Sermon Summaries

Nearly 2:30 on this warm, cloudy Tuesday afternoon. As mentioned last week, this seems to be the time Mike has set aside for my Sermon Summaries. He goes out for an hour or two, and tries to give me time enough for what I need. Lately, it's been pretty good in that regard.

Now for the updates -- Andrea's husband, Matt, passed away shortly before Noon this past Thursday. She messaged me a couple of hours later. It was very quick, as he was mid conversation with a nurse, talking about PB&J sandwiches. This was "on point" for him, being the consummate "Foodie" that he was. Services have not been settled on as yet, as far as I know. Prayers for Andrea, their son, Tavis, her mother, Eleanor, and other family and friends during this difficult time. I was up to help her for a couple of hours yesterday, and…

Just after 2:30 on this cool, sunny Tuesday afternoon. It seems Michael is establishing this time every week to go to the Library so that I can work in peace. It's kind of him to do that; even though it means being away from me for a few hours. But actually, he's most likely going to be away from me overnight for the next night or two anyway. The good news is that he got his Security Deposit from his old landlord in the mail yesterday, so we can pay for a hotel room until things get settled around with the office. So Praise God for that!! I mean, we knew to expect it at some point, but we didn't know just when, or how much it was going to be. At least this way, he doesn't have to worry about finding space in a shelter or, worse, outside on…

Almost 3:20 on this warm, sunny Tuesday afternoon. I've gotten some really nice pictures of the foliage over the past couple of days. Meanwhile, my mother ended up back in the hospital last Thursday evening. When he called, my father described her as, "gray-faced and incoherent". By the time we went to see her on Friday morning, she looked natural and was communicating relatively well. The truth is, that she's been losing short term memory over the last several years, but all tests come back negative for Alzheimer's or Dementia. And of course, some of the more serious episodes in the past couple of weeks are most likely stress related as much as anything.* As of late yesterday afternoon, she has been transferred to a Physical Rehabilitation facility about 20 minutes north of the city, as nothing closer had any space available, other than the nursing home she had been…

It's about 2:15 on this breezy but sunny Thursday afternoon. My mother went home from the hospital last Friday and seems to be doing fairly well. I had gone up yesterday to drop off some dish soap, and dad's Visiting Angel* was just getting ready to leave. I didn't stay because I had already been down to the store and home again before going up to my parents' place. On the way back, I decided to go to the Housing Office to schedule Mike's appointment. Long story short, we need a miracle because I was supposed to set the appointment up when we were planning to move him over here. Please pray that mom continues to improve so that they can get into better housing by the first of the new year, and that my Property Manager can get Mike interviewed by a week from Monday, as that's when the…