Deaths

It is funny how our lives are influenced by the things around us. When I started this Hospice job I really wanted to help people and i have had some wonderful experiences and have been touched by others in a way that i will never forget. I am a better person because of the lives that have touched mine. When I applied for this new job I was concerned about my "little people", I only had three and a younger lady that I took care of who has MS. I didn't know how I was going to find someone to take my place and I was afraid to tell them, but I did and immediately they found someone to watch the person with MS, and I was happy. The CNA from the office took my person from Plano and I was happy, it left two one a private care and one a Hospice person whom I had grown really attached to and didn't want to give up, and lo and behold yesterday Lela Hardy passed away and though I am sad, I am glad for her, and this morning Keith Zollinger passed away and I am sad but glad. To me it is a testimony that what I am about to embark upon is the will of the Lord and He is guiding my life if I let Him. All of my beloved people are now taken care of and I can go onto this new job knowing that I didn't drop anyone and having the wonderful memories that I have of each what a wonderful experience I have had!
On a sadder note Wade Mortensen son of Nancy and Joel Mortensen was killed in a head on collison in Utah yesterday morning leaving a wife and 4 children. And the week end before Dale Mcpherson's brother was killed in a car accident while going to Utah to his daughter's wedding. So sad for these dear people, I pray Heavenly Father will bless them all with peace. Note added Jan 03,2009: Darla Miyasaki passed away after having an heart attack and her funeral is today.

New Job

It is hard to believe that almost 2 years ago I retired from BYU Idaho. Three years ago the thought hadn't even crossed my mind and then one morning I woke up to a thought in my head as clear as if spoken to me, "you need to retire". I tried to put it out of my mind but after prayer and some more thinking I decided that it was what I was supposed to do, even though I had no idea how we would survive because my retirement was not enough to meet the bills, then I decided to pay off the house and my car with my savings and still it would be tight, but the feeling was still there that it was the right thing to do, sooooooooo, I did and it felt good for 6 months and then I wasn't sure how we were going to make ends meet. One day in July Jeanie called and said she wanted me to go to EITECH and register her for a CNA class so she could work at a nursing home and go to beauty school and I knew she couldn't do that because she would crash, but I went down and surprises of surprises I registered me in a CNA class instead of her, WHAT WAS I DOING! I went to Rexburg Home Health and Hospice and asked if they needed some help and they sent me to Upper Valley Home Health and I filled out an application and Dana Hughes whom I had met when she took care of daddy called me and asked if i wanted to take care of a patient she had and I said yes and things just kept moving forward and 1 year ago in December I received my CNA license and went to work for RHHH. It has been fun and hard and a real experience and opportunity. I have met so many wonderful people and have worked with some wonderful people, they have treated me good and taught me so much. I was just beginning to feel like I belonged and then right in the middle of an afternoon there was a thought in my head that was as clear as if spoken to me that I should apply for a cooking job at the Homestead Assisted Living, I thought that was strange and I didn't even know if they wanted a full time cook, but it kept bothering me and the next day while I was visiting a patient I went and talked to Michele Pacheco who is a manager at the home and she said we have tried it a couple of times but no one can do what we want, are you wanting to apply and I said yes I was thinking about it and I told her of my qualifications and she was excited and told me she would talk to Dave Thueson, the owner, and see what he said and I said I would get a resume' together and bring it in the next day and low and behold by Thursday afternoon I had a new job as the Kitchen Manager at the Homestead and it is far more then I ever expected, and a little scary. Thus far I have given my two week notice to everyone and I start Dec 29. What an opportunity this will be I pray the Lord will bless me as I step into this new phase of my life. It gives me an opportunity to cook, which I have missed and still work with the elderly which I have enjoyed. My patriarchal blessing tells me I will have many opportunities and experiences and I thought how grateful I am for the many I have had and thought they were through but there are so many more to experience and now we are close to being grand parents and the experiences just keep coming. I thank the Lord for all that is mine and for His hand in my life.

My Chill Room

Since Jeanie has left home I inherited a "Chill Room". Now you may ask "What is a "Chill Room"?" As far as I can discover it is a room that you do nothing in. Cool! So why have I worked so hard to make this room look nice if I don't do anything in it but nothing? Surprise! I'm going to put my computer in it and my Genealogy and all my histories etc. It is my "Work Room"! I've painted it and laid flooring in it and I am almost ready to put everything in it that I want. Tonight Nathan helped me finish putting the floor in and now I just need to put the trim on. My "Work Room" is going to be Cool. When you come home take a stop at my house and I'll sell you a ticket to tour my "Work Room".....just kidding, you are welcome anytime.

Death and Birth

Today a dear friend and patient is passing from this life to a new experience through the veil and I am pondering death and birth and life. As I think about this passing, that we are all going to have to go through, an analogy came to mind.
When we were getting ready to be born and our parents and family were so excited for us to come, what was happening on the other side? I know there was excitement because of the opportunity, but I think there were tears also. We knew that this birth was a great experience that we needed to go through but we would miss family and friends so it was a sad excitement. The same happens now as this experience comes to an end for my dear friend. She is headed to a new experience and will be out of the pain and suffering of this life. We know that she must leave us and we are excited for her but we are also sad because we will miss her and her sweet smile. And on the other side, waiting for her, are family and friends who are excited for her return who are preparing for her just as her family prepared for her birth into this world. So today I am seeing that basically birth and death are the same. As we leave one existence we enter into another as we progress toward becoming like our Heavenly Father. Lela I will miss you. Thank you for being my friend and being so kind to me and when my time comes to be born into the death experince will you be there to greet me home?

Facts to remember

The barn in Kilgore was built by my grandfather David Hirsch Junior in 1933. They milked cows by hand until 1937 when grandpa bought a gas run milker. My dad David Junior Hirschi almost burnt the barn down when he went to start the milker and he filled it with gas and then pulled the crank and then took off the manifold cover to check to see if he had flooded it and it backfired and started the whole barn on fire. The cows were bellering and he had to use one of grandpa's fire extinguishers that takes the oxygen out of the air to put it out. He also had to turn the cows out of the barn for the same reason.

Related to me 11/24/2008by David Junior Hirschi

New Stake to be Formed November 2, 2008

Today the brethern will take two stakes: Sugar City Idaho and the North Rexburg Idaho Stakes and make a third stake that will probably be named the Hibbard Idaho Stake and we will be included in that stake. Written 9:44 am.

Miracles

Sometimes I consider life to be a miracle. How we are put together and how everything seems to run. Heavenly Father is a master of miracles. What is a miracle anyway? Something that we don't understand but that happens anyway? Pamela Lynn is a recepticle of miracles and let's face it she is indeed a miracle to us. Faith seems to help miracles to appear, and prayer helps our faith to grow. We have been able to witness the miracle in her life and that in itself is a miracle... Why is it that we are here at this time in this place to witness this event? Is it just haphazard that we are here and that the Lynn family moved into our ward? Is our meeting something by chance or were we given this opportunity to build our faith. Did Heavenly Father let us witness this miracle to help us grow? And look at the miracles that have preceded Pamela's miracle. The miracle of knowledge, of doctors and nurses and co workers. The miracle of a donor. Heavenly Father has given us miracles all around us and all we have to do is to exercise the faith of a Pamela Lynn. "Seek and ye shall find, ask and ye shall recieve, knock and the door shall be opened", but we have to take that first step. I pray that I will be able to have that faith that is required to receive miracles in my life.

Thankful

Today I am thankful for piano. Definately music, but today for piano. Some people are talented musically and can pick up playing the piano easily. For me it is a struggle! Thanks to Linda Mortensen she has been very patient with me and I am learning, but so many times the notes go from one hand to the other. I believe I am piano dislexic. But when I sit down and play a piece that I have been working on for a long time it is a good feeling, a great sense of accomplishment. No one will ever hear these pieces because I am too scared to play in public and will never play for church but I enjoy what I am able to do. Thank You Heavenly Father for this opportunity.

Fall Days

Sometimes I wonder why days are so hard. It is a beautiful fall day, the colors are gorgeous, especially when you drive down into the river bottoms. The yellows are so bright, the reds vibrant, and then you come up to Plano and it is drab and grey looking. That is not a bad thing because I like Plano, it is just that in comparison to the river bottoms it doesn't stack up. I think sometimes life is that way: things are so beautiful and then you find out that those vibrant things are not the real world, only something you pass through to encounter the drab grey of real life, and then you realize that there is a beauty in the drabness and grey, and it probably is the most stable part of life. Soon the bright and vibrant colors will fade away and the river bottom will become to look like Plano,and Plano will have stayed the same. So where do we place our belief, in the beauty of the river bottoms or in the stableness of Plano? NOTE: The picture was taken 2007 on the Snake River just below Beaver Dick Bridge on the float trip Brian and I took,thanks to Jeff Vail.
I am a very lucky person. Because of all the nieces and nephews that I have.Love You.

Fear

When I was a child I lived with my mom and dad in Kilgore,Idaho. We lived across the creek and field from my grandparents. Our yard was surrounded by a fence and Camas Creek ran through it. On the south end of the yard were two pinetrees and a path through a gate across a bridge and across a field and through another gate to grandma's house. Along the path from our gate to the bridge were willows, we played in these willows, but at times when I was sent to grandma's , those willows were full of monsters and they were after me from the time I stepped through our gate until I rushed through grandma's gate. I was safe if I got through the gate first,which I always did. The race began the minute I opened our gate and I would run as fast as I could to grandma's gate. As I got older those monsters diminished and I faced other monsters of life and I learned that Heavenly Father is greater then any of those monsters and with His help I have always gotten through the gate of life first.

Hey I'm Here!

Today I learned how to blog! And, I am excited! It has been a good day, it's sunny and beautiful. The fall colors are great, and I am excited about life! Tashina helped me, and she can do it a lot better than I can...