NEWS FLASH................

Billy and I are SuPeR excited! Casey and Brooke gave us the most wonderful Valentine's gift a parent could ask for.... We are going to be grandparents!!! Can you believe it? I can't!  I'm still trying to wrap my mind around it! I can't wait to love this little person (he/she) with all my heart! I'm so grateful that they will allow us the honor of being a part of this child's life. This is exactly what dreams are made of!!! I can't wait to be a Gigi :)
I know they will make great parents and they will raise this child up for the Lord. It's SO exciting! I hope I can contain myself these next 7.5 months and not cause myself to go bankrupt wanting to buy everything I see!!!!
Well, I'll keep y'all posted!
Until Then,
Gigi

Our Dad's ~ William P. Benedict Sr. & James David Yearwood

WOW! Where to begin. This year has been FULL and BUSY with Dr's appointments and Hospital visits. As many of you that keep up with me through facebook are already aware of what it's been like with our dads...

In October of 2009 my FIL was diagnosed with lung cancer. This picture was taken on November 12, 2009  as we sat in  Northside Hospital waiting room, awaiting Papaws lung surgery. While the removal of the cancer was a success, he has never been the same. He's been on oxygen 24/7 and at times has severe difficulty breathing. This has been an on going thing. 911 has been called upon many times, following a trip to the ER which has lead to hospitalization numerous times...I think I've lost count. It's so very hard watching him suffer. He has severe emphysema and hardening of the lungs, as well as Pulmonary Hypertension. This is a disease that will not get better but will continue to worsen. This breaks my heart!

And...then there's my daddy...My sweet, precious daddy who is at Eastside Medical Hospital in Snellville, Georgia, as I write this, fighting for life. He may still have quantity of life, just not sure of the quality. He's always been a fighter. Personally and as a family we've been calling upon the ONLY name that can make a difference, The Lord, Jesus Christ. My daddy has lived a testimony before others that assures us that to be absent from this body is to be present with the Lord. He's a winner either way!  I'm not ready to give him up!!!! However, in saying all that, I do want the Lords will for what is best for him. God knows all, sees all, and controls all! His way is ALWAYS best! I love my daddy with every beat of my heart and NO MATTER WHAT I'm comforted that I have all of eternity with him.

I LOVE YOU PAPAW BEN....
I LOVE YOU DADDY aka PAPAW YEARWOOD...

I ask that you help me pray for both of these fine men that God has so richly blessed my life with! I'll  try to be more faithful updating, but I make NO promises! :)

Love to all who read!

Gwen

p.s. Also, could you please say a prayer for my sweet, loving and beautiful mother, Diana Weatherby. God has miraclously healed her this year from breast cancer but she's facing some other health issues that need Gods healing touch. He did it once and He'll do it again! Thanks!

Valentine's "SWEETHEART" Banquet

Hello Friends.... It has once again been a while since I've wrote to my blog. I've had alot going on.... But, I did want to take a few minutes and say that I hope everyone had a special Valentine's Day. One of the reasons that I chose this holiday as my personal favorite is because it represents love.  I'm so thankful for the day that I fell in love with my husband  nearly 21 years ago but even greater  than that love was the day I fell in love with Jesus! I love HIM because He first LOVED me! I'm so grateful that He loved sinful man (woman) and gave us the Greatest display of love when He gave his life for us, willingly.

John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.


I sure hope you've experience this love. If not, you can!

Remember: GOD IS LOVE!!!

Love,
Gwen