Featured Artist of Nashville City Productions

We are honored to be Nashville City Productions’ “Featured Artist.” They are the wonderful people who have duplicated our CDs and DVDs through the years. You don’t have to have a band to take advantage of their amazing services, though. Check out their specials below and what all they can do for you. Wouldn’t it be awesome to have your old photographs, videos, and tapes preserved digitally? They can do it! That would be fabulous for the holidays, you know. A priceless gift... Christmas time’s a-comin’... Oh, and so is our NEW Christmas DVD that they’re putting together for us!

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Prayer Request for Ricie (Mom)

Please hold my mom in your prayers over these next few months. She has “cervical spine compression,” and will have surgery on the morning of Wednesday, October 28th.

It all started with her “self diagnosis of a frozen shoulder,” and she just accepted that she had less function in her left arm. This past March, her leg started giving her problems, with pain from her hip down to her shins. So she went to the doctor, and instead of a reference to pain management, she was sent to a neurosurgeon. The first person to give Mom a thorough exam was an old coworker of hers, so that was a ray of sunshine. After that exam, Mom had an MRI, and that is when we found out that she has pretty significant compression in her cervical spine (C3-C7). The doctor said that if she didn’t have surgery for it, it could cause further loss of function, and eventually paralysis.

The surgery may last up to 6-hours. They will go through her neck to do an “anterior cervical discectomy with fusion and plates, C3-C7,” then flip her over to do a “posterior fusion and plates, C3-T1.”

The healing time after the surgery will be about 3-months, and she will be in a neck brace for the first 6-weeks. Please pray that all of this will go well for her, and that The Lord will anoint her medical team. Please pray that there will be no complications, and that there won’t be any problems as this surgery is happening very near her larynx/vocal cords. We want Mom to continue to be able to play her beautiful penny whistle and sing with us. We love her so much!

The bottom right photo is a sneak peak of Mom’s upcoming “fall fashion accessory.” Seriously and sincerely, we thank you all for caring and praying for us.

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Imelda Update

Last Thursday was a 12-hour, nerve-wrecking day. We found out that our Doberman, Imelda, has liver disease. We hate for her to have any sort of problem; but we are grateful that she didn’t have a heart problem, an issue with her spleen, or a cancerous mass. We're thankful that we didn't receive any news that would have had her "put to sleep."

A biopsy, anastesia, and surgery would be too risky for Imelda. She will be taking new medicines to help treat the liver disease. When you think of us, please pray for Imelda and her liver, because it still is a serious thing. But I know that nothing is too hard for The Lord. He can bring healing to her... He can help her still go on to live a good life. As long as she feels good, she will keep on living, and we want to make the most of every day of her life... Which is what we really should all be doing, all the time, for all of our lives and loved ones.

Today is a happy day in Imelda’s life. We received news from the vet that she does NOT have lymphoma, so we are grateful for this good report. Knowing this gives us more clarity regarding what medicines Imelda can take to help her.

Also on this date - June 30th - we brought Imelda to our home in Augusta, GA. Our family drove to Canton, GA (near the Tennessee border) to get her, and as you can see from the photos, the seating arrangements haven’t changed in 8-years!

Thank y’all for caring about Imelda and praying for her.

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