Welcome to June of 2020. Five months of this year are gone and we’ve spent the last 11 weeks basically holed up in the house. It is very much a repeat of 2019 where I spent from February through April recovering from surgery, and from the end of May through August again in recovery from more surgeries. But look at me now. The tendon has regenerated to some degree and I can do almost anything I need to do. God is great and the miracles God performs are beyond imagination. Who would have thought that an Achilles Heel would regenerate? Certainly not my surgeon who said, I almost hate to call it a tendon , —- but I can feel it.

All of my family should be starting to pack for a vacation in Branson MO by now but sadly, the COVID-19 pandemic has ruined and canceled those plans. At least I got all of my money back that I had paid out for the house. Last year I lost $9,000.00 because I thought I had travel insurance but didn’t and we had to cancel the trip because of my surgeries. That’s a hunk of change. But — it’s water under the bridge and gone. This year I was much more careful about how I made the arrangements.

The weekend has been a terrible one for our nation. Last week the Minneapolis Police arrested a black man for little or no reason and during the takedown the man was killed right there on camera. An officer had his knee on the man’s neck and despite the fact tat the man pleaded that he couldn't breathe, the officer continued to keep him pinned and he died. Race riots and looting has broken out all over the country. There have been some peaceful protests and there should be a lot of peaceful protests over this killing. But the riots and looting and thuggery have used the death of a man for nothing but criminal actions. They have nothing to do with paying honor for the man that was killed. Add to the problem with the criminal activity is the fact that we are still in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic. If we don’t see a big spike in the positive cases of the Corona Virus after these riots and demonstrations are over — well, we will have been lied to on that front because there certainly wasn’t any “social distancing” going on and yes, a lot of people had masks on but they always do during a riot because they are thieves. I guess we will know in a week of two about the reality of the spread of the virus. My friends, —- this country is in a mess!! I pray God will intervene.

That’s it for me today. Pray for a calm week and for the nation to come together once again in a peaceful way. May God guide us and bring us peace.