Surgery: Crutches: Casts

Well it isn't happy news and I haven't posted for awhile. Now I guess I as going to complain at least a little bit! You wouldn't think that an Achilles tendon would take such a long time to heal? I thought just a surgery and then a few weeks in a cast and a few in a walking boot????? Wrong I will be in a cast for 3 months, and then 3 more months of therapy. Wow I will be on crutches and a in a cast for all of the holidays. I asked him what I was going to do about making chocolates at Christmas and he said I could set in a chair and supervise. I don't think I will put a tree up at this point. Oh well maybe it will all be better than I think at this time. I pray that Heavenly Father will help me see a positive side to this. At this point I don't know what I will really face. I was told today that I will not be able to stand on my feet for a very long period of time. We'll see what is going on at Christmas and maybe by some miracle I will heal better than he thinks. I suppose a person couldn't stand on one leg for very long and I will have a walking cast by that time. I will need all of your prayers and anything else you can do for me. I am going to ask him that after the surgery kinda heals a little if I can set at the sewing machine, or a table and do my pictures. On a more positive note the reason I haven't posted much is that I have been really busy, we went to Lizzie's early in the summer and had a blast and loved every minute of it. Then I came home and watched my garden grow, and planted more lettuce and other things. The beans did really well this year I have about 26 quart bags of frozen french green beans, the kind you buy at Trader Joe's and I love them. I also froze Marion berries, raspberries strawberries and jammed marions raspberries and cherries I have cherries in the freezer also. I plan to make strawberry jam later but I may make some now before I go to the hospital so I will have some. I plan to make some dishes that grandpa will just have to heat up and we will make use of Costco and get some of their stuff in the freezer. I have canned apples from our tree, 26 pts. pears25 pts, and peaches 25 pts. So you can see the summer has been fruitful. The beans, onions, garlic, tomatoes, did really well this year, but the peppers and squash didn't so as well as last year. The tomatoes were small this year. I froze 12 apple pie fillings also from our tree. I could never have done all of this without grandpa's help, he worked on a lot of the peeling of things etc. I really appreciate him. He picked marion and raspberries from Cathy's yard and picked a lot of the beans. He picked all of the apples and peeled them all wow what a good job. I think you slow down a bit as you age. At least that is what I have done, but grandpa is just like the energiser bunny he just keeps on hopping along. He does get pretty tired when he works a lot which he has been doing lately. We have all had a lot of things to endure this summer and I am ready for it to cease but alas I know all of these things shall give us experience and we will all be the better for it. I know that our Heavenly Father is aware of even the smallest sparrow, and is also aware and loves us. We just need to endure and look to him for strength and trust in Him. I know he will help us to endure our trials and we won't have to do more than we are able to endure. May He help you all in your trials and bless you with his love. I love and appreciate you all Grams