Faith

For over 70 years, I believed sanity was a very important part of a person's identity. Being sane enables one to be successful in life.

I had ordered a children’s Bible story book. I eagerly awaited it’s arrival. I had been wanting one, for several years. My great grands liked for me to make videos, of me reading to them. When they were here for Christmas, Sebastian had asked me; to make some more, of them.

People often say nobody is perfect. I've said that at least 100 times, but there are times when I am not quite sure that it applies to me.

I was resting in my recliner, when I glanced out the window. There, something caught my attention. A branch on a pine tree, was waving in the wind. It is a fascinating thing to watch. That I could see it, from my recliner; made it even more special. (Yeah, remember, I’m not young, anymore.) It reminded me of something; that happened years ago, when I was keeping, one of my grandsons. We lived in the parsonage, then. I was in the kitchen, cooking supper. It had a back door; that was the exit, from the house.

The older I get, the more I have to forget, and believe me, I don't forget to forget. I can't keep up with dates, holidays, or even my birthday. I believe a day is a day, and that should be the end of it. As I was drinking my morning coffee, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage entered and said, 'Do you know what day Saturday is?'

I have found some mold, in the closet, near my front door. This isn’t the first time; I have dealt with mold. So, I know what to do. After removing all of the “out of season clothes,” luggage and other things, I can work on the walls.

I’m sure, I’m not the only one. Most of us, are extremely happy; to see warmer temperatures and a shining sun. Those two weeks, I lived in fear of water pipes bursting and the electricity going out. My home is all electric and without power; I would have no heat. It was way to cold, to stay in my house, without it. Then, it happened. I accepted it, with a feeling of dread. I have no generator. I feel that I wouldn’t be able to start it; if I bought one. I would have to have someone, to come do it for me. And that could be, an insurmountable problem. Especially, if the roads were not passable. So, I saved my money. My grandson lives about twenty minutes away. They usually lost their power, before I did. But, this time they didn’t. They also had a generator. They told me; I could stay with them. Thank God, I had a place to go. I know of some people, that weren’t so blessed.