Monday, June 4, 2012

Various Thoughts

     I have a few different things to write about today.  First of all, I'm sorry about not posting the Weekend Sermon.  I was just not at my best last week.  Lord willing, I'll be back on track this week, and we will resume our study of I John.

    I'd ask that those who read this blog continue to pray for me.  I'm looking for more work, and I'm not having much luck.  Hopefully, my writing income will pick up and I can find some other work.  Some people claim that the economy is picking up.  I don't see much evidence of it where I live.

    Tomorrow is June 5th, and that day is one of four very difficult days on the calender.  June 5th is the day my friend Toby passed away 16 years ago.  I miss him so much I can hardly stand it sometimes.  Please pray that I will make it through the day.  The other bad days on the calender are October 17 which is the day my Mom had her bad stroke.  She was never the same after that.  September 19 is the day my Mom passed away almost 5 years after this stroke.  The other bad day is February 17 when my Dad passed away.  He had a massive stroke as well, but he didn't recover like my Mom did.

     Finally, I finished reading a dog book I read a few years back called "Ella in Europe".  This is an interesting book about the author and his dog travelling around Europe.  The author is struck by how much more European countries accept dogs than does the United States.  In Europe, the author was able to take his dog on trains and into the finest hotels and restaurants.  France seemed like a great country to have a dog.  I could have taken Toby to restaurants and out shopping in little bookstores.  I can just picture the two of us walking along the banks of the Seine. 

    

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