Braden was also able to call home from Peru which was great. Alyssa, in spite of the sick kids of Kirsten's whom she is babysitting, was also able to call. In fact, according to reports, you grandchildren away from home were all good kids and let your moms know that they are loved. That included Brigitta and Siovhan. Thanks for that. You all make my heart smile.
Thank you all for an amazing Mother's Day. There were cards, gifts, letters and phone calls. Thanks to each who took time for this aging mother/grandmother. Thanks for the videos, AnnMarie and Kirsten. Thanks for the handwritten letter, Michael. Ben and Michael thanks for letting me know of the money situation and that, in your cases, I did what I thought I did. I guess Kyle was the only one who didn't get money in his envelope. I gave it to him later.
When I was at the assisted living center this a.m. for the Sacrament meeting we prepare, I was a bit teary. All of the ten women there have lived so well. They are all winding down their lives right now but they will be missed on earth. I just can't help being so thankful for the example of outstanding women. I am thankful for sons and daughters (and the great people they married) and to my grandchildren for the love and respect that I am shown. My heart is full and I love you all.
LHT knows how Mother's Day always makes me feel less than adequate as I compare myself with the mothers of the speeches given. He prayed this a.m. that I might know that I am loved for who I am. Thanks to all of you, that happened. I am not perfect. I wonder how you all turned out so well in spite of me but you did. You were and are loved. You always have been and you always will be. You grandchildren are just the best. I am so thankful for each of you and for the good people you are.
I cannot help but think that I am blessed.
LHT is having the first of his two cataracts removed tomorrow, Monday, in Provo at Excel Eye Center by Dr. Scott Lohner* (one of my OBGYN's sons) at 6 a.m. He will need to stay in Provo through the day and will be checked again for problems in the afternoon before he comes home. Another check will be done at the eye clinic here, Nebo Vision, later in the week. Dr. Lohner also operates from Nephi Medical Center but does it only once a month. Of course, lots of people in Nephi have had the surgery done by Lohner, because he does come to Nephi so we all know some of his fans. LHT wanted the surgery done before the last week of May because he wants to be up and running for graduations. Dr. Lohner will be doing the right eye, his best one. After two weeks, if all goes well, they will do the left eye which will be sometime in mid-June. Dr. Lohner has decided he cannot remove the scar from his left cornea because the cornea is too thin and may make it so that he would need a transplant which is to be avoided because it is a long-term healing problem. LHT has Keratoconus (from Greek: kerato-horn, cornea; and konos cone) in his left eye. That is a degenerative disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal gradual curve. Since a transplant involves cadaver tissue, they sometimes are rejected and they do take months to heal. After the cataract is removed he will not be able to wear his contact until he is re-fitted and will have that done at his regular place in Salt Lake City with Dr. Harald E. Olafsson at the Moran Eye Center. Dr. Olafsson does not do surgery but is an expert in contacts and in fitting them to people who have the problem LHT has. LHT is the fifth on the list for Monday but he still has to be there at 6 a.m. which, he says, sounds like a "sheep deep" operation to him--one in and one out and one waiting to go.
*Dr. Lohner was one of four doctors in the OBGYN office.
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