simple things

just doing some thinking tonight ... normally on wednesdays i would do a "not me". welp, not tonight. not that i couldn't think of 1,000,000 "not me's" mind you.

ive been looking.listening,and hearing people and how we all stress over things we shouldn't. we are focusing on the negative side instead of the positive side of most every aspect of our lives. i,too, have been found gulity of this. for far to long i've been adding the negative on top of the positive and have missed many blessings i believe. i've also figured out i'm not managing my time as wisely as i should for the important things. my heart is very full,yet saddened tonight by a "revelation" that came all through an UTI a church member/client of mine got the end of january,first of february.

you see, this 85 year old navy vet, is hilarious!,strong, talented, spunky, and all things inbetween. his family found out a year or so ago he was in the beginning stages of alzheimer's. that is a terrible disease! 3 of his 4 daughters (well, he also has a son) are nurses. when they found out he was having symptoms with his UTI, right to the doctor they went. which led to a hospital visit. this man,i'm very sad to say, is dying. my heart is absolutely broken. i do his wife's hair every saturday at 1030 prompt,and i love her. she's so strong. she took care of her aging mother for 5 years,and mr k was right there helping too. now, thanks to that uti they have found he has cancer. at first, it was just a tumor. now, they found it's pretty much everywhere! bone,liver .... i know he has such a better home ahead of him. he told mrs k saturday after her beauty shop visit that it was his time. he also told her how he wants things done. the one that doesn't surprise me the lease is after the funeral service and burial, he wants us to come back to our church and have a good ole timey gospel singing. it just won't be the same without him there making that piano talk and sing.

he is one of the most talented pianist i've ever known. he actually played for me to sing at a funeral the day after thanksgiving. he jumped at the opportunity. i was a little nervous b/c of his alzheimer's,but he said, "start singing, i'll find you". i did. he did. we made a great team. i love that memory of him.

i'm sorry this has been such a long post, but my heart is oh,so heavy. this is the first time i think i've accepted what's happening and now have started praising God for this man, the time i've got to know him and his family, that i'll see mr k again after he leaves this earth, and grieving because i havent heard his tenor voice in the bass section behind me or heard him "tickle the ivories" in several weeks. i know joy will come in the morning. not just for him, his family and friends, but for everyone for any situation.

this all has me thankful for the simple things ...

sister's elbow healing - her now being able to type with both hands, tie her shoes, buckle and unbuckle her own seat bealt, even her being able to shampoo her own hair again (of course now she doesn't get a scalp massage) and seeing her small baby bump.

having an un-planned supper tuesday night at my brother's

getting to see,kiss, and know my nephews are healthy and happy

seeing my GA girls at church,and the excitement on their faces about learning about Christ and the Great Commission

hearing the choir at my church singing about the true meaning behind and about Easter.

seeing a new screen and projector in the back of the sanctuary at choir (now the choir finally can see from anywhere the words to songs and we aren't staring down the right side of our church anymore)

decorating for a little girl's 1st bday party

planning my papa's 75th bday party and going to it this saturday

buds on trees

and just seeing someone smile and maybe even laugh ....

the simple things.

Britt