed us to arrive at the hotel late enough to be able to check in early and rest a couple of hours before dressing for Miguel's dinner! Miguel keeps asking what rank David is and what he did/does? And (sigh) I have to keep saying "I forgot to ask!" So I'm asking - what is his rank and what did/does he do? Thanks again! Jennie – I thought the house looked amazing and you were incredibly awesome to make coffee for us when you were feeling so miserable. Seriously – for someone with such back pain (you hide it well!) the house looks great. Tidy and, most of all, filled with peace!
Loved the bookshelves in the front room – I meant to ask if Dave had made them? Our older boys noted David’s spurs and were describing them (and the other things of note that boys notice) to him at the dinner Wednesday night. Man – that was hard. The dinner, I mean. By then the littlest ones were so exhausted from being on the road since 9:30 the night before and were begging to go back to the hotel.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for opening your doors to us and sharing your home and family! It was a wonderful respite (despite the embarrassment of Cecilia’s little gift to you all!)and allowed us to arrive at the hotel late enough to be able to check in early and rest a couple of hours before dressing for Miguel’s dinner!
Miguel keeps asking what rank David is and what he did/does? And (sigh) I have to keep saying “I forgot to ask!” So I’m asking – what is his rank and what did/does he do? Thanks again!

]]> By: Elizabeth C. http://www.cooperfamilyfarm.com/fbp/index.php/2010/01/down-for-the-count/comment-page-1/#comment-9275 Elizabeth C. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:28:10 +0000 http://www.cooperfamilyfarm.com/fbp/?p=3088#comment-9275 Praying for a healed momma! Praying for a healed momma!

]]> By: Jennie C. http://www.cooperfamilyfarm.com/fbp/index.php/2010/01/down-for-the-count/comment-page-1/#comment-9274 Jennie C. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:18:23 +0000 http://www.cooperfamilyfarm.com/fbp/?p=3088#comment-9274 Thank you. :-) Thank you. :-)

]]> By: Barbara http://www.cooperfamilyfarm.com/fbp/index.php/2010/01/down-for-the-count/comment-page-1/#comment-9273 Barbara Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:34:43 +0000 http://www.cooperfamilyfarm.com/fbp/?p=3088#comment-9273 Offered up prayers for you at Adoration tonight. Just for you. ;-) Offered up prayers for you at Adoration tonight. Just for you. ;-)

]]> By: Jennie C. http://www.cooperfamilyfarm.com/fbp/index.php/2010/01/down-for-the-count/comment-page-1/#comment-9271 Jennie C. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:08:53 +0000 http://www.cooperfamilyfarm.com/fbp/?p=3088#comment-9271 It's scary sometimes, how relevant that little book is. :-) It’s scary sometimes, how relevant that little book is. :-)

]]> By: Jennie C. http://www.cooperfamilyfarm.com/fbp/index.php/2010/01/down-for-the-count/comment-page-1/#comment-9270 Jennie C. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:08:18 +0000 http://www.cooperfamilyfarm.com/fbp/?p=3088#comment-9270 The prayers aren't late, Mel. I'm already three weeks into this with no end in sight, so I'm grateful. :-) The prayers aren’t late, Mel. I’m already three weeks into this with no end in sight, so I’m grateful. :-)

]]> By: mel http://www.cooperfamilyfarm.com/fbp/index.php/2010/01/down-for-the-count/comment-page-1/#comment-9269 mel Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:06:47 +0000 http://www.cooperfamilyfarm.com/fbp/?p=3088#comment-9269 Prayers for you, a bit late. I'm so cranky and irritable when I'm in pain...I always think of long suffering saints that stayed cheerful and...I'm no saint I guess. :) Prayers for you, a bit late. I’m so cranky and irritable when I’m in pain…I always think of long suffering saints that stayed cheerful and…I’m no saint I guess. :)

]]> By: Jennie C. http://www.cooperfamilyfarm.com/fbp/index.php/2010/01/down-for-the-count/comment-page-1/#comment-9265 Jennie C. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:30:17 +0000 http://www.cooperfamilyfarm.com/fbp/?p=3088#comment-9265 Thank you for your prayers, ladies. They mean the world to me! And just so you know how they're being answered, the good Lord sent my beloved friend Pat over for a spirit-lifting visit, the doctor called to say I could come in for x-rays today, and sometime around 11, whilst visiting with <a href="http://mum2twelve.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Christi and her family</a>, the pain receded enough that I can move a little. God is good, and so are you. Thank you for the love. Thank you for your prayers, ladies. They mean the world to me! And just so you know how they’re being answered, the good Lord sent my beloved friend Pat over for a spirit-lifting visit, the doctor called to say I could come in for x-rays today, and sometime around 11, whilst visiting with Christi and her family, the pain receded enough that I can move a little. God is good, and so are you. Thank you for the love.

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