Saturday July 26 2016  A LONG DAY

Awake this morning at 3:45 a.m.  I would rather wake at 4:00 or 4:30 a.m. but, oh well, my body was awake and rested (I retired last night at 8:20 p.m.) and there was no more sleep in me.  So, early gym, early food shopping, and an early start in the kitchen.  Lots of food prep and refrigerator food maintenance to do due to the fact I was gone most of Thursday on “food day”. 

And now I am wiped!  I await a phone call as I am again needed at the hospital for another Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep photography session.  I promise not to mention them on a routine basis, but I just wanted to let you know why I must again write a short blog.

It still amazes me how little I seem to accomplish in one day compared to a few years ago.  This aging thing is a bit difficult on the he or she who hopes to accomplish what they used to accomplish.  I’m still trying.  I feel good so I believe I can still do it all.  It just seems that every day goes by quicker and thus, it seems I accomplish much less.  I’ll chalk it up to working out at the gym 4 days a week and writing a blog 7 days a week.  Both are time consuming.  Both are activities I enjoy doing and both are activities I NEED to do.  Really?  Yes, for me, both are MY REALLYS. I don’t think “reallys” is an authentic word but it says it all!  My other “really” is reading.  I so crave book reading time and yet only get little snatches here and there.  If I didn’t listen to books on CD in the car I would not even accomplish reading a book anymore.  That has got to change because I have a full library of books I so desperately want to read.

There are many topics I would like to pursue but due to my schedule today I again will write a poem and bid my farewell.

 

ONE OF LIFE’S GREATEST GIFTS

By Kathleen Martens

July 16, 2016

 

Search your heart

And see what you find.

Think of the treasures

You have stored in your mind.

 

If this day finds you

Healthy and strong,

Give praise to God

That you have nothing wrong.

 

If your children squabble

And do things kids do,

Jump for joy

That they are alive with you.

 

And if you are employed

And have food to eat,

Thank God again

For necessities He meets.

 

And if your mind is clear,

And you are thinking sound,

Be ever grateful

That sanity abounds.

 

Take nothing for granted

Regarding common things,

For one of life’s greatest gifts

Is the “ORDINARY” it brings.

 

Thank You Father for all the ordinary in my life.

Thank You Lord that my children are alive and healthy.

Thank You Creator that I am created in Your likeness.

Thank You God for a sound mind and a joyful heart.

Thank You most of all that You love me and that Your love is more than ordinary.

Thank You that I can still cook.

And Thank You too Lord for my health that has been restored these past three years.

Thank You for cauliflower and turnip greens.

Thank You Lord for You!

 

GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS YOU.