Hey Friends,
I wanted to reflect on a big day in our Boggs Family history. Yesterday the one year anniversary of a day that we will never forget.
December 29 2023, Dad was suddenly hit with a brain stem stroke. He was loading the bus while in our barn. Uncle Steve was right by his side that day.
Dad suddenly started feeling bad, and within seconds, he was extremely dizzy and could not swallow anything at all. He was rushed to the hospital. He remained in the hospital and in rehab until January 15th 2023.
Mom and I are still so proud of Dad. He was a model patient and worked so hard to overcome his obstacles! He was determined to recover to the best of his ability! Dad was a witness for God, even in his sickness!
Our prayers for Dad's complete healing may not have been answered this side of Heaven, but we are so thankful for the 10 extra months that we had with Dad. we were able to love him and cherish him a little longer! The extra time was an amazing gift! The Lord did many miracles for us to make those months much better! God was merciful to us!
We still thank God for his goodness to our family! God was our strength back then and he has not changed. He is still with us today!
I cannot say how much we miss having Dad with us every day! Life will never be the same! We still rejoice in the fact that his suffering is no more! We will go forward by God's grace! One step at a time and one day at a time.
At this point, we have made it seven weeks, which sometimes looked impossible. By God's grace, we are still standing. A lot of the future is still unknown to us, but we know that God is in control!
Thank you to all family and friends for your prayers and support! Many of you have helped us through another challenging time in our lives!
I cannot thank everyone by name! I will name my dear Uncle Steve and Aunt Karen. They have been with us every step of the way! Thank you ever so much! I love you both with all my heart!
The BoggsMobile
On the day of the stroke, we were preparing to pull out in the BoggsMobile The plan was to be gone from our homeplace the first seven months of 2023. Things did not go according to our plan!
As you know, everything suddenly changed. We remained close to home for most of 2023. Thankfully, Dad was able to travel a little bit here and there and do one last big fall tour before God moved him home.
On December 29th, last year, we were going to leave home, the plan was to take the bus to Tennessee for maintenance. Jeff Rowe and his guys had worked on the bus for a few weeks in November and December, but needed it back to finish up some projects. Also trying to locate some long standing issues. The bus did not make it there that day.
My parents took the bus to Jeff for some maintenance this summer. He kept us rolling for our final fall tour. The bus did arrive at Jeff shop on December 29, 2024, that's just one year later than originally planned. A driver went to Kansas and picked it up on Saturday. He drove it back to Tennessee and arrived safely Sunday evening.
Now Mom and I will go to Tennessee later this week with some of our family. We need to get our belongings and say goodbye to the BoggsMobile.
Please keep us in your prayers! We value each and every prayer that is prayed or has been prayed for us! We feel the strength that comes from your prayers! thank you for the text, email and calls of people checking on us. I apologize if I am unable to answer or respond to all of them. We do read the message and listen to the voicemail!
See you tomorrow.
Odie
Thank you for sharing these things. You're very much in my heart and prayers. Karen M
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