Hi phil,

I'm praying for Gretchan and Mike and for Ada.

I'm praying for you and Sandy, as well.


Thanks much.

Many Blessings,

Pat Ferguson
"I can Do all Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me" Philippians 4:13.

At 08:10 PM 3/20/2016, you wrote:
>This weekend brought the reality of death very close once 
>again.  Our daughter is living with a guy not far from our 
>home.  They have lived together for a long time.  He has a daughter 
>by the name of Ada.  She is 10 years old and is a gifted child, 
>meaning, of high I Q and goes to a special school.  She stays 
>weekends with Gretchen and Mike and then the following weekend, Ada 
>stays with her real mom.  Unfortunately, her real mom is an 
>alcoholic and drug addict.  The guy who lives with Ada's mom is the 
>father of a younger autistic boy whom Ada loves greatly.  On Saint 
>Patrick's day, Ada's mom began drinking,  To make a complicated 
>story short, she drank herself into a black out, aspirated, and 
>stopped breathing.  The got her breathing again at the hospital but 
>she was in a coma.  She had been without oxygen too long and could 
>not be fully revived.  Gretchen, Ada, her dad, Mike, and Ada's mom's 
>family all were at the hospital this weekend when they disconnected 
>her from life support.  Fortunately, Ada and Gretchen are very close 
>and Ada loves Gretchen very much.  Pray for little Ada when you 
>think of her and for Gretchen, too, because my daughter has been 
>Ada's mom, for all practical purposes, for a long time but Gretchen 
>needs our prayers, too.
>
>Phil.