Sunday, January 26, 2014

Birthday Weekend

I can't believe I'm 66 years old, but I am!  I had a great weekend.  Friday evening, Galen and Sondra had dinner with Bill, me and Mom at the Grand Casino Buffet.  On Fridays the buffet is absolutely grand!  You can choose from butterfly shrimp, crab legs, steak, ribs chicken etc.  Mom loved it because there is a huge selection of sugar free desserts.  Galen took a picture for facebook for those who follow.  Noel and Janice had to go back to Springfield for business, but they returned on Saturday and are planning to make homemade pizza on Tuesday evening.  Noel's pizza tastes just like Pizza Hut which I love.

Bill was extremely generous.  Friday morning, he presented me with a gold bracelet.  He didn't realize it was almost like the one he gave me for a past anniversary, so we exchanged it for a gold chain necklace.  (If the economy fails in the future, I'll trade my gold for bread.)

I was sad because the mailbox was rather empty this year.  However, I received tons of calls from family, and lots of emails and Facebook messages.  Every one of my 5  brothers called me!!  Wow!  Thank you!  Of course, I enjoy the calls from my kids as well.

I taught my Bible Study Class this morning.  One of the new couples is in Iowa because their grandson is in Children's Hospital.  He is 13 weeks old and unable to breathe.  They called the class to pray.  I know the feeling of helplessness and how you want the doctors to have super wisdom from God!!  This is the second time this week that I have been reminded of Ezekiel's close brush with death, and how God heard our prayers.  Sometimes, prayer is the only way I have to love someone.        

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