New Beginnings

     When I look back over the last two years. I have some strong emotions and some battle scars, but I am better for it. There is a song called "Pulling Me Through" that I can relate to. Losing a job in the economy is not unheard of. To try to end someone's influence and ministry is just plain mean. There were things said that shouldn't have been said. Implying that I did something to deserve what I got from people I thought would have my back. It turns out they didn't. People I had worked side by side with, I never heard from them. Some of them I helped when life turned on them. That's OK, It hurt, but I talked to God about it on my knees as I cried during those early days.      August 31, 2010 when the day was over with I came home and made some calls to Division of Rehab, to some other people. Not looking for sympathy as some had suggested, but to start life again and let people know what was going on. I went to class and almost fell do...

     I love to read. There is nothing better than curling up on the couch or in your favorite chair with a good book. On those lazy summer days sitting on the back porch with a good book. When I say good book, I am not talking about classical literature here. A good book is one that hold your interest. It could be classical literature, historical romanance, biographies, self help books, science fiction or westerns. What ever you like and it holds your interest.      A book had the power to take you to another place and time without the expense of leaving your home. I have been to the Amish country several times. The Amish families in Lancaster Pa., and some Amish families in Ohio. I have visited the farms, planted and harvested crops with them. Then I have been to the high fashion world of Danielle Steel. The travels to the surburbs and across the ocean. Right now I am with a thirty one year old single women and her grandmother in Maine as they ...

     It was in 2006 that I began to have trouble with my eyes. I have always been legally blind, but this was different. I began to see shadows around letters. I noticed at work when I was writing contracts, the lines would get jumbled. One morning I was leaving for work and mis-stepped and fell down my steps to my walk, busting my knees open. I knew it was time for my annual eye exam. I began to wonder if all of these things were a result of me using the computer a lot on the job. So I went to have a dialated eye exam. The results were scary, I had a condition call kertaconas, that is when the cornea bulges out and things get fuzzy, you cannot distinguish certain items. It is treated either by wearing contacts or transplant surgery. The doctor who diagnosed me was a listener. He was going to refer me to a specialist in Charleston. He also wanted me to sign releases of the eye doctors I had  been to. He wanted to look at my records. So I signed three releases of...

     The was a country song that said that you need to love what needs loving because we are only here for a little while.  This week I have received several calls and emails about different people I know transitioning from this life to the next one. Some of them I didn't know they were as sick as they were and others I didn't know if they were sick at all. They had overcome some obstacles with their health, but they seemed to be doing OK.      Elder David Parker was a member of Heart of God ministries, he played music,. preached, and witnessed; anywhere he could, he told people about Jesus. Elder Parker was a straight shooter with things... at times a little too straight, but he loved Jesus. He sang the song "There's Just Something About That Name". God send people like that into your life to show you what is important, how to conduct yourself and guide you in the right ways. Going to the nursing home was just part of the ministry, as well...

     Its August, the garden is coming in with fresh tomatoes, green beans and all sort of fresh vegetables. I remember my dad saying that when he was a kid, him and his cousin Johnny would head for the garden with a salt shaker, so they could eat tomatoes, cucumbers ect. I also hear the crickets singing and I think its almost time to go back to school. Those three words send a dread into the lives of every kid. Parents get anxious about buying stuff for the kids, school clothes and the like.  Moms and dads get sad because kids are going off to college for the first time. There are a lot of emotions associated with this month.      I am experiencing all of these myself. happiness over the plants and the garden,looking forward to the convention in Ripley, anxious about school and my financial aid package and trying tio finish Algebra and pass it, also statistics, I am concerned about. I am told that it makes more sense that algebra.. I am fee...