It is indeed a dark and stormy night here on the north coast, and I am grateful I don't have to go out...my original plans were to attend the local theater production of "The Glass Menagerie" but I will save that for tomorrow or Sunday. I don't see well in the dark, and when it is dark and raining, I really am a menace. Besides, I want to stay close to the phone tonight.
The day has been a mixture of good news and not so good news. My brother in law has been undergoing chemo in preparation for a stem cell transplant in January, and everything is on schedule and going well. I am glad. The not so good news is about one of my favorite folks in the congregation who is preparing to leave this world for the next one...the medical folks give him a few days. I went up to the hospital to see him and his wife this afternoon, and while we all knew this day was going to come sooner than later, it is still a tough call and a part of my job which drains me...another reason for staying home tonight.
Days are seldom if ever all good or all bad, and we need all of the parts to make a whole...so tonight I stay in where it is dry and offer up prayers of thanksgiving, peace, and hope....
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