Maybe Sundays are a time to remember too!

School year of 61/62

I hated my hair as it came straight across my forehead.  Now I do NOT have the problem but then I thought I may forever be like that!
Sundays are often a time to sit back and reflect on life as it is today but also as life has BEEN and even maybe as life WILL be.
This has been a difficult month in terms of family and friends.  There was Dale's and David's funeral yesterday and then this week there will be another David's and Anne's funeral towards the end of the week.  So what is one supposed to make of that?  Not sure of anything except maybe a person needs to be READY for the after life at any minute.  David O. had brain surgery, came out of it and was fine.  Then a short time later he had a stroke and died.  Anne was in her 90s and well beyond a life that resembled most of her years.  We often do not want to say it but there are times when death is best for the person and for family.  That does not diminish the loss that family feels.  David T. died of a heart attach at the age of 77 I believe.  Dale was only 67 and the cause of his lung disease is not known.  His brother had a double lung transplant about a year ago so perhaps it is in the family.

But regardless of age, health or other factors death is difficult for family.  We long for loved ones to remain with us forever but I feel that is why God gave us minds to keep memories close.   My prayers go out to spouses who have lost loved ones.  Especially Deb as she now has the weight of the farm on her shoulders.  She is a very capability person but I imagine there are many many details to take care of in the days, weeks, months and years ahead.  Of course she has family and they will be a big help but in the end it falls on her.

I am not counting but there is 1774 minutes/106,440 seconds until I find out more from the Dr. about my leg.  If I have to wait in the waiting room for a long time before the appt I think I just will get very angry!  For sure that would help, right?  So far I have 9 questions for him and they range all the way from "why very little pain from day 1?"  to "when can I get on a bike and ride?"  No need to mention tennis as I KNOW that is way way off in the distance.

I will spend some time this morning reading the Bible and then reflecting on God's grace.  It is so good and so rich and one has to be careful to find it even in the most difficult situations.  Even when we feel down and out He is there for us.  Most of us could maybe count on one hand or two hands the number of people in our lives who are there for us at the most difficult of times.   I know so many of us have many many friends but really when we are in the most need how many are there?

I had to laugh this morning as I read the Parade magazine.  It had things that a person could buy that are new and different.  There is now a suitcase with 4 wheel drive.  It just motors along side you as you walk the mile or so in the airport.  Then it also has a battery that will charge your phone.  It is a steal at $1000!  When I read things like that I think of my Mom and Dad and what they  would think about things that are in our world today.  Mom would probably say, "Ufda".

About some memories that I am thinking about today:

• band trips in HS, they were always a fun time
• getting comments about my book, always fun to hear them
• national park after national park, they are a treasure that we all should enjoy
• the dogs on the farm and I remember Tiny and Benny the most
• the sad sad day we dropped a pipe on our puppy and had to put it away
• my pogo stick, out to the barn and back
• milking cows in the dark of winter with beady cat eyes waiting for a squirt
• using rocks for shot puts, for baseballs and for many other things as we drove the Ford tractor pulling the rock wagon around and around and around
• mowing the lawn for the first time after Dad brought home a lawn mower and Mom was so thrilled
• cleaning up the old pig barn foundation that had, in my mind, stood as an eye sore for way too many years on the west side of our yard
• playing with baby calves
• bouncing the ball against the south barn wall and pretending I was a major league player
• taking a shower in the "fancy" one we helped Ronald make when he and Glorine stayed with us for a summer
• learning to water ski behind John's or Ronald's boat
• biking up to the lake and back with no hands
• football games in HS as it was so fun to hit people
• little league baseball games with Mr. Murry coaching
• winning the boxing championship in Lidgerwood and getting a little pin for it
• the many travels Terry and I have done and none more exciting than Alaska although China was interesting with a sick twist
• winning every tennis match last fall and winter

Enough for now as the FP is history and there are other things to do the rest of the day but memories, I could go on and on as I know anybody could.