I woke up this morning before the alarm with thoughts of this song: "All my life He has been faithful. All my life He has been so, so good. With every breath that I am able I will sing of the goodness of God." So I believe that is an indication that I have "turned the corner" knowing that He is faithful and good, and I will sing with my whole heart again.
Just got back from eating lunch with my nieces Tina, my brother Frank's daughter, and Beth, my sister Betty's daughter. Oh, how I enjoyed hearing about their families and remembering good times years ago.
Well, I need to tell you about a situation yesterday. I will blame it on not being fully awake at breakfast.
My wonderful chocolate Lab, Ellie, and I take vitamins and medicine before meals and I have to wrap cheese around one of Ellie's. Halfway through the meal, I realized that I gave Ellie one of my pills instead of hers with the cheese. I was concerned about this and wondering if it was my blood pressure medicine which would not be good for her. So I checked and was relieved to see that it was my calcium pill!
Every fourth Thursday of each month, there is a Lunch Brunch for people at the condos. Last month we went to Cracker Barrel and tomorrow we will go to Olde Falls Inn, a 10 minute drive. Sunday, I plan to go to church in Newark where Paul Martindale is the pastor. Paul went to Mexico with Larry, and his wife, Valerie, and I were coworkers at Shurtz Management in Granville.
Lastly, I am responding to Happy Herman's Hideaway's article because tears and memories are making it difficult to write. I must say, do you realize what an impact your column has when people read it? It is truly precious the way Herman portrays life in San Saba. I read the book about Patches, the prior columnist, and it would be great to have Happy Herman's Hideaway in a book.
I will close with #332 of Life's Little Instruction Book - "Live your life as an exclamation, not an explanation!"