The doctor told me not to drive until next week.
I was planning to drive to Trinity for church Sunday.
Bern can't take me.
Them coming for me and taking me home seems too much to ask.
I'm not sure what will happen.
I offered to give a week's worth of my salary back so they can do Morning Prayer.
I'm not sure what will happen.
I'll wait and see....
(I hate this!)
Assault by unidentified ICE agents is becoming common.
Latinos especially are being arrested even if they are American citizens with no criminal record.
Trump wants to rid the country of brown skinned people.
Who will be next?
Will we stand up to ICE and Trump-adump or not?
We must.
This is lawless behavior by federal officials.
Call your congress member and your friends.
We MUST do something....
Saw the surgeon who did my operation today.
He's a huge guy--6 foot 4 inches and over 250 pounds. Glad I was asleep when he cut me open....
Besides that, lots of good tennis and bad national news.
Bern cried listening about the children lost in the Texas flood.
Talks in Washington don't seem to be going right.
Trump's defense of his 'big beautiful bill' makes me feel ill.
But there is Bern and Brigit to comfort me.
I've got to remember to listen to my body and not my mind....
God help me do that....
Bern loves tennis.
She thinks tennis is the most difficult of all sports.
After watching a week of Wimbilton with her (forgive my spelling) I think she may be right.
She knows something about all the players--men and women--which amazes me.
I don't know nearly enough about baseball to match her tennis knowledge....
So it goes on until the weekend.
More tennis, tennis, tennis....
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....
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....
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...."
