Except for a few spots here and there the snow is gone. I have shared with you the fact that I can no longer walk. Knee went south and the doctors say it ain’t coming back. I tore a tendon and the surgery to repair it did not work. Of course there is always a re-do or some other procedure but at 81 I decided to just adapt. So now my world is drastically altered and the lives of those around me are also adversely affected. It takes about thirty minutes to get ready for the day…cleaned up, dressed and other stuff. All this is proceeded by going from the bed to the wheel chair and getting to the bathroom. From bed to wheel chair to bathroom about 10 minutes. I am for all intents and purposes home bound. Medical visits are a logistics nightmare. I have reached the point where I can get in and out of a car but I require help to do that. The stress and extra work on my wife are visible but love her heart she has adapted quite well. I see very few people, and don’t get a lot of calls. It does get lonely at times but that is to be expected. I kinda got into the old man retirement thing and loved it. I would grab my laptop and head for Panera or Starbucks…love coffee…work on my blogs and Sunday School Lessons. Over the past few years I met a lot of of people over a cup of coffee and I know we solved a lot of the worlds problems but it don’t seem much better. Church…now that is another thing I miss…or more accurately…need and miss very much. So I invite you to Ponder This. I am in reasonably good health over all. I have the big three…Food, Shelter, Clothing and a wife and daughter who take good care of me. I love to write and God has given me the tools to do just that and although I do seem to be slipping a bit, God always makes a way. The point is I am beginning to understand that word…Gratitude… So I ask you today to … Stay focused on the good things… and Ponder This… Gratitude involves being thankful and appreciative for the good things in your life. 

Kurt