Lord, what a beautiful day overall, punctuated by difficulties, challenges, frustrations, some considerable pain and clarity. It started out wonderful (nature, the sun, a great drive, although not in my car); followed by; frustration, difficulty, emotion, (give up? NO!) then "why do I endure this?", then - wow. Now I get it. Karma.
Friends make it all worthwhile and gratifying. Thank you. The denouement was a long overdue (albeit welcome) chat with a self-avowed elder Christian lady this evening. Hmm, that was interesting. Lots of insights gleaned therein (personal), which have been perhaps long overdue, and fill in lots of gaps that span many decades and shared life experiences.
October 8th, one for the books. Dammit, I forgot lunch. I am hungry. There is always tomorrow....