The Teaching of the Children

Our Pastor taught the children about light on a recent Sunday. He had a box with a hole in it. All the children looked in the hole and they could only see darkness. He then explained that Jesus was the light and light could comfort them in darkness because it made us see things clearly. A discussion began when one little boy told about how scared he was of the dark. This struck a chord and there were many comments made. Finally the little boy said, "That's why I have a night light." The Pastor poked a hole in the box and shone a flashlight in and behold! they could see two frogs. The box seemed full of dark, but it was full of frogs instead. My grand-son, Fonel, was impressed with the frogs.

Out of the blue, during Sunday lunch, he climbed onto my lap, looked deeply into my eyes, and said sincerely, "Kiquée*, I like darkness."

Oh, my little Fonel, if you only knew just how bad it gets.


By the way, I posted my "followers box" because I have ONE! I think that this is delightful so there she is - my friend M.


*Kiquée is my Grand-Ma name. It's pronounced kee-kay.

Blood Counts

Happy Epiphany!

Whenever I go for my blood counts, I am always anxious for a few days prior. It's inevitable. But the news continues to be good - my white blood cell numbers continue to remain stable. They bounce slightly within a 10,000 count that, in terms of leukemia where the white blood cells can jump by hundreds of thousands, is very small. They do not increase as is expected. My other counts also continue to be stable.

I am so grateful!

I have been tired and draggy since October and am considerably behind on life. I've decided that this is just the way it is! and decided to quit fretting about it. I have a "project" brain and feel terrible guilt when I am unable to achieve any, but I am learning to balance things or just let them go. Right now I am rebuilding my exercise routine with my friend Marg since I seriously derailed this Summer in Atlanta. Initially, I am more fatigued from the physical effort, but I will be stronger again and become more energetic the more I do it. And I have been free from infections for 3 weeks now(!) probably from faithfully wearing my mask so things are looking up.

Thank you for your ongoing concern and love.