November 23, 2008 pm

It's 3:29 pm. I am writing today from my nephew Gabe's computer. They are here visiting Mary today, along with all of my family also. It's great to see everyone. Mary has really enjoyed talking with everyone. She is very alert today and seems to be having a good time. She is having a good time making fun of me and my soreness from playing in the alumni game last night. It was a lot of fun going back and playing with friends. Reality had sunken in about the 4th time down the floor though. I am out of shape and getting older! I did make a 3 pointer, and that was good enough to make me think about playing next year. I told that to Mary and she just said "that's fascinating Scott, why don't you run track too, maybe the hurdles?" It cracked everyone up in the room. It is so wonderful to her cracking jokes, and it really doesn't bother me that the jokes are directed at me. Some of my family members haven't seen Mary in over a week, and they cannot believe how much she has changed in that time. It makes them so happy to see Mary coming back to us. One of her therapists today said she did awesome with her assisted walking. She went 25 ft. and said she could do more. That's the drive that I know that Mary has, and I hope she keeps it coming. I hope Mary has a great week. She seriously seems to make improvements each day. I love it. Thank you to  all the prayer groups out there that have been praying for Mary. I know that I will never be able thank each and every one of you, but if you are involved in any way, thank you from the bottom of my heart. There are some of you that I know that we will need to send thank you notes to for your generosity. It may be a while before that happens, so please bear with us. Just know that if you have given something, it is so appreciated. It's not necessary, but much appreciated. I will try to write again tonight. Thanks.