Thursday, December 29, 2005

War and Peace

Paul playing the card game 'WAR' with his Dad.





Paul at peace, sleeping soundly.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

You sure do have handsome sons!!! Now, you are going to add a daughter (in-law...a technicality only). I hope you thoroughly enjoy the wedding and savor the moments with Jon and Marie.

I'll bet...if you can manage to bring home a piece of wedding cake..Paul will gobble it up!

Take extra good care of all of you...and we will continue to keep Paul in our prayers.

Connie from next door

Anonymous said...

Paul & Fidero Family - it's New Years Eve and we will be entering a new year shortly with so much happiness in our hearts of Paul's remarkable and speedy recovery! We hope that this New Year brings you more happiness and joy than ever before. Now, as for the card games your playing with your Dad --- Paul, make sure your Dad isn't cheating. I have vivid childhood memories of my Dad pullling a fast one on me (all in good fun, of course). I couldn't help remember this as I saw the image of the card game. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EACH OF YOU!

Dave/Karen/Ryan Carlson (Naperville, IL)

Anonymous said...

Happy New Year Paul! Happy, Joyful Wedding Day Jon and Marie! Happy New Year Jon and Rebecca, Mike and Jim! The Sheas are celebrating in Florida today for all the many blessings God has poured out liberally on your family! I'm sure the wedding was beautiful and Mary and her son were greatly honored today in your celebration and union. I started to cry tears of joy(and the boys started to laugh at me because I cry so easily) as we began to pray the rosary tonight for Paul and Jon and Marie. You are so much in our prayers and I wish we could have seen you in Atlanta last week but after reading the blogsite I understand how busy you were getting ready to leave Paul and go to New Hampshire. I know Geneva is taking good care of Paul in your absence, she's such a precious gift and a holy woman of God. Happy New Year Geneva! We had a priest friend over for dinner tonight and he leads a rosary group here in St. Augustine. Jordan told him about Paul and he said he'll share Paul's story with his rosary group & they'll start dedicating their prayers to Paul's recovery. Father's playing cards with the boys now in your honor Paul! Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus, Paul. He's your rock and your fortress, your constant help in time of trouble. He's able to do amazing things with his feeble servants when we allow him to use us as instruments to bring healing and reconciliation in other's lives. Thankyou Paul, Jon and Rebecca for allowing all of us to share in this incredible journey with our awesome God and Savior. May He richly bless you in 2006!!

Anonymous said...

i'm a friend of paul's.. my name is leah. i've seen the amazing power of what prayer and faith can do in devastating situations.. paul is living proof. my good friend christy has been dealing with extreme troubles in her life. we both had to overcome our best friend Kristie's suicide 2 months ago. my buddy Christy Goodwin's mother got into a car accident today and is in the hospital with major brain damage and is not responsive. i ask for anyone to please pray for my friend's mother... thank you.

Anonymous said...

HAPPY NEW YEAR PAUL AND THE FIDERO FAMILY!!

Anonymous said...

Well, Well, Well…..

Happy New Year to you all!!!!

What great news. How quickly you keep improving. We left for Mexico on December 26th and just returned late last night (Jan. 2). Of course, first thing we did was check the Blog for the updates. What great news and photos!

Paul, you are doing so great. It’s amazing to hear how you continue to improve each day. What a Gift from God to be able to be at home for Christmas with the family. Not to mention, the joy of Mom’s cooking!!! It’s gotta be better then the hospital food, even if you didn’t eat much.

At this rate of recovery, by July, you will be able to show us around Atlanta and get to see Kelly play Volleyball. Then we will have to discuss when we will be able to get you and your family down to our Mexico house for a little vacation.

With all of the blessing God has shown us, it is obvious that 2006 will be a Great Year. What a Great way to start the year, with the wedding of Jon and Marie. Congratulations you two. Rebecca, what are you going to do with a girl in the family now? Spoil her I am sure, just like you did Steph and Kelly last summer. We can’t wait to meet the young lady that stole the heart of Jon. We sure hope all the Fidero’s will be able to be in Atlanta in July.

Well, we are so happy to see how well you are doing Paul. Keep up the good work so you can go home for good soon. Were sure Abby can’t wait to come home either.

We hope the trip to New Hampshire went well for the entire family.

God Bless You All,

Much Love,

Rick, Debi, Stephanie and Kelly

Anonymous said...

Happy New Year Fideros! Congratulations Jon and Marie! It's been a while, so I had to catch up on my reading. I was talking to Bev right around Christmas and I had tears in my eyes just listening to all of the progress Paul has made! It makes my heart fill with joy. I know it wasn't easy to leave for the wedding and not be able to physically see Paul, but I'm sure the 'reunion' will pay off in many big ways. He'll probably have some surprises for you and show you what other progress he's made while you all were away. Paul looks just fantastic! I pray for your family that God continue to bless you!!