Feeling GOOD!

 Feeling GOOD!

 

A person might not think that physical situations are all that important until being restricted by what one is able to do. And if pain is an element of that restriction, it can also take a person’s outlook and totally defeat attempts at positivity. Well, let me tell you, Dear Hearts; this ol’ gal is feeling good! Even walked down to Patty’s today and visited with her and the two dogs. Called my cousin in Charlotte, NC, and she even noticed that my voice was more cheerful than the last time we spoke. Yep, things definitely are looking up around here.

 

We got a good rain last night. Connie did not seem to think that they got that much over where she lives, but the ground here just sucked it up and has bright green grass smiling up at the blue skies above!

 

Sterling just called and said that Karen and her son George got in last night and plan to empty out a storage building that they have rented up in Pea Ridge. Sitting here wondering why the place is named Pea Ridge. Hmm. Blackeyed peas? English peas? Cow peas? Oh well.

 

We also got to talking about sunburns and hot work he did when he was fourteen. The men of the church were tearing down the old building of the Baptist Church. They used the flooring to make the decking for the new roof, so nothing was wasted. They hung the bell out in front of the church on a pedestal, too. That bell was rung, for some reason, on the day my parents got married—July 31, 1944. Then it was rung again when Sterling rang it before they took it down from the church building. Funny how life makes things like that stick in your memory.

 

It gets a bit sticky when we read about the “news” that causes us to wonder what is next. The longshoremen in LA and nearby ports are trying to get a contract to improve their work conditions and pay. It is understandable that their jobs are dangerous and that they have to know what they are doing to keep from dumping those containers in the ocean. But if they slow things down any worse than what they have already done, our economic problems are going to be multiplied several times over. HOW can companies stay in business if they can’t send things overseas or get the parts they need brought into the states? Noticed that there are recalls—already—on new trucks that are going to be impossible to repair unless the parts are brought in. Pretty useless if your brakes won’t work when pulling a trailer!

 

Guess any news is not going to make us sit up and clap for a while unless most Congress members were to suddenly resign. Don’t suppose that will happen. See the glint in my eye when thinking about who should resign immediately?

 

Let’s remember those who are suffering from terrorists in the Ukraine and other places. May our country be protected from invasions and other horrors. May our doctors and nurses be given the help they need to keep patients healthy. May our pharmaceutical companies be more concerned with healing than the almighty dollar!

Rest and find joy in each day, my friends. Pray for those who you can love and for those who need love even more. You are loved.