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Dear friends, all over the world!  I have put a note now and then about the health problems my dear husband Wayne has had.  Tonight I'm putting on an e mail I sent to our family and friends, many of whom haven't been aware of some of our recent challenges.  He was 84 last September, and actually his health problems mostly started with his having pneumonia in September, and coming out of the hospital a day after he turned 84, on September 18, 2014.  This is the Wayne we have all known and loved.  This picture was taken in Menan, Idaho 3 or 4 years back on July 4th!  He has been the life of the party! This was taken last Sept. 20th, at my 80th birthday celebration, just after he came out of the hospital after having pneumonia, us with our daughter Tacy. This was taken the same day with our daughter Angela.  Wayne was quite well until Christmas week, when he spent 2 days before Christmas in the hospital, was home over Christmas, and ...

I ran across this article this morning from a blog called:  LDS S.M.I.L E.  You  can also follow it at:    http://www.ldssmile.com   (Copy and paste)             It stands for LDS Spiritually Minded is Life Eternal. I have copied it as it was in their blog.  In my title, I mentioned I have had a Personal Gethsemane, not once, but two times, both quite different.  They are extremely personal, and I will not go into them here.  Only some family members know, and not even some of whom are my dearest friends.  Some deep problems are very personal, and some are known by many people, and perhaps are mentioned in the media!  They are as diverse as our lives are! But I do know the only thing that allowed me to keep my faith, courage, and personal self control to go on with normal life was our Savior, Jesus Christ, and the comfort I felt from prayer, and yes -- Personal Priesthood blessings. ...