It is Monday and we begin all over again. So, happy start to your work week. I hope it will be a good one.

We had a fairly busy weekend. Saturday morning Ms. Kate and I got up at 0400 and got dressed and headed out to church to fix the Harvest breakfast for our wonderful farmers and families. It started at 0730  but we had a lot of work to do to get things ready; the least of which was to make sure the coffee was ready when they got there. Ms. Kate fixed biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, sausage, apple bran muffins, steel-cut oats, and jello jigglers for the kids, We also had coffee, orange juice, and milk. I had asked one of the guys to do the devotions and he did a good job of that. All-in-all it was a very successful event and we had about thirty five folks show up. Thankfully, after it was over, several of the ladies jumped in and helped get everything cleaned up. We've done this enough years now that folks seem to look forward to it, and we really like doing it. In our "former lives", as an Air Force commander and commander's wife, Ms. Kate used to host large parties at our house routinely; but that just doesn't seem to happen out here in the civilian world. I've been retired for fourteen years and only once have we been invited to a party at anybody's house, and there were only eight of us there.

Yesterday I did the two services and then in the afternoon we went and did my visitations. I'm so grateful that I was able to do that because one of those parishioners passed away last night. So today, I need to put together a funeral service for her. Bless her heart, she was a sweet lady and "lived to give" of herself, her time and her talents.

In between things yesterday, we met Julie half way, (okay, we had the "short half") and dropped off some goodies for her. It was great to hug her neck.

So this morning, my back yard critters will have to function on their own. I had my first cup of coffee out there and the birds were everywhere eating at every feeder. These cool mornings seem to make them a bit hungrier. I guess it takes more energy for them when the temperature drops. But, now I must get busy at the computer.

This morning, I offer prayers of comfort for the families that lost their mother last night. I thank God that the lady no longer has to suffer and her passing was made much easier through the mercy and grace of God. I also offer prayers lifting up my brother-in-law and all those other folks on my prayer list who are dealing with that life destroying disease we call cancer. I seem to know far to many people who are suffering from that. Surely, if we can send robotic vehicles and satellites to Mars and the moon, we can come up with a cure for cancer. Unfortunately, and I say this too often I guess; but there is no profit in a cure. There is a lot of profit in research "to find a cure."

Now that I have you "down" (sorry about that) I'll wish you a blessed day and a blessed week. Give God thanks this week, this day, or this moment.