Everything is OK

I saw this quote on instagram, posted

by newsboysdrummer (Duncan)  and

thought it was so cool.

"Everything is OK in the end.

If it's not OK then it's not the end."

(Anonymous)

Onto the card...I know another lady 

that is in the same nursing home as

my mother.  Her name is Dorlene and

she and her husband used to come

in to the restaurant all the time.  Both

husbands, actually.  So here's the story.

When she was in her 30's I think it was,

she had an aneurysm and can't really

use her left side and has trouble talking.

I understand most of what she says

because I know her, but she sometimes

gets frustrated when she can't get a word.

She's the sweetest lady in the world.  Her

first husband treated her like absolute 

gold and was so wonderful.  Then he

died.  She caught up with an old boyfriend

from High school and they ended up

getting married.  She found another

treasure in him.  He was just as attentive

and wonderful to her as her first husband.

I guess they were both at Drew's place and

then he died a year ago.  She's had some

tragedy in her life.  But her attitude is

so great.  I've been visiting her when

I go to see my mom.  This card is for her.

This one will be hand delivered, so no

extra postage!

I didn't practice songs yesterday, but I

have been practicing with a Lutheran 

shut in program online.  I have

been doing pretty good signing the

preaching with the exception of

the finger spelling, because I'm not

good at it.  Some people, like Peter,

Paul, Abraham and Adam have sign 

names so that's easy, but Jeremiah and

people like that in the Bible do not.  So I 

skipped over that.  Pam told me to

practice consecutive signing which is

listening to a thought, interpreting it

and then moving on to the next thought.

I don't know how I will do on the announcements

on Sunday, but If I don't try I'll never get any

better at it, so I'm going to try and let God

do the rest!  The songs..."Build your Kingdom

here" is going to give me a lot of trouble.

It's really fast.  But again, I just put my

hands up and let God do the rest.  If I

mess up, He gets the glory anyway! 

Happy Friday!