Thoughts for Thursday

As I woke up this morning I began immediately to run through things I wanted to do today. I was soon compiling an impossible list and quickly responded by removing myself from the bed I was still in and making a run for my “comfy chair.” I go to the chair to get my mind in working order with a little shot of prayer and Bible reading. Unfortunately as I pulled the notebook from it’s basket home I began furthering my list from earlier by adding to it all that I will be doing in the next couple months. Finally, I realized that I was grinding my teeth and though nothing I was thinking of was individually stressful, all of it was considerably anxiety inducing. Thinking of things I need to do at the end of June is a really dumb way to start a morning at the beginning of May.

Pulling the curtains back this morning I realized I am not going to be able to mow the lawn for a while as the rain has soaked everything. Checking the weather report leads me to the belief that Saturday is the only possible time I’ll be able to do it. If it can’t be done on Saturday, I pity my neighbors as we will be leaving town for a week and who knows what growth they will see while we’re gone. Regardless, I did take “cutting the grass” off of my mental list for the day.

On a completely different note: I have blogged a bit about my uncle Merlin. He and his family live in Michigan and about 6 months ago he experienced a strange sensation that led to feeling numb on one side which earned him a trip to the hospital. Merlin is in his 50’s and to my knowledge has not had any previous health problems. After a lot of hunting and questioning it was finally determined that Merlin had a torn aorta. This is something that most people don’t survive and his prognosis was grim. If he did survive surgery they would most likely have to remove one of his legs due to loss of blood for an extended amount of time. To make a long story short, Merlin survived and more, I was able to see him at Christmas walking on both of his legs and though his voice was weak and his eyesight affected, his humor and understanding were intact. In the past several months his recovery has been less than encouraging. He was not gaining ground in areas where we had hoped and instead was becoming less able to care for himself. In the past few weeks it was discovered that a blockage of a main artery to his brain is causing the setbacks and surgery was scheduled for yesterday. I can’t think of a better day to have surgery than on the National Day of Prayer. Merlin came through and is recovering but for anyone who has kept up with his story I wanted to just use this page to update you and allow you a glimpse from the family’s perspective by linking you to my cousin Tobey’s blog as well. God is doing a good work in all of their lives and I am encouraged and thankful for the prayers of so many who have never even met my uncle.