Sweet Baby Girl….

September 1, 2011 Linny Saunders30 Comments

Jubilee has been in surgery now for about two hours. Seems like time is standing still. Thankful for all the prayers. Emma came with us. The other 7 kids all are at Abi and Ryan’s. I had told Jubilee over and over what was going to happen. She was very peaceful, no doubt the Lord’s…

Jubilee’s Surgery

September 1, 2011 Linny Saunders44 Comments

Today we had a lot of last minute testing to get done for Miss Jubilee. She has been such a trooper. But, no doubt, she understands something is up. I have tried to explain everything as best I can to her. After her second CT scan today, she quickly picked two toys from the…

A Yard Sale for the girls…

August 31, 2011 Linny Saunders17 Comments

Saturday we had a yard sale in an effort to help bring Ruby Grace and Sarah Jane home. {We had been going to have it in a few weeks, but having to head to San Francisco for Jubilee’s surgery, we accelerated the timing.} We truly sold everything that wasn’t nailed down. Having lost our home…

Jubilee Meets with the Surgeon….

August 30, 2011 Linny Saunders31 Comments

Abi, Ryan and Finn had just moved to a different city and apartment on Sunday. Conveniently, her mom, dad, and 7 siblings and 1 sweet ‘sister’ “S” {one of the three sisters who lived with us this winter} showed up on Tuesday. haha. Poor Abigail. I told her I was so sorry for…

Here We Go {again}

August 28, 2011 Linny Saunders81 Comments

The other day Dw came home to talk to me about what the surgeon had said. The kids and I had been sitting on the porch talking and sipping coffee. We try to sit together and talk everyday on the porch because summer is so short in our city. Anyway, Dw and I went inside…

Karl’s Update for Saturday

August 28, 2011 Linny Saunders5 Comments

I just hung up the phone with Vicki. We talked just about 45 minutes. And while we talked, my kids cleaned the house cause it was pretty trashed from having the yard sale today. Not a bad deal, huh? I talked. They cleaned. And that would be why I had so many…

Orphan Wares – Artists & Shoppers – Both With a Purpose

August 26, 2011 Linny Saunders16 Comments

Many of you will remember this post I did in June. It was about feeding the orphan from our home. If you didn’t read that post, it might sound impossible. But really, it’s completely possible. Here’s the next post explaining exactly how we’re going to do it together. Ordinary people spending their…

Mountains are Moving for Jubilee Promise

August 25, 2011 Linny Saunders42 Comments

I knew you guys would pray!! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! And, literally, immediately the mountains started to move last night after posting! When I first posted about Jubilee, a week ago, a sweet blog friend {Christie} came out of lurkdom and emailed me. She said, “Could your doctor be concerned about…

Jubilee & The Surgeon

August 25, 2011 Linny Saunders49 Comments

Many, many, many of you have inquired about Jubilee. Thank you all for caring. Well…. It has been one week {tomorrow}. So here’s the situation. Our pediatrician here is completely dumbfounded… but we have not heard one word from the surgeon’s office although our pediatrician has called him repeatedly and I have called. Seriously? If…

Seven Bible Verses

August 24, 2011 Linny Saunders20 Comments

Rejoice with us! Guess what Karl did? He read SEVEN Bible verses that were posted on his wall!! Oh, yes, he did!! Isn’t that awesome? We are over the moon! He is communicating more and remembering more on an almost daily basis. The road from a Traumatic Brain Injury {TBI} is long. Please do not…

Linny Lee Saunders

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