Been a fast couple of days

to start the week. The ride on Monday was all day and I was pretty much wiped out after that.

Took Pop to the doctor for a followup visit Tuesday. I can only hope to recover from surgery that quick! Unbelievable, the dude is like the Energizer bunny. Just keeps going and going and going.

The plantation is very busy these days and when I made it back to the office had a pile of work to catch up on. I was still worn out from the ride/funeral and needed to rest but got busy and stayed late. SU was at her usual Tuesday night group session so it wasn’t a problem.

Today was extremely busy and I was very tired. Many problems, none at the plantation, all external and all causing problems. Makes you wonder.

Did manage to get my page made for Pfc. Kosters from Monday’s ride. I keep thinking about the scene in We Were Soldiers where the wife that was helping distribute bad news is confronted with her own bad news.

Such was the case in Pfc. Kosters family. His mom is a Blue Star Mom and has worked with the Guard on other occasions. She tried her best to maintain her composure, to hold her chin high. In the end, we all succumb to grief, as she did. So sad.

I received an email from someone I’ve never met but that encouraged me so much. The power of the Internet to touch people is just now being revealed. The young man that contacted me is such an encourager. He reminds me of Pop in some ways, seeing as how Pop named his department The Encouragers.

Also on Tuesday an old friend stopped by. What a blessing! He’s a deacon in his own church and is always trying to push the message forward. We talked outside by the bayou, such a glorious day! One thing he said meant a lot, that I was now doing “significant” things rather than the days when everything I did was for money.

How true that is. I really feel that today I’m so much better off than the days in which I thought that the path to happiness was through 90 hour weeks and climbing the ladder. To wipe the tear from the eye of a child is so much more rewarding. Or to pick up the phone as I did while typing this note and hear a guy struggling through the pain of potential divorce reaching out for help and know that I can and will provide some measure of comfort to him is far better than a bonus received because I managed to cut another FTE.

This song just popped into my mind, Why Me Lord, by Kris Kristofferson:

Why me Lord
What have I ever done to deserve even one,
Of the pleasures I’ve known
Tell me Lord,
What did I ever do that was worth loving you,
For the kindness you’ve shown.
Lord help me Jesus I’ve wasted it so,
Help me Jesus, I know what I am.
But now that I know that I’ve needed you so,
Help me Jesus my soul’s in your hands.
Try me Lord,
If you think there’s a way I can try to repay,
All I’ve taken from you.
Maybe Lord,
I can show someone else what I’ve been through myself,
On my way back to you.
Lord help me Jesus I’ve wasted it so,
Help me Jesus, I know what I am.
But now that I know that I’ve needed you so,
Help me Jesus my soul’s in your hands.
Lord help me Jesus I’ve wasted it so,
Help me Jesus, I know what I am.
But now that I know that I’ve needed you so,
Help me Jesus my soul’s in your hands.
Jesus my soul’s in your hands.