JANUARY 1984

January 8, 1984
Somewhere between Bountiful Utah and Idaho

So much has happened since the first of December, it is hard to know where to begin.  Larry got along well after his surgery but he did not continue to improve.  He has not been able to eat and his stomach has been so distended.  He has vomited a lot and he is so discouraged.  He went to the doctor Thursday and the doctor said he had an obstruction in his colon.  He told Larry that he was going to have a colostomy.  It is so scary because he has been sick for such a long time.  When we were there a month ago Ronda called from Canada and said she had had an accident.  She had been putting lights on her home for Christmas and fell.  She fell about 20 feet.  She broke her pelvis in two places and broke her wrist.  Her wrist is a very bad break and she will be in a cast for 6 months.  When she called she told us that she needed us.  We decided if she needed us that was where we should be.  We got to Canada a week before Christmas.  We went to the hospital first and Ronda told us that Romney was very unhappy that we were there.  Ronda was so happy to see us.  She cried and loved us, so to us that was the important thing.  She started to improve after we came.  With some persuasion Rom was nice to us and we had Christmas at the hospital with Ronda.  Santa came to the hospital and the staff were all so nice.  The kids had fun and that was important to us.  We had Christmas dinner at the hospital.  A Christmas we are not about to forget.  When Christmas was over we headed back home.  We had good roads both ways.  We stayed with LaVar & Brenda until after New Year's and then we went to Bountiful, Utah.  On the way we stopped at Blair & Philline's, Darwin & Charlene's and Charles & Evelyn's.  We stayed with Charles & Evelyn all night.  Darwin & Charlene and Wallace and I went out to supper.  It was very nice.  Mark & Tammy and new baby Wallace Michael were at Charles.  He is such a beautiful baby.  He is our second great grand child.  When we got to Larry & Patricia's Wallace worked on the room that was to be Patricia's beauty shop.  He got it ready to paint.  Ronda called and said she needed us to help her get her divorce from Rom.  This is a scary trip because he was angry at us before.  No matter how this turns out we will be the villains.  She is a battered wife and the situation is impossible.  When we were at Patricia's there was so much snow and ice that the big trees in front of the house were all broken and split.  It was so slick that it was impossible to keep your footing.  Yesterday Jan 7th Patty Lynnel Christensen was baptized by her grandfather Wallace Walter Wilding.  It was beautiful.  After the baptism she was confirmed by Wallace Walter Wilding.  Larry's mother Phyllis Christensen was at the baptism.  It was a very special day.  Lynnel is a very special little girl.

January 17, 1984
Somewhere between Cardston Canada and and the Canadian border

We stayed overnight and then came on to Canada.  The roads were good and there was no snow in Cardston.  We went to see Ronda at the hospital.  She was ready to leave the hospital the next day.  We stayed with Brother & Sister Harker overnight and had supper with Amy Cahoon and husband and family.  They were so good to us.  One of Ronda's friends helped us move the things that she absolutely needed.  Ronda got the two kids out of school and then we found out that Rom had found out that we were in Cardston and had picked up Mark.  Rom came and got Ronda and they went and talked to the bishop.  They decided to try again.  We stayed with Rom and Ronda for four days.  Last night Ronda made a special supper and a birthday cake for Wallace on his 68th birthday.  It was very nice and we appreciated it very much. 

January 25, 1984
Bountiful, Utah

On January 18 when we got to Brenda's Ronda called and said after we left Rom was very angry and told her off.  She decided that she could not take what she had been through and the way he acted that evening, he was not going to change.  So she went to Lethbridge and stayed four days then she came back to Cardston.  She called a couple of nights ago and said he had been giving her a rough time.  We have not heard since how she has been doing.  We have been in Utah because Larry has been in the hospital and also because it has been so much warmer here.  I went to the doctor today.  He seems to think that I am low on calcium again.  I had a mammogram today too.  The doctor is going to call tomorrow or next day and tell me about medication.  Larry came home from the hospital today.  It seemed so good to have him home again.  It has been thawing all day.  Every thing is so white it would seem good to see the ground again.