Day 162 - November 23 - 0430
0430. I wake up to the sound of alarms through the monitor. Cherié beats me to the boy's bedside. Unlike most nights, however, when I get there this time Connor is wide awake and greets me with a smile. Not the usual occurrence in the middle of the night, I can assure you! The alarms are dealt with, and as we get things together, he lets us know he's been lying awake for an hour, thinking. He mouths to us (his trach cuff is closed at night so he can breathe better as he sleeps, which means he can't speak) "I've got a bunch to tell you". I ask him to wait until the morning when he has his voice back, and he agrees.
Fast forward a few hours and Connor's in good spirits as he tells us about what he was thinking last night. He recounts how he really feels that God has given him movement in his thumb and hand to help us be content "until all the stuff happens that has to happen before I'm fixed". I questioned him fairly hard about this, and he is quite clear when he says that there are things that have to happen, apart from Connor himself, before he is restored. He says all this so matter-of-fact-ly that I ask for clarification - it sounds to me like Connor is completely sure of his restoration in this life. Connor's response to my question? "Yep".
He demonstrates his confidence in God next, when he tells us what he's decided about the tattoos he has been planning. Connor has had some ideas about tattoos for some time before his accident, and since then he's decided that he still wants them, but he'll just move them to someplace on his body where he can see them. This morning, he told me "I've decided to put the tattoos in the places I originally thought about, because I'm going to get better and so I don't need to move them to somewhere I can see them".
I really give thanks to God for my son's faith. I pray that I can have even a small portion of that faith for my own. This morning, Connor brought strength to Cherié and I when we needed it, and it was such a blessing.
Oh, I almost forgot! While we were getting the boy ready this morning, he moved his entire hand! It rotated at the wrist about an inch - so much that I ran like lightning (OK, it was more like "I ran like molasses") up the stairs to grab the camera and get a video. I've got to figure out how to let y'all see these things!
Eric
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Connor,
This is a beautiful answer to prayer! KEEP SEEKING.....He has much to share with you.
We're moving from a thumbs up to a HIGH FIVE!!!!
Father in Heaven, you are so faithful......thank you.
Kym
Connor,
So...what are you planning on having your tattoo say? "See what God can do?" I don't normally like tattoos, but something like this would be pretty cool!!! What do you think?
Excited to hear of your hand movement!! God is amazing!! Little by little, you are "waking up!!" God is showing His POWER and GLORY!!! Wow!! Praise the Lord!!
Love you all in the Lord Connor and family!
Kim & Ken
Hey Connor, you are so right on!!
Bless you and keep on moving that hand and wiggling that thumb. God is at work in and through you.
Williamson family, may you have a blessed and beautiful Thanksgiving.
In His Love,
MT
C'ville
PRAISE GOD !!!! PRAISE GOD !!! PRAISE GOD !!!
Praise the Lord.
"I lift my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come. My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of Heaven and Earth....
Bonnie/Fresno
So I decided to use my name instead of Derendinger Family just so I do not have to think about the We and Us thing while I write:
Anyhow, it is so amazing how God provides you with hope when the previous blog entry showed how hopeless things can get in your lives. It reminds me that God never leaves our sides and always walks with us. He gives us time to be alone but really, he is just being a silent partner at mements, giving us the opportunity to lay more down at his feet that we cannot handle.
My prayer is that on Thursday, you all will find great things to be Thankful for. I pray God gives Connor GREAT strides in the road to full recovery this week and specifically on Thanksgiving. I pray that you are surrounded by the Body of Christ in all avenues of your life and that you will fully rely on that body and the open arms they have for you! God is good, always and eternally good.
Jennifer D.
Yes, Connor!! When we know, we know! You are such a testimony to the power of God, who does all things in His own timing and is perfect in all His ways.
What a Thanksgiving blessing this is! May God give you the continued support and encouragement He has thus shown and hold you up as His own beloved.
With love,
Carolyn A.
Ditto on what Carolyn said.
With every stumble of humanity and every step up in faith through God's grace, I am journeying with you. Each one of the Williamson family has shown what having a relationship with God is really like. God sees all, knows all, hears all, understands all and this God of the Universes cares quite intimately about each one of us. It amazes me how He is so personally involved with our thoughts, hopes, fears, joys, pain... all of it! I am grateful that you can hear our Father's voice so well. It does take practice and your experience shows.
I am going through my first Thanksgiving without my Mother. I remember how happy I was to have her sitting at our table last year after we had just moved her from California to Tennessee. I miss her, but know where she is and that she is in a much better place than she was last year. She was 80years old and lived a very full life. Last year was an extremely difficult year for us in almost every spectrum of life. This year, we have so much to be thankful for. I can look back at God's faithfulness to us and count blessings beyond what we deserve. Adding the blessing of what ConnorWatch has been and the many answers to pray we have witnessed in Connor's body will be among the top ten things I will be thanking God for this Thursday.
Connor, honey, I am so thrilled with the progress you are making. Thank you, little brother, for your huge faith. You are such a great example to so many of us. I can't wait to come back to NoCal to visit so I can squeeze your hand. Just try not to squeeze me back too hard! ;-)
Love to all ya'lls.
I keep praying and will always expect great things!
Renée
Lebanon, TN
Praises to God for His glory! Thumbs up to you Connor; loving and praying for you daily. Your faith is awesome!
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