Lorena sent a picture of her stitches from the work on her jaw yesterday. I was going to put it up here, but it is cold and wind outside and I kind of want to sleep inside tonight. Right after she got back from Oregon Health Sciences University where the work was done–actually, it was nothing too big–we heard Amy, one of our friends from North Carolina, died after a bout with cancer. She was ten years younger than me and a great person. We were saddened, but thankful for a difficult life well lived. That, coupled with all the crazy terrorist attacks and belligerence that continues to grow around the world (as was manifested again in Paris) has put us into a pensive and admittedly melancholy mood. One wonders what the world will be like for our kids and for their kids. Will a life two generations from now be even recognizable to people of my generation. The funny deal is that even though we are sad for the death of our friend, her passing has been more of a comfort than a burden because Jesus is her friend. That is no small hope in that and an encouragement to those of us left behind.

Betty Blonde #425 – 03/03/2010
Betty Blonde #425
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