Build-a-Book Report # 11
Amazing Changes
Amazing Changes
Here I am, late again, and I didn't even get a chance to warn those of you who look for my post each Tuesday by my noon deadline. It's a self-imposed deadline, but I want to keep my regular followers happy by assuring them they can always find me here by that time each week.
Now to the reason. You may remember I said last week we had a family medical emergency here. It lasted all of last week until my daughter/house-mate had a medical procedure Friday morning to take care of the problem. It did and she is doing well now but needs some time to recover.
She takes care of the mowing and much of the other yard work around here because of my restrictive back pain problem of forty years. She was so tired about coming home from work yesterday that I made a decision, which she agreed to, to hire someone to help with yard work for the summer. Our vastly overgrown lawn (What does a hayfield look like?) badly needed some immediate attention, so I called around and found a high school girl who lives across the street and who was delighted to have a summer job. She came over shortly after, to get the mowing done before the heat of our 90-degree day laid everyone low. Her mom, an old friend, came along. I was outdoors all morning showing my garden girl what to do and where--well, most of you know the ropes.
What an amazing thing changes can be. When I woke this morning, we had a stressful, trying problem here that necessitated making a change. From difficulty, worries, fretting, and all that involves dealing with troublesome problems came a new and beautiful experience. My Newfie Sammy has to check everybody out who comes into the yard, so the first thing needed was to introduce him to B. and show her what a lovable mutt my huge big bear is--and giving her a chance to pat him gently before he had a chance to knock her over (out of love, of course). Then Debbie's shih tsu Precious, whom I have nicknamed Peanut, had to have her turn. Those of you who know dog sizes and temperaments know I'm not kidding when I say the little one rules the big one here, but he often manages to make his presence known first, for some reason.
Once B. got acquainted with the two dogs, we made a sight-seeing trip around the yard, pointing out boundaries and yard hazards. B's mom insisted B. learn all about mowers and taught her how to run ours. (I'm glad she knew because I long ago forgot.) Mom and I monitored the process while B. got her first job done. Walking behind her or off to the side a bit, my old friend and I got in a lot of catching up of family news and the like. Still, it took until noon. Well, that includes the lemonade break we all took halfway through.
This was such a great new development, I tossed my previously written post and wrote this new one to share with you this unexpected and very rewarding experience. It is said Jesus is there caring for us and our problems even when we forget He is around, and that certainly was true this morning.
I wish you all good and beautiful experiences when change knocks you around in your lives,
Your friend Margaret
Now to the reason. You may remember I said last week we had a family medical emergency here. It lasted all of last week until my daughter/house-mate had a medical procedure Friday morning to take care of the problem. It did and she is doing well now but needs some time to recover.
She takes care of the mowing and much of the other yard work around here because of my restrictive back pain problem of forty years. She was so tired about coming home from work yesterday that I made a decision, which she agreed to, to hire someone to help with yard work for the summer. Our vastly overgrown lawn (What does a hayfield look like?) badly needed some immediate attention, so I called around and found a high school girl who lives across the street and who was delighted to have a summer job. She came over shortly after, to get the mowing done before the heat of our 90-degree day laid everyone low. Her mom, an old friend, came along. I was outdoors all morning showing my garden girl what to do and where--well, most of you know the ropes.
What an amazing thing changes can be. When I woke this morning, we had a stressful, trying problem here that necessitated making a change. From difficulty, worries, fretting, and all that involves dealing with troublesome problems came a new and beautiful experience. My Newfie Sammy has to check everybody out who comes into the yard, so the first thing needed was to introduce him to B. and show her what a lovable mutt my huge big bear is--and giving her a chance to pat him gently before he had a chance to knock her over (out of love, of course). Then Debbie's shih tsu Precious, whom I have nicknamed Peanut, had to have her turn. Those of you who know dog sizes and temperaments know I'm not kidding when I say the little one rules the big one here, but he often manages to make his presence known first, for some reason.
Once B. got acquainted with the two dogs, we made a sight-seeing trip around the yard, pointing out boundaries and yard hazards. B's mom insisted B. learn all about mowers and taught her how to run ours. (I'm glad she knew because I long ago forgot.) Mom and I monitored the process while B. got her first job done. Walking behind her or off to the side a bit, my old friend and I got in a lot of catching up of family news and the like. Still, it took until noon. Well, that includes the lemonade break we all took halfway through.
This was such a great new development, I tossed my previously written post and wrote this new one to share with you this unexpected and very rewarding experience. It is said Jesus is there caring for us and our problems even when we forget He is around, and that certainly was true this morning.
I wish you all good and beautiful experiences when change knocks you around in your lives,
Your friend Margaret
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