This page is dedicated to my brother, Buddy, his real name is Henry Jefferson Smith III, he's 37 years young (still a little wet behind the ears) at least I like to tease him about it, cause he's such a kid at heart,~grin~! Well, you must be wondering what makes my brother so special, for one thing, he loves to drive race cars, he even won a couple of trophies (honest)! I will get a pic of him and his car on here soon, just have to get it scanned first. He also drives an 18 Wheeler for a living. He just recently went to work for one of the largest trucking companies in the US, CCC and he loves it! The girl you see here in the photo isn't his girlfriend anymore, he now lives with a very sweet girl named Carol, they love each other very much and will probably get married soon. They have been together about 3 yrs. now. Carol has 3 children, Joe (14), Heather (8) & Steven (5). Buddy has a son, Henry (14) and a daughter Mindy (17), both by his first wife Chris. And Mindy has a baby boy,Dylan, so that makes Buddy a young "Grampa".
Well, I've said all this for a reason, I'm sure you
might have guessed! Last Saturday night (July 3rd-99)
we had to rush Bud to the emergency room, where they
had to perform emergency brain surgery, they had to
place a schunte in his brain to relieve the preasure
from a cyst, which is located in the dead center of
the 4 lobes of his brain. The bad news is that it
only drains the right side of the cyst, not the left
side, so this means that in 2 weeks they have to do a
very dangerous kind of brain surgery, they have to
try
to remove all of the cyst from the center of his
brain, and we've been told that he may have only a
50/50 chance for complete recovery. This breaks my
heart, because I love my brother very much and can't
imagine this vibrant, active young man in anything
other than his normal hyper self, driving, fishing,
playing with his & Carol's kids and working at
whatever he's intent on at the moment. So I'm asking
all of you believers to PLEASE, PLEASE say a prayer
for him, that he might have a complete recovery. And
please pass this on to all churches and prayer
groups. His surgery is scheduled for Tuesday, July
20. We need Angels all around. His family and I would
greatly appreciate it.
Thank you so much for your prayers. Sincerely
Cryingdove
This is a poem from a card that my brother gave to me for my birthday a few years ago. I love it, I hope you will.
A Sister Is Forever
A sister is a sister forever,
A bond that diminishes never.
A friend who is kindly and caring,
A sibling God chooses for sharing.
Few ties are as deep and profound,
And with so much affection abound.
Though some thoughts are seldom expressed,
Love endures and survives the test.
Of the constants that rest in the heart,
A sister's a primary part.
She'll always be there when you need her,
You listen, you value, you heed her.
As growth, independence you ponder,
Your feelings grow deeper and fonder,
And life tells you one thing that's true,
A sister's a large part of you.
~Author Unknown~
If you would like to send some special words of
encouragement or prayers to Buddy and his family,
please sign the guestbook and I will print them and
take them to him. Thanks to all you Prayer Warriors.
UPDATE !!!
July 21,1999
Hallaluia! Praise the LORD! We have a miracle here!
I believe the Lord, Himself did this surgery. It was
supposed to take 6 to 8 hours, it only took 4 hours,
within 2 hours after the surgery, Buddy was awake,
alert and talking, (could have taken days or weeks
for speach). He is now sitting up, eating jello and
other clear liquids, tomorrow he will get up and walk
a few steps. he was transferred from ICU to his own
room today and may be able to come home by Monday.
Praise the Lord! I can't tell you how happy this
makes me, I'm sooo very thrilled with how well things
have gone, how he is progressing now, it REALLY is a
MIRACLE! And I can't begin to tell all of you who
have been out there praying for him, just how much
your prayers, notes, kind words and sweet thoughts,
have meant to me. The 2 small words, "Thank You" are
just so incomplete, I just can't describe the warm
loving feeling and the gratitude that I feel, just
know that my feelings and gratitude go beyond mere
words. I will never forget this and PLEASE thank God
for hearing all our prayers and answering them with
more power than I could have dreamed. God was REALLY
there and there were angels all around. I had prayed
for a miracle, but never dreamed it would be one of
this magnatude! I'm simply overcome with joy and
thanksgiving! GOD is sooo GOOD!!! I will continue to put updates on his progress here. Thank you my sweet
Jesus and also my sweet friends. PRAISE GOD
FOREVERMORE!!! AMEN!
UPDATE !!!
AUGUST 24,1999
Well, the latest WONDERFUL news is.....
Buddy has gone back to work with CCC driving that BIG truck around on these interstates and all, so you all had better be careful, he's out there and DANGEROUS.....LOL!!! Just joking! But let me tell you what a MIRACLE our God gave him, I promise you will NOT believe this, but Buddy NEVER.... yes I said NEVER even had a headache. I know you all must be thinking that either I have lost my mind, OR that I don't know my brother's pain, but I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU ........ I ASK HIM. He said he had not had even one real headache. I know....I know.... I had a little trouble believeing it myself, but if you knew Buddy, you would know that if he had a headache everyone witin a mile would know about it.~;-) Poor boy, has no tolerance for pain! None! LOL!!! But PRAISE GOD he's had NO PAIN!!! Hallaluia!!! Thank you, Jesus and AMEN!!!
Now, for those of you who want to know who to look out for out on the interstates, I have added a picture of Buddy and his BIG truck, and also one of him and his race car(#44,like his fav,King Richard Petty) along with him and his trophy! So take a look and don't forget that I know God performed this miracle, BUT I also know He did it because soooo many of YOU were out there praying for him, so my heart felt gratitude goes out to every one of YOU for the prayers that you prayed for him. I love you all and am so happy to have friends like YOU!
Love, Peace & Light, Dovie
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Here is a photo of Buddy and Carol and the kids.
Here is Buddy and his BIG BAD Truck!
And his Baby,the trophy comes in a close second!~:-)
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