Until We Meet Again.

 Until We Meet Again.

 

Our young neighbors are leaving either tonight or maybe in the morning. All three of their cats are not going to be happy campers for such a long drive, but maybe they will be so much happier when they arrive at their new home. They will have no yard in the new place, but at least the “yard” will not be a concrete slab as it is here in WF. Simply can’t imagine not having a yard.

 

Laisha said that she is leaving her “son” with me. Gerber is some kind of cactus—probably have to look it up to figure it out. Anyway, it was going to be more difficult to haul Gerber to Washington state, so he will just get to stay in Texas. Maybe the weather will be more acceptable to its growing conditions.

 

We sat down at my kitchen table and had a meal of pasta with meat, peppers, and tomatoes with seasoning (Rotel) that they both seemed to enjoy. Laisha did not eat any boiled egg/English pea salad because she does not like cheese, but she did eat some nuked veggies that included water chestnut and broccoli. She liked my choice of bread—Dave’s Killer Bread. And then both of them enjoyed the ice cream cone for dessert—the kind in a package that has a shell of dark chocolate on it. Not bad and so very easy.

 

Their trip to Washington state may be very different considering the temperatures there compared to what we have here. Yesterday someone posted that we had 103 degrees here. Yikes!

 

The trash truck did not come last Friday, so the sanitation department got a call today. We ALL had full bins and needed to have them dumped, so we were all glad to get that little job finished. It is strange how quickly trash accumulates.

 

The wind has been on a tear around here this past few weeks, but yesterday it blew junk and stuff all over the neighborhood. Plastic sheets and assorted bags were blown into trees. Those things look like strange critters up there in the treetops!

 

Looking for something in the little chifforobes the other day has helped me make up my mind about sorting through some things and getting rid of a pile of linens. It would be great if a person had someone in mind when this sort of thing accumulates. But as it is, the collection never seems to come at the right time of the year when so many things accumulated include blankets and comforters.

 

Planted a couple of vines and a coral honeysuckle the other day. Hoping that the vines and honeysuckle actually live and do well but still remember the last time trying to plant things or keep alive something like this. Have misplaced a plastic box that contained some seeds given to me—caddo maple seeds for one thing along with some hollyhock seeds. Oh well. If we don’t get rain soon, we are just going to have dead grass and weeds. Texas.

 

Our family used to pray before we left on any trip to ask God to watch over us and bring us safely home. This evening the search was pretty simple to find: PS 121:1-8 “The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.” Other than the time that Jennifer ran our van over a dead deer on a narrow mountain road, we never really had a problem. God really did protect us in our travels for all those years. These are the verses that need to be shared with Laisha and Max tonight. And truly, may God protect all of those who are traveling right now especially. Those who are stationed overseas in the Middle East can certainly look to God for His protection. And may our leaders and those who run our national security be protected and over seen by God’s grace.

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.