All My Siblings Are Falling Down...

This is getting to be a habit. My brother Hal took a tumble on one of his desert hikes the other day. I called him up about it as I was a bit worried. I have taken more than a few falls myself. When I lived in Hollywood I got into "fights" with the cracked and pitted sidewalks there. Hollywood sidewalks won and my face and body lost. There were times when I had very sore hands, black eyes and even a dislocated shoulder. So falling is no fun. 

And then today I get a call from my sister Libby. She was headed home early from work due to the fact that she had taken a nasty splat in the parking lot of where she worked and needed to go home and ice up parts of her body ( never you mind where ). 

Got an email from a friend who moved to Utah from North Carolina ( and before that from Florida, the girl has moved more in the last few years than I have and that is saying something ). 

Knowing Angela ( who I know from Hollywood ) she will eventually make another move from Utah. Her dad worked in exports and she has traveled all over the world. So she has got a pair of gotta move restless shoes. She works in the travel industry and in spite of the hit that it has taken from the downward economy she is the kind of worker who employees want to keep as she really knows her business. It was good to hear from her again. 

The itises are acting up. Weather is shifting again. I don't know if we will get any rain but we will get clouds and cooler temps and spasms and itises are callin' my name. I would love to put them on mute. It is the Tylenol time. I took some earlier and I am waiting for it to kick in. 

Blessings, I have been praying for a thankful heart and I am now thanking God for blessings: for a full pantry, for my new apartment and wonderful Christian neighbors including one whose 101 year old mom has a smile that could sunshine a rainy day. And Julian drove mom and we over to WinCo ( I think that is what it is called ) to do some shopping. First time since I have moved here. 

I am still exhausted but I guess it is just gonna take time to get my groove back physically. 

SAC

Counting Blessings

It would be so easy to spend my time here ranting. There is a lot to rant about but that is to for today's post. Sometimes life seems a bit much and yet.. what are the odds that a person would be born in the first place? The beauty of a sunset or a sunrise, the soft fluff of kitten's purr along with a purr as loud as an airplane, these are blessings. The soft brown gaze of a playful puppy, the laughter of a friend. We so often take blessings for granted. But we do need to stop and count our blessings. Smelling roses and enjoying their radiant colors. Rainbows after rain, the fresh smell after the storm when the world seems new. The sighting of wildlife in a mountain forest, the roar of surf and the feeling one gets of restlessness and a wild peace, on the shoreline of an ocean. The smile of your aged parent. The thanksgiving blessing of a brother, eating till we take our fill. Wide eyes bright with wonder on Christmas morning. Greetings of strangers when your eyes meet in public and they say "Have a nice day" and you reply "The same to you.". Light those candles in the darkness of despair, light them with the blessings you can find in memory or in the reality of the now.