Sympathy

Yesterday I was at the church food

pantry.  I used to go to this church

in Fremont and still love everyone. 

Every other week I take rubber band

bracelets I've made to them and they

pass them out to the kids who come

-and the adults, too!  I found out that

one of the ladies there lost her husband

just two weeks ago.  She didn't know

how to get a hold of me.  She used

to be my prayer partner when I was

mentoring a child at Fremont elementary

through a program called "kids hope".  It 

was fulfilling, but we had trouble with some of

the teachers so unfortunately it ended.

I am supremely happy with how this

card turned out and it came easily-once

I got the measurements right.  I had a little

bit of trouble.  I miss my math whiz.  John

was a math genius-truly.  He did algebra in

pen in middle school and once came up

with a process that the teacher said was

wrong until he found it in a college text

book.  To be fair, John thought he was

a genius in all areas, which wasn't true,

but you couldn't convince him. Every time

someone didn't know something, we'd

say, "go ask John, he knows everything"

Lol.  But in math, he really was a genius.

They had a show on years ago for child

geniuses and the math problems he 

got before they did.  I was proud of him. 

 I was careful not to stroke his ego too much,

though.  he had enough of a big head

as it was!!!  I say this with great love! 

I got the test results back from my

cholesterol test .  You can view your

chart online now.  My cholesterol

has come down!  yay!  I see the doctor 

later this month and I know he will

be happy with the results.

I had an interesting morning yesterday.

I looked at my bank statement online and

found 4 charges to starbucks...wait for it

Yesterday and the 4th....here it comes... in

Pennsylvania and Washington DC.  I'm

pretty sure I wasn't there, not to mention

that I've never been in a starbucks to my

knowledge.  Someone had my debit

card number and undoubtedly was

ordering gift cards online where you

don't have to have a pin.  Needless to say

it is cancelled and when they post (it looks

like two of them hadn't as of yesterday) I 

will be reimbursed.  Probably a skimmer

on a gas pump or something similar.  Who 

knows, someone from Walmart could have

grabbed it.  I doubt that, but you never

know.  Walmart is my bank.  I spend

a lot of time and money there!  But it is

all good, I got it straightened out.  I kept

feeling this little nudge to check it and

I'm sure that was God.  Thank you, Lord!