After yesterday's post, finding this today on Pinterest was rather amusing. I'm not sure if coffee really gives me an extra dose of patience, but it is a better alternative than wine. ha ha!
It's been a mid-July kind of day; hot and muggy. I've been trying to keep the windows closed, but every once in a while I forget and open the front door and the heat comes rushing in. Maybe I should just purpose to enjoy it while it lasts.
Rochester, NY has seen a rough week. Yesterday it lost one of its on-duty police officers to a shooting and this morning a small plane took off from the Rochester Airport and went unresponsive an hour and a half later. It is suspected that the aircraft lost air pressure and experienced a lack of oxygen. The occupants were a Rochester businessman and his wife. Their plane ultimately crashed 14 miles off the coast of Jamaica. There will be no survivors.
Events such as these pop "my little world" back into perspective. I lost a friend this week too. She died of cancer. We weren't particularly close, but were neighbors as teens, went to school together, and I did some babysitting for her years ago. There was a time when we hung out together a little bit and ran errands together. I last connected with her in December when she told me of the diagnosis and said the prognosis wasn't good. Her brother called me yesterday to deliver the news.
The weekend has arrived just in time and it promises to be busy. I hope you have a good one!
These are sad events and sometimes our hearts get overwhelmed with such news. It is difficult to process and it hurts. It also reminds us how very precious each day is. They are gifts from the Lord.
ReplyDeleteI do love coffee too and just the aroma of a good cup of coffee helps. I look forward to a good cup of coffee.
Blessings dear. Catherine
Yes, every day is a gift and sometimes we all need a good reminder.
DeleteI'm already looking forward to tomorrow morning's cup of coffee. Is that bad?
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I watch that plane drama unfold on the news. So sad.
ReplyDeleteIt just reminds us to make the most of every day. So sorry about your friend!
"It just reminds us to make the most of every day." ... so true. More and more I think about my purpose and if I am allowing God to use me how he wants. I sometimes feel that there is too much wasted time in my day, when there should be none. How can I afford to waste time when there may be so little time left?
DeleteNo matter how long our lives may be, in the big picture they are still short.
DeleteThank you, Betsy.
Martha, I think so deeply about things like the airplane accident today, so unexpected. Life really is short and we are not guaranteed tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteIt was just weird at first, the airplane thing, and then I realized just how sad it really was. Terribly unexpected and national news. How hard that must be for the family...
DeleteAnd I grumble about things that don't really matter. I need to make a little progress in that area very soon.