PrayingWithMyFingers

Dear God,
First day back at the office post-surgery.  Lots to catch up on.  Dropped puppies off for first official puppy grooming.  Only worked half day and was definitely tried afterward.  Interesting how much energy healing takes.  Not a lot left over for other things.
“God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him.” (her).  1 John 4:16  This is a beautiful Bible verse, and I have most definitely been the beneficiary of this kind of love over the past week or so.  Family and friends …

Dear God,
Today, finally, visit to Doctor and drainage tubing removed.  There was a quick jerk by Dr. Fitz and then a stinging that only lasted a minute or so.  Now I have some very vague idea of how a person with an appendage to their body might feel restricted and burdened.  I still have surgical tape on the scar and my mid-section feels somehow very vulnerable without the huge swaddling of gauze and cotton that had covered it.  Just the coolness of fresh air felt invasive.
The gospel today speaks of …

Dear God,
Vikki is with me this week and will drive me to the doctor and around during the week so I can prepare for the trip to Tallahassee on Sunday.
It has been hard today to remember that the holidays are over and we are in a new year and back to the normal, everyday routines.  Probably because I am not yet back to “normal” after last Thursday’s surgery.  I still am moving slowly and my chest cough is hanging on but every day, I am a little better.  Will see …

Epiphany. The visit of the Magi. And Wise Men. Hmmmm. I love the celebration of Epiphany but I also love the idea of receiving a sudden, intuitive leap of understanding. I think of it kind of like a miracle. This morning in church, my small epiphany was an understanding that some days are just ordinary even when they are supposed to be big or magical. And, it is good to be able to just be ordinary and let the day be ordinary and to know that in spite of my …

Day 2 of the New Year and my imperfect year is continuing perfectly imperfect.  I did think that I might be able to stick to a morning/evening meditation plan perfectly but life quickly intervened and, true to my new commitment to imperfect, I decided to go with the flow.  April wanted to visit First Watch for breakfast – Ft. Lauderdale doesn’t have one – to indulge in her favorite fruit crepes.  As usual, my desire to indulge my daughter won out over the meditation plan.  Sorry, God.
April helped me with …

Dear God,
So here we are. 2010.  A brand new year.  I had planned to do a final blog entry for 2009 – for closure’s sake even though I abandoned my daily letter to you in September – but my good intentions were to no avail.  December 31 turned out to be too busy for writing.  I began yesterday with a 6:30am arrival at Sarasota Memorial Hospital for an 8:30am – turned into 9:45am — surgery to repair a ventral hernia.  Thankfully, I did get released from the hospital – albeit …