Had to Try It
Dennis left home this morning for the coffee clutch at MC Donald’s. I left home to visit a friend that I had just learned was in a swing bed in the nursing home here in town, due to having a stroke. How could I not go to lend support.
When I found her room, I knocked and then stepped in. Leora looked at me and I was invited in. It took me a short minute to realize she didn’t know who I was. I took a chair and made small talk winding the conversation to what may have brought me to visit. Leora doesn’t know what, why or when anything has happened. She did say how nice it was to have company. For the next hour we reminisced about a time long ago when she grew up on a farm in Nebraska. I was so thankful I knew enough about Leora that I could visit right along with her about farming experiences. Never once did her current circumstances come into the conversation. I said my goodbyes and she said I could stop in any time and perhaps the next time she would have some fresh cookies.
Wow! What an eye opening visit that I had had with a now, perfect stranger. I will follow up with her daughter as to what may lie ahead for Leora and possible recovery. Leora walked every day with her small dog, BJ, and had a wonderful balanced life . . . just as I have now.
When I got home, the lights went on in the studio. I had a grateful attitude. With YouTube running. I had to try one more twist on incorporating miters with fabrics that I had leftover from the tablecloth. When I stub my toe on projects that don’t want to gel, it sits in the back of the white matter until I find the solution. Yesterday had been a day that I knew I should not have even turned on the studio lights. Today, a new day with a better outlook. I have decide that this 13″ x 13″ finished item could hold a centerpiece in the center of the solid blue of the tablecloth. I did learn a sweet technique to finish off putting a border on any size of fabric using miters.
Seeing the day through the eyes of my friend, brought me up short. Life with challenges is sweet when I realize with thankfulness the arsenal of recovery, grace and patience God has put within me.