Once again it was after one o’clock by time I finished the detective episode, went to bed, read a few pages and fell asleep. I was semi-awake when Bill got up some time after seven this morning and next thing I knew it was 8:30. I’d like to say I bounced out of bed but it was more like I rolled out and limped to the bathroom. It’s amazing how “stove up” the body can get after being in bed for a few hours!
Everywhere I turned today folks were talking about Mother’s Day. That, of course, reminded me of how much I miss Clint. Sigh… I spent the day putzing on the computer in between crocheting around the waffle baby blanket. I finally sewed in the last yarn tail at 3:35 this afternoon. It needs a little blocking but good to go apart from that. It will go to Pregnancy Resource Services. You can see a better picture of the actual stitch pattern HERE.

Marie called this morning just as I got out of bed so we caught up on the news. She is officially on inactive duty with the Air Force Reserves which means she could go back and put in four more years to get her retirement although she doesn’t anticipate doing that. She seems to be enjoying her new job with Vibra Health Care in Portland, Oregon. They do long term acute care. As Marie said, “we get the sickest of the sick.” How wonderful that someone is addressing this need in the community! She is “in charge” of something so hopefully she’ll be able to “shape” the way some things go where nursing care is involved. She was asked to help insert a feeding tube and had occasion to share the story of how I had to teach her to access a portacath when she came on board as Clint’s hospice nurse.
Just when you despair of man’s inhumanity to man, word come of the totals for things sent to the CURE Hospital for the February campaign. For the babies at CURE Hospital in Kabul, they shipped 47 cartons containing the following: 2,475 hats for newborns, 480 hats for toddlers (larger babies and smaller children),
1,200 newborn socks and 544 baby blankets. That's a total of 4,699 newly hand-knit and crocheted gifts. Isn’t that too awesome for words!
Larry H. was back leading rehearsal tonight. And we were happy to have David back with us. Hopefully he can stay well now! At rehearsal I sometimes wonder if it will al come together for Sunday morning services, but it always seems to. It was almost 9:30 by time I got home and settled in front of the computer again. I can watch the last detective episode tonight while I knit on the hoodie. “Hoodie?” you ask. Yes, this is one more of the UFO’s that has been lying around for ages. The body is knit and it just needs sleeves and the hood. It is a size 6 so I know I started out with the idea of making it for Reign and she’ll be nine this year. 
Love is an attitude, love is a prayer
For someone in sorrow, a heart in despair;
Love is good will for the gain of another,
Love suffers long with the fault of a brother. —Anon.