I’M BAAACCCKK!! (WELL MOSTLY)
TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND THOSE WHO FOLLOW MY POSTS. I’M BACK. WELL AT LEAST MOSTLY BACK. I APOLOGIZE FOR MY ABSENCE.
MY LAST POSTING WAS IN SEPTEMBER AND I HAVE BEEN “UNDER THE WEATHER”. NO STITCHES TO SHOW YOU. NO BORING STORIES TO SHARE.
MY LIFE WAS AT NO TIME IN DANGER, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE A FEW DAYS WHEN I FELT I WOULD HAVE TO SHOW SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO BE WELL ENOUGH TO DIE GRACEFULLY. FOR THE MOST PART, AND ON MOST DAYS, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FUNCTION AT A LEVEL, THAT WITH SOME HELP, I COULD SORT OF DO THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF WORK (MY POOR WIFE DOING THE REST) TO KEEP THINGS GOING. BUT, THIS BLOG, AND SOME OTHER THINGS HAD TO “GO TO THE BACK OF THE LINE”.
THANK YOU TO MY WONDERFUL WIFE AND DAUGHTER WHO SHOWED ME MORE SUPPORT AND GRACE THAN I DESERVE DURING THIS TIME.
THANK YOU TO ALL MY FRIENDS, INCLUDING THOSE AT MY CHURCH WHO HAVE KEPT ME IN THEIR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
IT HAS BEEN A PAINFUL AND HUMBLING EXPERIENCE. YOU SEE, I AM A LOUSY PATIENT. FOR MOST OF MY YEARS I HAVE BEEN DISGUSTINGLY HEALTHY AND I GUESS I GOT SPOILED.
WHILE NOT AT DEATHS DOOR (AT LEAST I DON’T THINK SO) DURING THESE WEEKS, THIS EPISODE HAS CAUSED ME TO LOOK ANEW AT MY OWN MORTALITY, AND WHILE I SELDOM TAKE MYSELF OR LIFE TOO SERIOUSLY, I HAVE HAD PERIODS WHEN I FOUND MYSELF WONDERING IF I HAVE MADE SUFFICIENT EFFORT TO TRY AND DO SOME GOOD ALONG THE WAY.
ENOUGH WITH THE SOAPY, MAUDLIN STUFF! LOOK AT ALL THE GREAT MATERIAL I HAVE MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS! THE ECONOMY! THE ELECTION! LIFE IN GENERAL! SO MUCH GOOD STUFF!
GUESS I BETTER GET BUSY AND MAKE UP FOR SOME LOST TIME. GET READY! …….BOB
