This is where I was last year.

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This is where I was last month.

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And this is where I am now.

Is is just me – or does it look progressively darker and stormier?

I am not a holiday person.  I celebrate, but somehow feel really out of sync with the world around me.  My thoughts are dark and gloomy when elsewhere people are singing songs of joy. 

I have a cold and am drippy and miserable.

And today, when I went for a blood test, I looked down and saw a black sock and a blue sock on my feet- and it didn’t even bother me.

Pray for me.  I’m not feeling like myself.

12 thoughts on “This is where I was last year.

  1. I am so excited that you’re going to be back on Chincoteague soon. I am sending sunshine your way along with my prayers. In the very short time I’ve come to know you – I think you’re amazing 🙂

  2. I don’t think you should care about your socks. I’d be more worried about you if you did. The darkness looms all around this time of year–I know it. I’ll fight it with you.

  3. Good morning my Ohio friends. I’m going to visit a turkey farm with my two grandsons, Cody and Chandler, tomorrow. Cody is a huge ball of energy, and Chandler – well let me tell you about Chandler. He’s an old soul, wiser beyond his 4 young years. He has the world figured out and a twinkle in his eyes. When I told him we were going to the turkey farm to pick out our Christmas turkey, he was elated. You see, he thought that he was going to shoot a turkey and then pluck the feathers. (Recently he’s been visiting “turkey shoots” with various family members.) When I told him that the farmer would do that for us, well don’t you know he was extremely disappointed. He even mentioned not wanting to go. Is it any surprise that Chandler wants to be a farmer when he grows up. (I’m not kidding:) )

    Today I’m feeling grateful — I called my son this morning, who is in Georgia picking up plane parts and told him how much I loved him. I miss my father; he’s been gone for 16 years now. I have every faith that I’ll see him again someday.

    Now on to turkey………… 🙂

  4. Thank you all for your prayers and encouragement! I hate being sick- I hate losing view of what is important because I’m too busy or not feeling well- and I hate being a crybaby!
    So, I appreciate your love and good will towards me.
    And I love your stories about your grandsons, Patty! The truth is that I am enjoying this whole grandmother business WAY more than I thought possible.

  5. Heidi, add me to the list of people praying for you. I’m not feeling very Christmas-y myself for some reason, so I understand why you asked for prayer. Praying that God would bring some unexpected moments of joy to you in the coming days!

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