Sunday, July 6, 2025

Church

Went to church!

I did alright with all the standing.

Did not walk down the center aisle--entered and left from the side with the Chalicist.

Did not have a Bible-based sermon, instead shared five secrets God has given to me in the last 3 weeks.

>Listen to your body. Your mind may tell you you can do something--but listen to your body instead and do what it tells you.

>Pray for patience. It's what we need to get where we need to be--patience, patience, patience....

>Take one day at a time. Don't try to jump ahead. Tomorrow will come after today. Let it be that way.

>Stay in the moment. Take what each moment gives you. Don't think about 'before' or 'after. Let the moment be where you dwell.

>Be profoundly thankful for those who have cared for you: surgeons, doctors, nurses, aides--especially aides for their willingness to do what needs to be done. And, of course, those who wish you well and your family that nurses you back to health.

I'm tired, but fulfilled....

 

Saturday, July 5, 2025

One more day....

 Tomorrow I'll see if I can go to Milton to celebrate communion.

I've missed it so.

Bern will take me and G. will bring me home.

Hope it goes well.

I'm walking much more stable with my cane.

Nothing hurts.

We'll see tomorrow....


Friday, July 4, 2025

Independence Day

 The 4th of July has never been a big day for me.

People pretending to celebrate, eating hot dogs, saluting the flag--not something I delight in.

But this year I'm dwelling hard on our country and praying for America.

What the President and his cronies are doing threatens so much of what we love and need in this country.

Democrats, Independents and unhappy Republicans must take a stand on this day.

"Let Freedom Ring!" must be our cry.

Too many suffered and died to make this country the greatest in the world to let them down now.

"Let Freedom Ring...."


Thursday, July 3, 2025

That awful bill

Well, they passed it.

I guess the President is delighted.

Most all Americans won't be.

Health Care and low income folks are in ruins.

What an awful thing to do to us....

Fight back!

 

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

A good thing

 One good thing about my recovery (though it's slower than I wish) is how much reading I'm getting done.

I'm averaging a novel and a half a day!

Lots of "Murder She Wrote" and "Monk" and others as well.

Being rather sedate leaves lots of time for Reading....

That's a good thing indeed.


Slept in....

 I slept until 8:30 this morning.

An hour and 15 minutes longer than any night since I've been home.

Felt good to sleep in.

I plan to spend time downstairs until 3 or so.

Moving along--just not as fast as I'd hoped.

Should make church Sunday--Bern driving me up and someone bringing me home.

I hope so....


Tuesday, July 1, 2025

That Big Bad Bill

So the Senate passed that bill the President wanted. Goes to the House, but little doubt they'll pass it.

It will ruin the lives of many Americans and affect us all with debt and hardship.

It's hard to imagine how members of Congress can hurt the people they were elected by.

But it's done.

God help us....

 

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some ponderings by an aging white man who is an Episcopal priest in Connecticut. Now retired but still working and still wondering what it all means...all of it.