This is one of those weeks where I have a health related appointment every day!
I complained about shortness of breathe at my checkup last week, so now I am getting a heart monitor thingy.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Didn't see this one coming...
We joined a great, Methodist church yesterday. We have been going for quite a while and regularly attend the Wednesday night suppers. I am also going to check out a couple of Bible studies. I am really looking forward to that. I just need to find my Bible...
Once again, I had a crying fit during the service. We sang "Come Ye Sinners Poor and Needy," a favorite of Natasha. I remembered the sound her singing the chorus, "I will arise and go to Jesus, He will embrace me in His arms. In the arms of my dear Saviour, O, There are ten thousand charms." She would repeat the last line, slowing it down, weighting each with with it's unique presentation, her voice always going upward on "ten thousand charms." She sang it all the time when she was a child, at bedtime, on car trips, and she sang it to Mercedes.
"Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me." Mark 9:37
Once again, I had a crying fit during the service. We sang "Come Ye Sinners Poor and Needy," a favorite of Natasha. I remembered the sound her singing the chorus, "I will arise and go to Jesus, He will embrace me in His arms. In the arms of my dear Saviour, O, There are ten thousand charms." She would repeat the last line, slowing it down, weighting each with with it's unique presentation, her voice always going upward on "ten thousand charms." She sang it all the time when she was a child, at bedtime, on car trips, and she sang it to Mercedes.
"Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me." Mark 9:37
Friday, January 20, 2012
Let God be God
Let God be God
I saw this in a book at the mall today, in the introduction to a book called Erasing Hell, which describes itself as a book about "embracing a God who isn't always easy to understand."
It cheered me up to be reminded that, oh, yeah, sometimes I have to struggle (to understand). That is what makes the rewards so sweet.
BTW, I am not endorsing this book, I have not read it and I don't know if I will.
I saw this in a book at the mall today, in the introduction to a book called Erasing Hell, which describes itself as a book about "embracing a God who isn't always easy to understand."
It cheered me up to be reminded that, oh, yeah, sometimes I have to struggle (to understand). That is what makes the rewards so sweet.
BTW, I am not endorsing this book, I have not read it and I don't know if I will.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
He Leadeth Me
Sunday, January 8th, we had the pleasure of taking Natasha's daughter, my granddaughter, Mercedes to our new church in Statesboro. She was very well-behaved and joined in the service to the best of her ability. She stood when we stood and during the hymns, held hymnal open in front of her, just like the rest of us. Wow, what a cute kid.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Pink lightning
In a flash of pink lightning and a loud shreik, a naked, jumping Mercedes appeared at the foot of my bed, yelling "I am here Nana!"
I am sad to say that a cold has laid me low the last couple of days. Colds never used to stop me before, slow me down, sure, but never stop me. It makes me angry, then scared and finally sad to once again experience life from bed.
Especially now that Merecedes is here. She is so funny and smart, too. The other night, while trying to put a puzzle together, she told me, "when you get frustrated, it is a good idea to take a break and do something else for a while,“ with a very straight face. I felt soothed and calmed down immediately.
Am I such a basket case that my 3 and a half year old granddaughter needs to take care of me?
I have the name and number of a therapist, now I am just trying to find the courage to call him. I have to do it soon though.I am tired of feeling like this all the time.
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
New Year
Fall Risk is going on hiatus. Writing this blog is one of my favorite things to do, but I have a couple of time crunches that are interfering with my writing times. I am not sure if that is a bad thing because the holidays are very difficult for me and I tend to be a bit of a buzz kill.
We are stuck between housing right now; we have one house that we can't move into and one house that we have to vacate very soon. This little apartment is already crammed full of moving boxes, but no definite date when the bank will let us move into the new place. The present delay has to do with Bank of America LOSING some of the paperwork. I won't bore you with the details, most of which I don't understand myself.
And also, my grand daughter is visiting us now. She is a riot, but exhausting too. Here is a video of the little angel, asleep in the car on the way home from the beach we went to on New Years Day.
Anyway, I hope I can get back to writing soon, it is always helpful and sometimes fun also.
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