Bones

I have just been thinking what amazing things all our bones are!

They are dugged up years after the rest of us has decayed and there they are.

I have been having some back pain but have been diagnosed with very strong bones with osteoporosis so that I should be careful.

None of us like pain. It controls your life and absorbs your energy and is a drain on relationships. I have decided to give myself time to see if I continue to feel better.

I know that I do not like going to the doctor although I have a very fine man as a doctor but they can only do so much. Anyway, for some mysterious reason, well actually the doctor is unavailable, my appointment was cancelled. This is okay by me.

This is an update mainly for my family.

What a Difference a Day Makes

I love reading your comments which is one reason I started this blog!

Until yesterday I was dreading the worse about Larry's sore lip. [I think he as too but says not]
The news from the biopsy was encouraging and he will soon be starting treatment. If there is anything that you are very worried about it seems to take over your mind like a great big monster. It seems to be human nature to believe that we have to face the worse before it happens so that we will be prepare

It is sooo good when some one you love is happier.

Anyway the other good news is that Larry has invented a way that seems to be stopping the racoons from eating our fish. I had just decided we would not get any more fish just to be food for them.

Kim'a car has been fixed and we may; depending on how Larry feels drive out to Chilliwack which means we will have a visit with Ben[5] and Morgan [2] and Theresa [?]
Young people of all ages are amazing and have been such an awesome blessing to us.

The world news continues to be grim, explosions in Toronto, riots in Montreal. war in Georgia where Russia is envading. How I hate to see pictures of tanks on the road. These are worries I lay aside because there are things in life you just cannot change or fix.

I am glad that my life includes children, grand children and great grand children and others.
Every hug restores hope and my heart responds with happiness!
Every rainbow reminds me that I am not alone and that there is beauty beyond this world that I only get glimpses of!
Our faith grows in relationship with others; learning to be vulnerable and compassionate.

I must stopped because I do ramble on and on and on!

What a

I can't believe we forgot the pie!

The pie looked wonderful as I pulled it out of the oven. We knew that over at Sandra and Randy's Mike was cooking the roast with two kinds of potatoes. Kimberly and Grandpa had gone to the store to get fresh vegetables to make a salad.

We were chatting away as we loaded up the car with the salad, some books for Sandra to read and the dog, Cloooie.

This would add one more dog to Sandra's two and to the dog Mike and Mary brought over that was their landladies. Each one wanted attention.

Justice gave us a big hello as he headed out to pick blueberries.

Then I remembered "hey we forgot the pie"

No one wanted to drive back and get it. Sandra saved the day by baking chocolate chip cookies. It worked out well because Justice and Kim shared them with the neighbor children.

WISDOM

Our young people are turning away from religion. They are dealing with difficult questions not only about their own struggles but worldly issues. Should we interfere with other countries? Should the Prime Minister have put in an appearance at the Olimpic Games? How can we protest without violence?

Wisdom is seeing the big picture in a complex world; finding our purpose that will influence our values and our choices.

We need to keep asking questions and to keep listening to the questions of our youth.

Jesus asked some difficult questions.

What are you looking for?
What do you want me to do for you?
Why do you harbor evil thoughts?
If you love only those who love you what credit is that to you?
Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye,
but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own?
What profit is there for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?
Is life not more than food and the body more than clothing?
Do you not yet have faith?
Why does this generation seek a sign?
Can a blind person guide a blind person?

My house will be called a house of prayer,
but you are making it a den of robbers.
Prayer is simply shifting our awareness and openning ourselves to the spirit
that comes as light and a sense of the presence of love.

Our minds need to find the answers that we are continually being faced with.
Our souls will discover the sense of the Holy in quietness and prayer.
We long for freedom to explore and discover our own answers.

Is it important for Sunday to be a day different than the rest of the week?

For me it is. I put aside my mystery book and read something with depth that challenges me to grow in my faith. I love the word grace. Grace is presnt where there is honesty, caring, forgiveness, giving and receiving, celebration and mystery.

There are "God" moments in all our lives when we experience moments of awe and wonder, moments of thankfulness and contentment.

What is a hero?

We see amazing young people giving all their strength to compete in the Olimpics. Only a very few will become heroes. There already has been death and tragedy that reminds us that breathtaking displays and spectacular feats do not protect us from the uglyness of hate and prejudice.

The sky in Georgia, the former Soviet republic's breakaway province, was lit up with exploding gun fire as armoured tanks and bombs destroy human life and homes and freedom. We all fear what will happen next?

There will be many unsung hero's who will risk their lives to save others in this war as there is in all wars. Our brave young Canadian boys face death daily while others at home question why.
These soldiers face the enemy within as well as without and their lives are being scared by their experiences.

Who is a hero? Not the fast riding motor-biker, not just the winner in the race, not the fearless but those who face fear in their own lives with courage and honesty and humor.

I sit with My Hero everyday at the cancer clinic among all the others. I am sure that Mr. J does not see himself as a hero but he has fought back after a stroke and now walks and talks with difficulty. Still he makes an effort to talk and is always kind and thoughtful.

Mr H. had a chance to be a hero when he went to the Olimpics in Rome as a bike rider, only to be told they couldn't compete when his team mate suddenly died. Days and months of strenuous training and his own chance of glory all crashed down around him.

I have heard many stories of people, some returning for another set of radiation.

It takes courage to face cancer, like the racer who enters the race with no hope of winning, none of us know what to-morrow will bring. We walk among our every-day ordinary hero's like mom's and dad's who sacrifice for their children, giving all their energy to care and provide.

We all face uncertainty, doubt and fear combined with exhaustion that can threaten to over-whelm us but there awaits for us a badge declaring yes, we are heroes!

I am thankful for the strength and courage and determination I see in our family.

The book "The Cloud of Unknowing" tells us that all rational beings possess two faculities, the power of knowing and the power of loving. The intellect struggles with the unknown mystery of the sacred reality and yet believers see it all around them.

Just enter the race and keep being yourself.

Early morning crazyness

Larry and I are up to watch the openning of the Olympic not really my idea.

The racoons have been again so we have to see if there are any fish left.