As I was getting out of the car to enter Dr K's, I saw a man across the parking lot who was using a walker. In peace, he got it together and made his way toward the front of the building. Moving slowly and gracefully. I opened the door for him. He thanked me and smiled. It was hard to judge his age. Before I could open the next set of doors, he took my hand and prayed with me. It wasn't just the cane. At that point I was feeling so tired and so sick of "the virus."
He prayed with passion the way I always imagined the great Saints of history would pray. I was afraid to sit down next to him because I knew I was carrying flu. Luke got it in terms of a headache and I felt like this man had a low immunity. He told me that he wasn't worried. He takes herbs and feels like he'll be fine.
Then he told me his story. He has two PHD's in education and knew so many famous people.
Then he got aids and he survived. With a terrible cost, but he counts himself a miracle. Only his amazing faith helped him through and continues to help him through. He's agreed to let David film him. I'm so excited.
OK. Today. I looked out my window at the beautiful bird feeders that Linda put together. The birds were having a party--woodpeckers, a small one and a larger one with a red head. I want to get a book on birds now. Lots of buntings, chickadees, and little juncos. They were so excited. They couldn't believe their good luck. It was party time. I was fascinated.
I looked at the tree that Carl has been working on. It used to look so sad, but now it looks cared for and loved. I'm hoping that it will only get better here. It seems happy.
Being in the flow. This morning Luke was at his computer, laughing. I ususally don't ask about it (sorry, but I don't) This morning I did. And I got off my bum to see what he was laughing about. It was the new Shar ad in Japanese. Hello Shar. Most American musicians don't read Japanese. Then Luke went on to his next message. It was Em and Bobby's flight info. And I realized I had to call Em right away. I got her. She and Bobby were already on the plane to Chicago. I got the chance to say good bye before they left for Greece and phone calls were too $$$$. The flow. She sent a text to say she loved us but . . I'm glad I got to talk to her.
Luke came home and we got some annoying chores done. Mostly I sat in the car. We enjoy being together. So that was fun. We talked just as though we were driving to B town together and that was nice.
One more thing that flowed for my daughter, Rain. She got a chance to meet and be photographed with one of her fav t.v. stars--Whitney Port. Now I didn't watch , "The Hills,"
where Whitney Port started out, but Rain did. Now Whitney has her own show. And Rain watches that as well.
She worked hard to meet WP. She had to pull in a favor and get one of her pals to go with her. They waited for 3 hours, and her friend was getting restless. But in the end, they both stayed and it was soooo exciting for Rain.
We laughed. I got my picture taken with Prem and was so excited and she got her picture taken with Whitney Port.
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