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Morning Devotional...



Crutches and Heart Transplants   

His bitter countenance hardened to a sneer when I informed him that I was a Christian.

"Christianity," he snapped," is only a crutch for weaklings".

His eyes flashed hate against his Maker as he repeated this old tattered and silly platitude. It was obvious that rage was rolling and boiling within his innermost being.

What should I say in reply? Perhaps I could remind him that the sinner is lame and blind and in need of help and assistance on life's great journey. I could go on to say that Christ alone is able to support the morally lame and guide the spiritually blind. However, such an answer would have been inadequate and misleading.

It is indeed true that unregenerate man is "poor and lame and blind" and therefore, unable to walk uprightly and in a straight path before God Who is holy, righteous and just. But man's disease, in a spiritual sense goes far beyond the darkened eyes and the deformed feet. Both his sinful sickness and his spiritual penury are merely symptoms of a far more serious malady. Isaiah, the prophet wrote, "...The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faints. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it, But wounds and bruises and putrefying sores;...". (Isaiah 1:5,6) The sickening symptoms of this disease are vividly pictured for us by the Apostle Paul in Romans 3:10-18:



This may sound awful, but remember it is God's diagnosis of the problem, and men left to their own devious devices will soon manifest such terrible conduct as that described. We only have to read of the acts of men in recent history to confirm the truth of it. Even the behaviour of "civilized" troops sent to keep the peace in war torn lands attest to thefacts of scripture.

Man does indeed seek out and use many devices to support himself as he travels through life. Indeed these props may appear to be of some help for a time, but by and by they crumble and break when they are most needed. These supports give a false sense of security and will be of no help at all when the poor forsaken soul stands before the Last Great Assize. These crutches have various names. A few examples are: socialism, humanism, atheism, psychology, religion and entertainment to name but a few. They all have some things in common. For example, their place of manufacture was Hell and their designer was the arch enemy of souls. His name is Satan. They are among the many and diverse tools which he uses to blind men to their personal depravity and to the real cause of the present distress of nations.

When God reaches down and imparts saving faith to a poor sin sick soul, He does much more than provide a crutch.  He performs a spiritual Heart Transplant.

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. (Ezekiel 36:26,27 NKJV)

As the new heart is thus given in grace, the unsoundness of the head is also dealt with. "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a man." (Mark 7:21-23 NKJV)

To the one who calls Christian faith a crutch we can confidently answer, "It is not merely a crutch to the lame. Rather it is a spiritual heart transplant which never fails." The recipient of such a new heart as God gives will never die spiritually for he has eternal life.

Oh, that sinners may be moved to cry with Israel's king David "Create in me a clean heart, O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me." (Psalm 51:10 NKJV). Those who do this, trusting in Jesus Christ and His redeeming work on Calvary will receive new hearts and will become new creations in Christ. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." (2 Corinthians 5:17) This truly describes the experience known as the new birth. Those who have truly experienced it no longer need crutches for they are enabled to "walk in newness of life."

Beloved reader, have you received this divine surgery? You don't need to have your name put on a waiting list. God now calls sinners to repentance and faith in His Son the Great Physician of souls.

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Jack Scott loved his Lord! He passed away on January 10, 2001 after a lengthy illness.
He is missed greatly by his family.

Thank you, Pat.  Jack had such a wonderful gift for bringing God's word to all of us in ways that we can understand.

And thank you, Judith for the great photo and associated scripture to gowith Jack's devotional.


(Just a small aside note - while I'm writing this message, the "Random Image" in the left column of the page is a beautiful picture of Geordie.    )

   Good evening to all.   Pat: (Sis)  Thank you again for this great devotional from Jack's writing's He was a wonderful man of God and I am so greatful for both of your witness to me before I made a decision to follow Christ.  Praise the Lord for that.   Hope that you are feeling a bit stronger.     

Jeanne Lee.  Hi do hope that you are doing well also.

Larry and Pat.  Hope that you are both feeling a bit stronger and Larry that you are not over doing things.  Look after both of yourselves.

May the Lord be with all others on     and give you a wonderful week.   Love in Christ,  Gordon and Noreen.

I'm so happy that you enjoyed Jack's devotional, Jeanne.  Thanks for the comment.


Hi Gord!   Yes, you were well prayed for before the Lord saved you!    Mum and Dad prayed earnestly each and every day for their "adopted" son and then Jack and I prayed for our newly "adopted" brother. 

Thank you for the devotional, Pat.  Jack is not someone I knew of until last week, but he seemed to have a knack for delivering a good message with clarity.

From the postings at the end of the previous week's "Thoughts," it seems like some good news rounded out the week.  Certainly it is nice to have more activity here on the forum, and welcome Judith to the community.  It seems like there are two factions here at CP; those that primarily hang out on the photography pages and then those who keep the conversation going here in the Thoughts thread.  Good to see Judith is active in both arenas!

Carol, that is very good news about your son's accident, what a blessing that his injuries weren't more severe!

And Janet, your continued devotion in caring for Beth and celebrating her life is a powerful witness.

Seeing more posting activity from both Jeanne and Pat is encouraging, and I will continue to pray for each of you as you work your way back to full recovery!

Several others I failed to mention, know that I've read your posts and will keep you in my thoughts and prayers as we crack into a new week.

I spent most of last week in Minneapolis, but got home Friday afternoon and get to spend nearly an entire week at home!  With the weather changing and potentially our first freeze just around the corner, I'm preparing to winterize our fire truck.  We limped through the summer with only one functioning pump, because a plumbing issue developed which preventing the big pump from working.  After several attempts to repair it in May and early June, I had to give up and cap the lines so I could at least fight fire with the auxiliary pump, if necessary.  Fortunately I didn't need to roll the truck at all this year, and then a couple fellows from church offered to try to help me repair the main pump this afternoon.  After a couple hours of them grunting and grimacing to repair a bunch of rusted 3 inch galvanized parts under the truck, success was achieved!!!  I will be much happier putting the truck away for the winter knowing that it will be ready for service next Spring!

One of my nieces in South Dakota is getting married next Saturday, and I agreed to shoot the wedding for her.  I am a bit nervous about it because I don't do a lot of people/portrait photography but it will be an exciting experience.  And it will probably be a very strong reminder to me of why I much prefer landscape and wildlife shooting!

I will leave you with a night photo I made last week from the bank of the Mississippi River, looking across to downtown Minneapolis.
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May the coming week be full of God's blessings for each of you!

Hi everyone.  It is another nice morning here in South Carolina.  As I write this morning they are unloading the sheet rock for the inside of the house so the walls will soon begin to take on shapes and the outside siding is being installed.  They are coming right along with the house across the street and I have the perfect view from my office window. 

Today will be fairly business.  The morning chores are done but still need to attend to the washing this morning and afternoon.  I will attend my noon Monday meeting and then may make a quick stop at COSTCO for an item or two.  Then Pat has her Monday appointment with the chiropractor at 4 pm and that 6:30 this evening we have the first men's meeting at church for the fall.  We always have a nice steak dinner and if any steaks are left over they will sell them for $5 or $6 dollars so will try to get one to bring home for Pat.

I am beginning to see some indications that Pat is improving, although it seems very slowly.  Her eyes are much, much better now that she is putting lubricant rather than gel in her eyes are night.  She also tapes them shut and wears a sleep mask to protect them during the night.  She did a little walking yesterday in the house without the aid of her walker or cane.   

Marilyn, it sounds like it was a nice Memorial service for your friend Monte and that your visit was helpful to Monte and his wife at a difficult time.

Janet, it is nice that Beth and John were able to attend the Church service yesterday.  Do your fingers slip off the keys when you eat popcorn while typing?  Is there something more important than our time on the computer?   (Just joking with you.) 

Pat, another meaningful devotional from Jack's writings.  I liked seeing Judith's graphic and then the picture of her husband sharing God's word with these young men. 

Gord, as noted above I see some improvement in Pat's condition although she is still in pain with certain motions.  Don't worry about me over doing as I sit down and rest when I get too tired. 

Ken, I had the opportunity to once speak with Jack on the telephone.  He was very ill for a long time but you would never have known in from speaking with him.  I am sure happy to see more activity here on the Forum as it was rather boring those few days I would write basically to myself.  It sounds like you had a reasonably good year at the fire house and happy to see that your truck was fixed and now is operational as one never knows when it may be needed.  Hope your wedding photography goes well for you as your niece is married. 

Carol, certainly good news regarding your youngest son and sure glad there was no concussion.  Falls are so frightening.  Glad you got your quilt finished.  I know Pat always is happy to complete a project.  Of course, right now she isn't in any shape to work on anything. 

OK!  Come on!  Wake up everybody.  If I'm up, everyone gets up!

  Well, that was a try to brighten up the day here.  Overcast with heavy clouds, not much brighter than it was at sunrise.  We seem to have had some rain during the night but it has shifted to the south of us for the rest of the day.

Temperatures are much milder, but it's still so muggy I need to run the a/c to dry things out.  (At least I need to if I want to keep breating!    )  Won't be long before I'll be complaining about how cold it is.   

OH, yes!  I almost forgot.  We've had some  great entries in our latest photo challenge "All Things Fall" and now we're voting.

Have a look and cast your votes.  HERE

You're funny, Jeanne! 
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Good one, Ken!!!

Thank you so much, Pat! The Lord bless you as you share these devotionals. I personally thank you, humbly, for choosing to use a Scripture photo of mine. To God along be the glory and praise! I thank Him for allowing me the joy and ability to use my camera to capture a small bit of His creation and other pictures that I can put Scripture with to share with others and to minister for Him.

2nd. try at posting  - My old laptop is going bonkers.

Judith:  Your talent is appreciated and we are thankful for your taking time to join CP.

Ken:  We have fond memories of Minneapolis and the bridge photo is beautiful.  My parents met in the city.

Well, I am having laptop problems so will make this short.  We do appreciate your thinking of our son - he said he has no pain this morning and has even walked the stairs.  He is working from home today and going to his doctor tomorrow. 

How great to be having more posts in here again!!  And I love the humor, too!  Larry, that would be right if I put butter on the popcorn!   

Tomorrow night is our big Grant County Home Products Dinner, and Beth and John have already called and offered me a ride home.  I'm one of the volunteers serving the meal this year, so will get to see many people!

I'm off the look at the Fall photos contest!

Hi everyone.  We have a blue sky this morning with a few puffy clouds.  Today will be a light day with only a 3:30 appointment for Pat at the business who services the CPAP machines.  She has switched her account over to the company where I have my CPAP account as it is in downtown North Augusta and much closer to us.  She was never really satisfied with the other company as they seemed to be so disorganized.  She needs a new head gear and hopefully one much less complicated than the one she now has. 

Yesterday turned out to be a very busy day.  I did attend my noon meeting and then stopped at COSTCO so it was around 2 pm before I got back home.  I rested for an hour and it was time to take Pat for her chiropractic appointment.  Then came home and finished up the washing and putting things away.  Shortly it was time to go to the church for the Men's Meeting.  I did not feel the program was one of the better ones but they all can't be great.  We did have a good meal and I was able to bring a steak home for Pat's late supper, which she enjoyed and still has half of it left for another meal as they are big steaks.  I went to bed around 9 pm and slept soundly until 7:30 this morning. 

Jeanne, glad you have that AC to use when you need it as it is important to breathe.  I will look at the photos and cast a vote also.  Thanks for the reminder.

Ken, I liked the picture you posted and we can all probably related to the message.  Some days don't turn out as anticipated.

Judith, I hope we will see many more of your photos and Scripture messages.  You do very nice work.

Carol, always a bother when our computers want to let us down.  Glad you were able to post.

Janet, I hope you don't overdo at the big dinner tonight.  It was nice of Beth and John to offer to take you home. Popcorn without butter really isn't popcorn.  As I was growing up my Dad always made popcorn every Sunday evening.  I seldom eat popcorn anymore as know I don't need the butter and it is pretty dry otherwise.  However, I don't have that problem if it has caramel on it or another type coating. 

Meals on Wheels is a wonderful program and I'm really glad for the service, but the scheduling...  they come to me about 10:45 a.m. with what should be my main meal of the day.  Only trouble is, I'm not ready to eat it that early.  I'm going to have to start eating very little for breakfast so my appetite can pick up sooner.  I know it's because they have so many deliveries and such limited hours to make them.  And my address seems to be toward the beginning of the list, so I'll just stop my complaining and be grateful.   

The weather is cooling down but still another day of high humidity with the a/c running to dry the air.  At least it should be a while yet before the piles of white stuff need to be cleared away from the driveway and porch.   

Hello everyone. Jeanne and Larry since Keith isn't much for cooking I have often thought that if I were incapacitated I would have to get Meals on Wheels. When I had the surgery on my left hand, I still did all the cooking. He used to fix breakfast on the weekends but that hasn't happened in quite awhile. I keep telling him about the meals Larry is cooking.

This afternoon I have to attend the 3rd of the Hospice classes, today we are discussing  Spirituality and the Client. I've discovered that  all of this current class are Christians as is the teacher, so we do discuss spirituality frequently.

Well I guess I should go start lunch, It is just sandwiches, nothing fancy. I will be fixing our usual tonight of chicken and something else, I do  change the ways I fix the chicken though, maybe Curried chicken tonight with some rice and veggies.

Larry--Oh, yeah!  Caramel popcorn is much better than dry popcorn, for sure!  What I was eating was Kettle Corn, which is slightly sweet.  I rarely eat popcorn, but Darrel was eating it and it smelled so good...and you know the rest of the story!    Hope you have a slower day today.  I slept much later than usual this morning (we were up two hours later than our usual bedtime, watching something on TV.)  So we didn't go to the gym today.  But I have been doing "stuff" all day, like sorting and getting rid of the constant clutter of mail, doing laundry, emptying trash, etc.  You know--the exciting stuff!      The house cleaner will be here soon for a  couple hours.  While she is here, I want to clean and chop some nice peppers from the garden and put them into the freezer.  They are really nice and sweet, so don't want to waste them.  I took some to my painting buddy Dee yesterday, as she really likes them. 

Have any of you tried chocolate tomatoes?  We have a huge plant of those.  The name is very misleading.  The tomatoes are about an inch in diameter, and are a dark color, but they are really tasty, and boy! is that plant ever bearing!  I used a handful of them in my salad last night and it was very nice.

Jeanne, I'm guessing the food doesn't taste as good after being warmed (microwaved) as it does when fresh.  Too bad they don't reverse their route! 

Almost time for Maribel to arrive.

I probably should rest for an hour or so this afternoon before I stand to help serve about 1500 people at the Home Products Dinner!

Hi everyone.  I got up a lot earlier this morning than usual so have most of the household chores done.  I have even replanted the Mums plant I got at Aldi's the other day into one of our two porch planters.  It is loaded with buds so am hopeful of a lot of nice flowers shortly.  I am about ready to eliminate all of my back patio planting as they have about had it with many dead stems.  The pepper plant has a couple of small peppers so may try to keep it to see if we can get anymore peppers from it.  Pat is now up but I needed to rest a few minutes after doing the above before trying to get her breakfast fixed.  Today should be a quiet day until Pat's 4 pm appointment and then dinner at the church at 5:30 and later Scott coming to the house.  Pat did get a new type pillow mask for her CPAP machine but will have to work with it to get it at the right strap placement to keep the air from leaking out around it as it did last night.

I saw yesterday in the paper that our Ryan's Steakhouse was permanently closed on Monday.  So we have one less place to eat here in our little town.  However, there are some other restaurants soon to open. 

Jeanne, glad you are getting the Meals on Wheels and expect you will soon learn to adjust your eating habits or best accommodate them.  How is the food?  That is certainly a good service.

Marilyn, the meals I fix are certainly not Gourmet but they are filling and are keeping us going.  I will get another reprieve tonight as we still have some leftovers for Pat's supper while Scott and I eat at the church.  How many of the Hospice training sessions do you have?

Janet, it sounds like you have been keeping very busy and I hope you were not totally exhausted from the Home Products Dinner serving you did last evening.  I have never heard of chocolate tomatoes.  We have several peppers in the refrigerator and seeing that you were chopping them and freezing them makes me think I should do the same with most of them before they turn soft.

Larry There re 11 all together (Hospice Classes) so there are 8 left. Yesterday the Chaplain taught the classon how to talk with grieving family members what not to say and what should be said instead..

Janet my neighbor has Chocolate tomatoes growing they are so yummy. perfect for just picking and eating fresh from  the vine.

Today Freckles and I will be visiting at BayCrest a residential and rehab facility  just a few blocks from  here. One of our members husband is supposed to be on hospice there, but I am n ot sure he is. Then this afternoon I have my Tai Chi practice. I really do keep busy and active, lots of walking up and down this hilly neighborhood.

I don;t eat much popcorn anymore  it gets under my dentures and drive me nuts. However I do love caramel corn.

The humidity sent me back to a/c for a couple of days, but today my windows are open and temperature and humidity are supposed to stay low the rest of the week.  That's OK by me.  I'm glad to have the a/c when it's so hot and sticky, but until this year I've been able to resist.  We don't usually have that much muggy weather to contend with - mostly only two or three days at a time, and until I wound up with the COPD I got along very well with just fans in all the windows.  So now I find myself praising the Lord for friends with a unit they don't use and are happy to set it up for me.  God is great and He does take care of His children. 

Marilyn, I think it's great the work you do with Freckles and also that you're in training for hospice care.  I never would have been able to do either - and of course now I'm pretty much on the other end of those services.   

All this talk about popcorn - I prefer my corn ground and made into tortillas!  Yep, I am a Mexican food addict    Popcorn never won me over, but a well made caramel corn, not that is a horse of a different color 

Marilyn, kudos to you for delving into the world of Hospice.  I never understood the value and impact of hospice until seeing it in action with close friends and relatives.  I am sure it will be a tough calling, but what a wonderful way to be a blessing to hurting people and families.  May God bless you in this endeavor.  In the Spring of the year, our girls used to take baby goats into the local convalescent home, and oh what cheer that brought to so many!  Animals are often very good medicine for the infirmed and the healthy!

Larry, I get tired just following your schedule!  Glad you took a break before breakfast this morning.  I've never heard of chocolate tomatos, but a few years ago Alesia planted 5 or 6 different varieties and green zebra tomatoes were my favorite.  Kind of tangy, but were they ever good!  She dehydrated a bunch of them and they made great snacks.

Jeanne, I sure hope the inventor of air conditioning was a believer, as I'd really like to shake his hand in Heaven someday!  While the cost of running it can be high, we actually ruined a relatively new set of oak furniture from the humidity back when times had us very frugal back in the 90's.  Nebraska was tough on us in a variety of ways, and the heat and humidity were the most memorable among them. 

I sure hope you had a lot of help in serving that many people, Janet!  And I can imagine that when it was all over, the last thing you wanted was to eat    After all that standing late into the evening, hopefully you can kick your feet up and rest them a bit today.

A pretty big weather change moved in on us yesterday, and looks to be cool and wet for a while.  We are sure hopeful for some significant moisture over the coming months, as our agricultural economy has been badly hurt by drought this past few years.  Many of our farmers only had about half their normal amount of irrigation water this summer.  But God is in control, and I trust His plan.

The song birds seem more active than normal lately, probably on a feeding frenzy before migrating to a warmer climate for the winter.  While working in my home office yesterday, I set my camera out by the bird waterer in the backyard to see what it might catch.  I had it shoot a photo every 30 seconds for a couple hours.  Several good images resulted, and a couple were kind of humorous.  Here is one of a couple fledgling Mountain Bluebirds that I named "Waterfight!"

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May you all share in the richness of His blessings today!

Like that one, Ken.  It looks like normal sibling rivalry, not wanting to share.  :-)  What a beautiful bright blue they are!   

Hi everyone on a cloudy morning here in South Carolina.  We had a very short rain shower yesterday afternoon but not enough to do any good.  Today is a full day as need to make a stop at the credit union as I pick up my friend for coffee.  Will then bring him home, and depending on how I am feeling (not very peppy at the moment) I may skip the Wisdom group today as need to get some medicine and other things at Walmart.  I will definitely utilize the electric cart there today.  If I feel up to going to the Wisdom Group will have to stop on the way home or go later in the afternoon.  However, Pat has her last Chiropractic appointment for the week at 4 pm so will just play things by ear today.  We enjoyed our time with Scott last evening.

I appreciate the postings but am going to beg off individual comments today. 

Larry, I hope you'll get some rest and get back to "peppy" again.  You do enough on your "slow" days to tire me out.   

Looks like tomorrow will be the start of sweatshirt season around here.  We should get up to around 80^o today and then not get much above 70_o for the next week.  No rain in the forecast, though, and the humidity will be staying low as well.

This afternoon my next door neighbor will take me food shopping and then once I get everything put away that will be it for the day.  I should sleep well tonight - if I can stay awake until bedtime.   

Pace yourself and don't overdo it today, Larry.  A lack of "pep" this early in the day suggests a bit of downtime for a nap somewhere along the line might be a good idea!  In any event, I pray that you will have the energy to get the essentials done and find some time for relaxed refreshment along the way!

We are on our third day of rain here, Jeanne!  Temperature today won't get out of the 50's, so I am loving it!  Hopefully this will push your way and bring you some even nicer weather.  Glad to hear you have a neighbor that helps you out.  Hopefully you have a good trip and don't get too worn down!

I'm heading off to South Dakota later today to shoot my cousin's wedding.  Will be nice to get the feel of things at the rehearsal tomorrow so at least I might look like I know what I'm doing at the actual ceremony on Saturday.  The wedding is going to be in a very small, rural church with about 200 guests, so my biggest concern is around how I will get the photos the bride wants without becoming a distraction myself.  All new, uncharted territory for me!

I am not going to get political here, but the whole rioting situation in North Carolina is beyond insane.  This must be severely testing God's patience, and I hope and pray it hastens His judgement on sin in this world.  My mind is not ready to go to the depths of where man's depravity will continue to sink if God allows this to continue.  The word 'Maranatha' repeated comes to my mind, which is roughly translated as, 'Jesus, come quickly!'   "If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed.  [Maranatha] O Lord, come!" 1Cor 16:22

Big Ken:  Your "Cold and Lonely" photo reminds me of rural places in Minnesota.  My folks were from there - farms at first - then little villages.  We raised our family at the north end of a lake in Minnesota that is now citified and can relate to the skin chilling temperatures.  Still, lots of outdoor life going on - hockey, sledding, etc.  Enjoy your stay in SD. 

Larry:  It sounds like the day you have mapped out is a tad too busy....take care. 

Perhaps the Mountain Bluebirds are singing to each other??

Ken, I could not agree more!  Maranatha!  Come quickly, Lord Jesus!  I try to keep a positive outlook and stay hopeful, but those are hard things to do if you watch the news!    I love your photo of the two little bluebirds scolding each other--or having a lively debate?

Well!  I wound up on the front page of The Garden City Telegram!  The photo is of me serving corn at the Home Products Dinner, and they wrote a very nice article along with the photo about the history of the dinner, etc.  I will attempt to post a copy of it, if I can get a good picture using my iPad.  iPhone still refuses to take photos.     I don't think I will volunteer to be a server again, as I paid for it with two days and nights of leg pain and sleeplessness!  Plus, I missed out on my favorite parts of the program, namely, the music!  But I can always say I did it once!

We are leaving at noon tomorrow to go to Family Day at Kansas State University.  We went to both the boys' so we have to go for Abby's, too! 

What a day we had yesterday!  I hurt so much I got very little sleep Tuesday night, slept too late once I got enough Tylenol on board to blunt the pain, skipped gym to go to Garden City as Darrel wanted to go buy--of all things--a new can opener!  Pretty sad when you can't find such a simple thing in your own town (and have to admit, he really didn't go look!)  Anyway, we had two item on our list:  Preservision vitamins for my eyes and a can of foam for some house repairs.  Went to Walmart, bought $81.50 worth of stuff in health and beauty area, back to car, and as he backed out, I said, "We came up here to buy a can opener!  We didn't buy a can opener!"  So he parked in another spot, we went back in and bought TWO can openers (don't ask me why!  and came home, still with no can of foam.  Oh, the joys of growing older!! 

Marilyn, I think it's wonderful that you and Freckles are doing those visits, and am sure the people you cheer up appreciate it as well.  Hospice does wonderful work; and like nursing, it isn't for everyone!  God bless you for caring.

Larry, do rest more.  I know I tell Janet that often, and she doesn't listen very well. 

Jeanne, you are such a blessing!  Thanks for being YOU!

Hi, friends,

I'm in for the night after a very social day today. It started with breakfast with 2 of my children. And, ended with getting together with friends for a nice supper.

Now, I'm listening to the news and checking the computer.

May y'all have a wonderful evening.

Love to all,
Ruth Ann