水果视频bodies - When you feel alone, reach out
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- Published on Saturday, February 27, 2016
By Rita Friesen
The Neepawa Banner
The past several weeks have been tough slugging with my studies. I feel a need for frivolity coming on. For starters, I decided to practice what I teach. I encourage people who feel alone or lonely to reach out. We are not mind readers and can鈥檛 know what someone else needs.
I tried the exercise on for size for New Year鈥檚 Day. I called a family who loves me and has adopted me as a grandma figure and asked if the meal was being served at noon or five and to set another plate. They were delighted, as was I.
This month was a milestone birthday for me, three score and ten, or sixty-ten, whichever you prefer. I called my sister and we debated if she and her family would come here, or would I drive down. There would be six of them and with all my downsizing, I was going to be short of seating. And I don鈥檛 prefer to spend my time in the kitchen! It was determined that I would head south and I made it abundantly clear that to mark just an auspicious event, the family recipe for boiling water chocolate cake was a necessity, and birthday girl would have the corner piece! (She made a round cake and so I simply needed two pieces to acquire the adequate amount of decadent icing!) So, if I was heading south, it was logical to fit in at least one other stop by. I called up my sister-in-law, the one who has been my security blanket at countless family gatherings, and asked what was for lunch. Had a lovely time with both families!
Two of my nieces, a nephew and a nephew-to-be were present at the gathering with the cake. My niece waited until I was ready to leave before she quietly asked me if I would officiate at the wedding this summer. After a proper show of modesty and humbleness, I flung my arms around her and happily agreed! (I have been privileged to officiate at one other wedding. I think I will apply to be a commissioner rather than go for the one time permit to marry!) That鈥檚 exciting to me.
I was humbled by the outpouring of birthday wishes, cards, calls and messages. The support enabled me to give ardent thanks for life. The choir鈥檚 offering of 鈥楬appy Birthday鈥� Sunday morning was another type of icing on the cake. I highly recommend three score and ten!
This column is a collection of thoughts of the week past. A comment from a classmate set me thinking. When one is uncertain of a fact or bit of trivia, it has become commonplace to say - 鈥済oogle it!鈥� We were debating a fairly deep theological point and someone used that phrase. Without batting an eye, my fellow student intoned, 鈥楪od or Google?鈥� Think about that in theology!
