A Different Time

I have accepted that it is different now. I know I can't go backward, nor do I want to. I know I am in the hearts of everyone I love so that is enough. I still miss you each so much!

I too am trying to "do" for others what I can't do for my own, because they are out of my reach. My prayer is that someone near each of you will be in my place-love you/ miss you

Holiday Wishes for a Blessed Christmas!

Remarkable as it may seem, another Christmas is here! So much more I wanted to do... to give... to absorb the burdens of another.

Yesterday, on Christmas Eve, Sam and I accompanied a handful of people from our Catholic church to a community effort called "Homeless Caravan" in downtown Little Rock. The homeless living in building doorways and nearly invisible crevaces gather on Christmas Eve under the Broadway Bridge. The community then brings donated items in trucks and vans to give away.

Sam was with wrapped gifts for children (age and gender were marked on the labels)... I was with adult coats, sweaters and blankets.

Assembling the various vehicles at about 9:00 am more than 500 homeless people gathered. By 10:00 all of the donated items were in the possession of those living in unimaginable surroundings. Food, clothing, toiletries, toilet paper ... nothing golden or extraordinary.

If you look closely at the picture, you can see Sam's Santa hat, grey jacket and blue backpack. We were there.