by Bob | Jun 4, 2026 | Shirley
Every Day Is a Gift Five years ago today on June 4, 2021, my brain tried to kill me with a hemorrhagic brain bleed stroke, but the Lord chose not to take me to heaven that day. I came to quickly realize the truth of Psalm 31:15: “My times are in your hands…” (Psalm...
by Bob | Jun 6, 2025 | Shirley, Stroke
June 4, 2021 and June 3, 2025 On June 4, 2021, Shirley suffered a life-threatening hemorrhagic stroke. The ER neurologist told me that evening that Shirley had a 50% chance of surviving the next 72 hours, and a 25% chance of surviving three months. Over the next six...
by Bob | Jun 4, 2024 | Shirley
It was three years ago today that Shirley suffered her stroke. Last year on June 4, 2023, Shirley started calling June 4 her “Stroke-Aversary”—celebrating life and every day God gives us together. Life Is Fragile Yesterday, Shirley and I spent the morning with dear...
by Bob | May 7, 2024 | Shirley
“Goodbye Elyria Water Tower!” When our kids were very young, we lived in Elyria, Ohio. For ten years I ministered at Open Door Christian School and Church of the Open Door in Elyria. Whenever we would leave on vacation, we would pass the Elyria water tower and all...
by Bob | Oct 10, 2023 | Florida, Shirley
If the Lord Wills In James 4:13-15, we read: 13 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a...
by Bob | Jun 5, 2023 | Shirley
A Word from Shirley and Bob: Two Years Ago Today It was June 4, 2021—two years ago today. It’s not too dramatic to say that our lives changed forever that day. On this day in 2021, Shirley suffered what the ER neurologist called “a significant hemorrhagic stroke.” In...
