DAY 2

The Hubbie is still in the hospital, nothing to eat since yesterday around 3 so they are scope-ing his stomach in a few minutes.

HOSPITAL

The Hubbie came home from work very ill. I rushed him to the hospital, flashers blinking, foot on the accelerator, running a red light, all of the rest were green, amazingly, hurry to the ER. He had symptoms like a heart attack or stroke but it is not one. He threw up, had other signs that the hospital thinks he may have an ulcer. They scope him tomorrow.

All of this on his first day of semi retirement.

God love him.

IT CAN HAPPEN

Today is a life changing day, how many of those does a body have in a lifetime?

Today, The Hubbie started working part time, well, part time to him. For years he has worked 50 hour weeks with hours of commute added to that 50 hour week. Today, he has started working 35 hours a week, work two days, off two days, work two days, off on Sunday. He went into the store today at 9 AM.

We are still trying to get to the point that our health insurance will not come out of his part time job money, small steps are being taken, but moving forward is the goal.

Our first Social Security checks arrive in a few weeks, direct deposited, of course. He will be making the limited 1180 per month with insurance deducted from that amount.

We have been successful in paying off the house, cutting his medication expenses to less than half, reduced our utility expenses, reduced grocery costs, learning the couponing game, reduced charitable giving, reduced eatting out costs, and other stuff that I cannot remember at the moment.

Any how, we're working it.

It can happen.

TODAY IT RAINED

This morning was a wonderfully refreshing morning. It was raining and lasted until the middle of the afternoon. A good rain is God giving the earth a bath. Thank you.

LIFE INSTRUCTIONS

ALABAMA CRAZY

HEY NOW....remember they are National Champs.

HOME SWEET HOME

Home again, home again. It's nice going away but isn't it nice coming home? Is that a sign of old age? Is the adventure gone out of life? What does it mean when you get to the point in your life that there really is no place like home?

GRAND UPDATE

FAIR is FAIR

Several days ago, I posted a funny pic of The Hubbie with a SC Gamecock hat on his head, complete with silly look on his face.

Here is the other one, of daughter and self. It's just fair.

The SIL is a Gamecock graduate and Carolina Panthers fan, just so you know.

DEATH AND DYING

Not a pretty subject to most, I know, but it happens to us all. Some sooner, some later, some much too soon, others much too late. Some live long lives, become bitter and a burden, as a friend of mine said years ago, too many candles on the birthday cake.

In our church, this week, there were three deaths in three different families. One a son-in-law, long time suffering cancer victim, one a 23 year old grandson killed in an auto accident, one a husband, a short time suffering cancer victim. Each will be missed by their loved ones.

What is death? It's separation, separation from this body. The Bible says to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.

There are many paths to God according to man, being baptized as an infant, doing good, being a member of a temple, believing in the power of yourself, but only one path to God according to God. Do you know what that path is?

Find a Bible, a real Bible, not a separate book, open it and turn the pages towards the back and find the book named John. There are three other Johns but this is the big one after Luke. Find chapter three, follow that chapter until you get to the verse with the number sixteen beside it. Read it.

It's the true path, the only path to God, according to God.