Back in Arkansas and expecting >6.3 " rain in next 48 hours!

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Our plan was to fly out Weds morning and start medical tests at 1:30 until about 10 pm Weds night. Weather changed those plans and we came our Monday afternoon enjoying the sunshine instead of the lightning that was coming!

Before we left, Deb had a sunroom full of well wishers to pray with and encourage her. We had several more friends at Gracie to help us load up and launch. It was a beautiful flight out and Deb enjoyed the greening of the farms and lawns. When you fly the same route week after week, you get to know each cow's name and you can really see changes since last week.

Someone asked Deb why was she always smiling and full of joy. She said that "when you have been so close to death as I have, each new day is such a blessing."

That's Deb 90% of the time-happy, full of joy, appreciating every kindness. Basically a caregiver's dream girl! The other 10% doesn't count.

Gracie enjoys all the attention she gets from the sporty young jets

We are blessed to have a hangar here in Little Rock for Gracie to stay out of the stormy weather. Little Rock seems to have a lot of high winds and is a major thunderstorm-tornado area. In fact, the airport structures are just now having the repairs completed from the last tornado to hit the airport. Airborne winds yesterday in the traffic pattern were 55knots! On the surface they were 25 knots.

The convenience of general aviation: The car is waiting and we drive it up next to Gracie to unload. No lines, no security other than punching in a code to open the the gate.

The local rental car company always has our rental car waiting at the airport. We have particularly enjoyed the Mazda 6 model we have had several times. Because Deb and I are short, we are seldom comfortable in most car seats. Deb's seven fractured vertabrae still pain her even after the repairs. So, when you can be comfy in a car seat, it's a big deal.

Baggage cart in the elevator that we have ridden so many time.

Because we do not know exactly how long we are here for, Deb brought plenty of clothes.

Ursula and Jim from Austin, Texas. We lived there 3.5 years and have enjoyed chatting about our memories.

We bumped into classmates when we arrived at the Markham House. It's good to have friends greet us when we arrive at our second home.