After my three o'clock jaunt with Chelsea we finally got up at 6AM as usual. I had a couple of calls to make before leaving for bible study.

I also had to stop at Walgreens on the way. I thought Dick had a prescription ready but have to stop again tomorrow. It was not a wasted stop because Mom needed vitamins and we needed batteries.

There were seven of us there this morning. We are still discussing the Sunday readings but I had Lynn order the books for the study of the Gospel of Mark that we will start as soon as they arrive. The readings today were from Job, Paul and Mark.

Job was getting chided because he was complaining about things and God told him to remember who made the earth and set up the boundaries for the ocean and the waves and, after all, who is in charge. Mark was about the trip out on the water with the disciples when the storm hit and they got scared. He was a bit exasperated with them. He said "Why were you terrified? Don't you have faith yet?"

At the end of this I will put an email that I received this week that fit in beautifully with the Gospel. Oh Heck, I'll put it here.

Cherokee Legend

Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth's rite of Passage?

His father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him and leaves him
alone.

He is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not remove the
blindfold until the rays of the morning sun shine through it.

He cannot cry out for help to anyone.

Once he does this, he must not talk about it.

He cannot tell the other boys of this experience, because each lad
must come into manhood on his own.

The boy is naturally terrified.
He can hear all kinds of noises.
Wild beasts must surely be all around him.
Maybe even some human might do him harm The wind blew the grass and
earth, and shook his stump, but he sat stoically, never removing the
blindfold. It would be the only way he could become a man!

Finally, after a horrific night the sun appeared and he removed his
blindfold.

It was then that he discovered his father sitting on the stump next
to him.

He had been at watch the entire night, protecting his son from harm.

We, too, are never alone.
Even when we don't know it,
God is watching over us,
Sitting on the stump beside us.
When trouble comes,
All we have to do is reach out to Him.

Well, enough of that. I stopped at Mom's next. Jeff was there. He took Mom for her doctor's appointment today. We all reviewed what she wanted to ask the doctor. I am hoping that Jeff and Dr. Hancock can bring her closer to agreeing to have someone in with her in the mornings when she sometimes gets weak.

I had lunch with my friend Peggy. Peggy's husband is a resident at Plymouth Care and was across the hall from Dick for most of his stay. He is now on palliative hospice which is for those not really near death who need help and their caretakers. Peggy said that they have been invaluable for her since they came on. They go to the staff if she sees problems or if they see problems. I got a bruschetta pizza and was it ever good.

Home again. One of my calls was to Mike the appliance repair guy. Had two things. The vent hose thing had come off of the dryer again. He fixed it and put a metal clamp on which will hold better. The icemaker was not working on the fridge and he fixed that too. Boy, I hope that is the last of these appliance mishaps.

We had chicken, potato salad and beans for supper. Then I picked up Kate at 6PM and we went to Mead for the second part of a four session event called Sheboygan Reads. It was a panel discussion on Self-Publishing. We learned quite a lot. I was impressed that the book featured in the program "The Green Steed" by Betsy Jones Michael was published by Sun Graphics. Terry Evans, owner of Sun Graphics, his graphic designer, a graphic designer named Gary Shaw and Betsy's marketing specialist were on the panel. Kate wrote down their names and I will get them from her as I need to know them.

So now the day is over and it is 9:45PM. Not too bad considering all that managed to get packed into it.

Tomorrow we go to Dick's therapy in the morning. And will see what they think about the foot.

Take care and sleep tight.

Mary