Senator Tim Johnson (D-South Dakota) is heading home

[Omaha Steve]

Last December, Tim and I were scheduled to head home to celebrate his 60th birthday and Christmas with our family when his illness struck.

After anxious weeks in the hospital and months of hard work in rehabilitation, the doctors have given Tim a thumb's up to head back to South Dakota. We couldn't be happier to be traveling home later this month. We have missed our friends and family, and cannot wait to thank you in person at Tim's homecoming celebration on August 28th.

We are so grateful for the outpouring of support from all of you during this difficult time for our family. We cannot express how deeply we have been touched by the prayers, understanding and patience of the people of South Dakota. We have always felt that our state is a special place, and our faith in the basic goodness and decency of our people has never been higher. We are also are deeply grateful to the doctors, nurses and therapists who
have made Tim's recovery possible.

Planting our feet in South Dakota will be our Christmas morning this year, and we are thrilled to receive the best gift we could ever hope for. Our son Brendan and his wife Jana have just adopted two beautiful children from Ethiopia, Trualem (10) and Peneal (8). They arrived in South Dakota earlierthis month, and were introduced to their new brothers, Sutton and Cooper. Our family is larger and richer with them in it, and Tim and I are looking forward to welcoming them to our family.

While this is not the end of the journey on Tim's road to recovery, it is a significant milestone. We will be in touch with details about our trip very soon.

In the meantime, from all of our family, thank you all once again for your thoughts and prayers. And, enjoy these last weeks of summer!

Sincerely,

Barb Johnson

[AtomicKitten]

1. Wonderful news.

Best wishes to him for continued recovery.