TIME

 

                                              Time to get together.  Nothing like a personal visit.

Time to change the clocks back an hour.  It did not bother us too much.

Time to change the calendar.   Time is moving fast.

Time for an early morning coffee after hearing the wind blowing all night.

Time for me to get new hearing aids.

Time to spend the day with Carol,

Time for Spenser to get his monthly shot.  Tomorrow at 1:30.

Tried many times to get hold of the doctor and the phone just kept ringing.

Time to start believing that things will work out.

Time to walk in the light of truth

and the wonder and beauty of nature.

AWESOME

 

The trees have been awesome thus fall.

Sunday morning I leave my mystery story 

to read about the mysteries in scripture.

I think  mystery is so important in life.

I need to keep questioning

How is my life meaning full?

I am reading  Mark 9.

Jesus hears the word that he is a beloved son.

The man who asks Jesus to heal his daughter

tells Jesus he has belief and unbelief.

Yes we are still very human.

I wish I had told my children they were Awesome.

I love each one and see the awesomeness in each life!  !  !

We are are all on the right path..

Awesome!!

What an awesome morning the sun is shining!

ANNOYED

How do people tack selfies?

I was trying to show my black eye.

Anyway it's funny.

Yes, we find all these new rules annoying.

Getting ready to go get dad's shot we have to remember masks and vaccination cards.

I had dad's pills all ready for him to take because we planned to eat out.

He gets annoyed at having to take so many pills.

So he does not even think about it except for the morning ones.

But he is the one who pays for it later.,

He did.

I am thankful for Laura for m.  any reasons but I am happy Spenser will have somebody to follow around after we leave.  He watches our every move when he see us getting ready to leave.

               He really wants to come.  

I know I am annoying because I ask everyone to repeat what they said.  Sometimes I just pretend I heard.  Off to the hearing aid place on Tuesday with carol.

We drove right past the Drug Store where dad had to get his shot.  We annoyed a truck driver by driving slow.  Driving in traffic and looking for a place is difficult.  Many drivers seem to get very annoyed if they have to slow down.

The fellow who gave dad the shot was very kind.  He phoned someone to see if I can get mine too but I have to wait until Sept. 

Dealing with doctors can be annoying too.  A phone visit is not very satisfactory.  My back is still hurting.  I would like to know if I am healed.  It is easier just to go to emergency.  You phone and try to get an appointment and then you have to wait for a month and then wait for the test to be booked.

We agree with Ken people can be annoying.  A teen-ager can stop us from entering or tell us where to park.  So many people are annoyed at all the restrictions.  Several of our church friends are coming over on Monday and I do not know what the rules are about getting together.

Ken phoned and I tried to put him on speaker and I cut him off.  He phoned back on the I pad and it worked well as we say him and Matthew and Jasmine and Malina.  Dad needs to be reminded about the hockey games now.

It is all these little things in life that can be annoying. We cannot change the rules right now.  They can make me feel grumpy too.

I know that prayer helps me when I feel myself getting annoyed.  

I find comfort in the scripture too.

"When you go through difficult times I will be with you."

We may feel we are in over our heads but our hope is in God's love and his presence.  I have a friend who thinks she does not need to take the vaccination because God will protect her. God does allow us to go through hard times with wisdom and grace of what is true.

 

PROMISES

We have kept out promise to love each other

in sickness and in health.

It has been a rainy day.

The rainbow reminds me of the promises that God has made.

"I have made the rainbow in the clouds and it will be a sign 

of the covenant between me and the earth".

Genesis 9:13

He promises to be with us.

I am always amazed when I see a rainbow!

I am doing a lot of reading.

I am reading "31 Bond Street"

A woman has been charged with the murder of her husband

and she is now on trail.

Is she guilty or innocent?

Will they find out the truth.

Every chapter gets more complicated.

Another book is "Life That Loves to Happen".

Life is just not about solving problems

It is about choosing to find joy in the little things.

We all need to take time to laugh and dance and sing.

"Be still and know I am God."

Spenser and I walked in the light rain..

After a short rest we all went to Shoppers.

We had a light lunch.

Dad wants to eat out but he usually ends up ordering fish and chips/

I realize the quiche was not a good choice for him yesterday.

Laura had never made this and she did a good job.

Dad goes for his third shot to-morrow.

It is in White Rock at noon.

"Just for today

I will strive to recognize

the beauty within myself."

The love of my family and friends.

I will embrace all that is good

and find hope in the promises

that God has spoken into my heart.

Be aware that all of life is sacred 

Joy comes in the morning of a new day!

 

COMMENTS

Good comments.

I am enjoying the new bread Carol brought me from Super Store.

Dad forgets when the hockey is coming on so good Ken phoned to tell us it was a disappointing game.  Once we started watching it had improved.  It ended with the Canucks winning 3 to 2 in over time.

I am reminded that I am learning to focus on the present.

The day may begin hopefully but small problems can change our mood.

It does not take long before we feel nothing is going right.

"We are meant to take what is before us and build on it

bring the present into bloom again."

-Corrine De Winter

"We  live in an ocean of Words but like a fish in water we may not be aware of it."

Staurt Chase.

 I often talk without thinking first.

I want to encourage others to use words that celebrate and affirm life.  

"The instruments of both life and death are contained within the power of the tongue."

Proverbs 18:21

Every word we think and hear can influence our behavior.

"Life and language are alike sacred."

-  Oliver Wendal Holmes.

"Each present moment holds the key

to connecting the divine and our awareness of the divinity 

within each of us,

Rabbi Dr. Benjamin Epstein, Ph.D.

It is wonderful to be able to talk and express our thoughts,

GUIDANCE

I want to find guidance

that admits my needs and vulnerabilities and also

expresses a gratitude towards life

that brings me joy.

I will take it a day at a time.

So I will read and look for answers.

Pat's husband John sent me some information on a study he was doing.

Yes so what I am looking for is a deeper awareness that comes with faith.

It is done on line and I would find that hard to know.

Yes I do not know any of the others

so I will pass for now.

FAITH is a gift we can all receive 

It can be emotional and ineffable

but it can also be a reasonable and intelligent choice.

 Faith has brought me great joy/1

Sad to see the park a mess from the fire works and the little book place destroyed.

It will be built again I believe.

I had a walk with my old friend Joeanne .

She likes Greek food and we will go out to-getter one day soon.

I stumbled along trying to keep up.

After arriving home I put the leaves that Laura racked up into bags.

Dad really cleaned things up with the blower.

 "Life is not just what we see on the outside

but what goes on deep within our hearts  and minds and souls."

I need guidance to express what I feel positive about.

 

FUNNY

Funny how you get used to things.

We had a quiet week-end reading.

We did go to Art Naps but had to return home quickly.

Planned to go to Milestones.

Funny how plans do not always work out.

I love seeing the young kids in their costumes.

Dad and I took turns going to the door.

We both had bought candy so we had a lot.

I gave out handfuls.

They all said thamk you.

One tiny little boy the last to leave his group

looked at me and said thank you.

He had to run to catch up.

The neigbors had a fire pit going and sat outside and had fun letting the kids choose what they wanted from bowls on the grass.  We waved across at them.

"The beauty of being human is we are in the process of shaping our own destiny"

WE can choose to laugh or to cry.

Feeling loved.