SAVING GRACE

Kindness is like snow. It beautifies everything it covers.

               Kahlil Gibran

Thoughts of snow were ccompletely washed out with raging thunderstorms on Wednesday. Fierce winds, plenty of donner und blitzen. Thankfully no power outages.

Yesterday (Friday?) the daytime temp dropped to 32 (Fahrenheit). Short, dark, gloomy days. Visit from home care nurse. My BP is up. Can hardly walk.  Farewell prednisone, hello furosemide.

I'm presently experiencing very disturbing physical and mental issues. Secretly, I fear that I'm losing my mind. Expunge that thought.....

....I've been through too much. Strength only lasts for awhile. Fragility eventually sets in.

Today (Saturday) is the winter solstice. Shortest day of the year. No celebrations. Christmas seldom intrigues me.

I decided to string up colored lights on a living room side table. Only because I like colored lights. I wanted a simple rustic scene....so I bought this online.

I have several candles but didn't light them (yet). 

Kindness....

After dark, around 6:00 p.m. there was a knock at the door. Two local men brought me a huge box of food! I was completely stunned - - I certainly wasn't expecting it. Donated by local businesses.

I'm still overwhelmed.

Do I deserve this?

The box was so heavy that I removed all the canned items before taking this photo. I counted over thirty items.

A 4 lb. hickory smoked ham. 5 lbs. of potatoes. Carrots. 3 lbs. of Clementines. Coffee, canned milk, sugar, oatmeal, bread, butter. Spaghetti and pasta sauce. Pinto beans. Mac and cheese dinners. Peanut butter. Mayo.

Canned peas, corn, yams, string beans. Canned pineapples, peaches, apples, fruit cocktail. Canned soups.

Much more.....it's like mana from Heaven.

I put some things in the freezer.

It will take some time stocking canned goods on kitchen shelves.

Well, I've rambled on enough.

In darkness, there's always light.

Jon, grateful