I’m just making a “run through” today. I home for aa bit between doctor’s appointments for Ms. Kate. The first was with Dr. Jackson, our family physician and was basically just a check up for her. She has one of those every four months. While we there though he had his FNP give me my flu shot. I still have to get my RSV shot somewhere. 

We need to head out soon for her next appointment. This will be with Dr. Roberts, her surgeon. We are really hoping that we can get a date for her surgery scheduled. I suspect he will want her to have another CT scan before he gives us a date though. We have been doing the drain flush twice a day but we don’t know what we are expecting to see. I would not expect the stuff we get out of her tube to become clear but  we don’t know. We just want to get this all over with. 

We had good attendance at the churches again yesterday. The St. Lucas kids did their Christmas program and the choir sang “Mary, Did You Know”. Next Sunday the St. Paul’s children will do their Christmas Program and the St. Lucas choir will sing another anthem. And, believe it or not —- the following Sunday is Christmas Eve.  

The Pastoral Search committee is working hard and they now have at least a dozen candidate profiles to go through. The first two Sunday’s in January they have a candidate lined up to preach and she will be doing a trial sermon to become the interim pastor until a settled pastor is found. So things are working like they are supposed to and soon I become just a memory. I have to admit I have a bit of angst about the whole thing, but it is time for me to step down before I fall down. 20 years is long enough. 

Tie to go. — Have a great day. Peace