August 26

My usual routine is to go to bed around 10 pm.  Getting to sleep is easy.  Staying asleep is another thing.  If I am lucky, I sleep until 3 am, then I am awake for a couple hours.  I use the time to pray, meditate, read, and nourish my mind.  Last night, I was inspired to update my blog.  What should I write?  Well, I was in a ball tournament this past weekend.  Our team came in 3rd place at provincials.  My groin is stretched 7 ways from sundown.  It's what happens when you get on base.  You run a lot.  Fast as you can.  I also had then opportunity to have supper with Mary and Luvisa on Friday night and Sunday night.  Morgan was in a golf tournament for the weekend.  The Bug is learning new things every day.  Yesterday, she was showing me how she can roll from her back to her stomach.  She brings so much joy just by being.  Mary is such a good little mama.  She is making Judy proud.  Haley and Dustin were enjoying the last week of Haley's vacation at their Memorial Lake cabin.  Last Wednesday, Haley and Dustin invited me to the lake to spend the day on their new wakeboard boat.  I love how my girls and their hubbies look after me.  I am thankful for my friends too.  People just seem to call at the right time to invite me out for coffee.  The conversations are rich. I am also thankful for my backyard, my deck, and my zero gravity chair.  Some of the most pleasant hours of summer were spent reading, snoozing, and visiting on my back deck.  I have spent many hours reading the books that Judy read in her last years.  Judy had the habit of sticking tabs on pages that she found meaningful.  Sometimes the books look like porcupines with all the tabs sticking out.  How I wish that she was here to discuss the ideas in the books that brought her comfort and meaning!  Her last books...Proof of Heaven, The Power of Now, The New Earth, Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life, and there are other books... I try to understand what gave Judy comfort.  I read the little side notes.  I have a general sense of the ideas that helped Judy find meaning in life.  But I don't really know, nor does it matter that I don't know.  We are all on a journey and our journey is like a snowflake.  No two journeys are the same.  God is with us on that journey.  He never leaves us.  nothing can separate us from His love.  When we die, love lives on, He is still with us.