Gratitude and Maisie!

After pouring out my heart and my worries, I am still feeling stuck but not alone, because of so many friends who are praying for me and supporting me. Thank you; I feel encouraged. In my next email to my advisor, I am going to admit my quandary.

Last summer I signed up for the third year of once-a-month mystics classes in San Antonio. Due to other commitments and bad weather, I have only gone to two in this series. I was determined to go yesterday, because one of my favorite people, Father Kelly Nemeck of Lebh Shomea, was scheduled to speak on Teilhard de Chardin.

I woke up at 5 am and started driving an hour later. It takes about 2 1/2 hours to drive to San Antonio from Corpus Christi. When I got to Floresville, which is about 30 miles south of SA, I felt very sleepy and stopped at a quickie market. I parked, put the seat down, and slept for about 15 minutes. Then when I was ready to go, the car would not start! The battery was dead.

I went inside the little store, and two grizzled men came out to help me. One had a gray handlebar moustache. They jumped the battery, while telling me that the terminals were badly corroded. Yuck.

While driving, I called my son DC to ask him to look up on his computer auto places near my destination where I could get a new car battery. After awhile, he called me back to ask if I would like him and his wife to meet me after the class and take care of the battery for me! This was so nice, because they had to drive from Austin to meet me.

DC and AA met me in the church parking lot after Father Kelly's excellent talk. We went to Auto Zone, where David removed my battery for me, carried it into the store, and then installed the new one I bought. I was so happy to be rescued by my children! Then we had a huge lunch at a Mexican restaurant. (I was so full after that chicken fajita taco salad that I never ate any dinner last night!)

It was a long 13 hour day by the time I returned home, but it was such a happy day with DC and AA coming to my aid. What a gift!

And now for a few pictures of Maisie taken today:

Maisie and Baillie playing tug of war

Maisie using the treadmill more than CB or I ever do