This morning, my neighbor died.
He was in the hospital for some reason over the weekend, and this morning he got a blood clot in his head and passed away before he could be treated for it.
He was only about 58. He lived around the corner from me.
Two and a half years ago, my friend died of ovarian cancer. She was maybe 50. She lived 3 houses down from me.
A little over a year ago, my neighbor around the corner died when her schizo husband beat her to death.
That's 3 people within a block in 2..5 years.
I didn't know this man's family very well. But 10 years ago, his 17 year old son finished a shift at a pizza store, then went to the park and hung himself from a tree. That was sad, sad, sad.
That happened just after we got split from their ward, when this man was just put in the bishopric.
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Forget about waiting for a second mission call. . .
trying to get my 17 yr old out the door, ready and packed for swim state,
is enough to give me a CORONARY!
He was half an hour late for Calculus.
He didn't do his Humanities homework that was due last night.
He forgot to eat breakfast.
He forgot deodorant.
He almost forgot to take his swim suit and goggles.
He left his "to do on the bus" stuff packed in his "put under the bus in the storage bin" bag.
He lost the spare keys to his car that I need to drive tomorrow.
Breathe, just breathe.
PS forget about breathing! Koby's call did NOT come today.
Now back to holding my breath. . .
is enough to give me a CORONARY!
He was half an hour late for Calculus.
He didn't do his Humanities homework that was due last night.
He forgot to eat breakfast.
He forgot deodorant.
He almost forgot to take his swim suit and goggles.
He left his "to do on the bus" stuff packed in his "put under the bus in the storage bin" bag.
He lost the spare keys to his car that I need to drive tomorrow.
Breathe, just breathe.
PS forget about breathing! Koby's call did NOT come today.
Now back to holding my breath. . .
Sunday, February 9, 2014
True to form...
my ward will be re-aligned again!
That has got to be around 11 or 12 in the 20 years we have lived here.
There was 1 ward south of the river when we moved here.
On Sunday, there will be 12 wards in our stake,
and I don't know how many are in the other stakes
that are out here.
We still will not be getting our friends from our neighborhood back in our ward. We were split away from the oldest part of our neighborhood 2 years ago, and we are all still wanting to be rejoined with them. They are assigned to go to the other chapel to hear the news, that's why I am confident they aren't going to be put back with us.
We do know that our bishop will be released.
He will be in Africa picking up his missionary when he is released from his 7 years of being bishop.
So, he bore his testimony today since he will be gone.
That has got to be around 11 or 12 in the 20 years we have lived here.
There was 1 ward south of the river when we moved here.
On Sunday, there will be 12 wards in our stake,
and I don't know how many are in the other stakes
that are out here.
We still will not be getting our friends from our neighborhood back in our ward. We were split away from the oldest part of our neighborhood 2 years ago, and we are all still wanting to be rejoined with them. They are assigned to go to the other chapel to hear the news, that's why I am confident they aren't going to be put back with us.
We do know that our bishop will be released.
He will be in Africa picking up his missionary when he is released from his 7 years of being bishop.
So, he bore his testimony today since he will be gone.
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