your faithfulness to the skies.

Psalm 36:5 GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

It is rare that I wake up to the sun in my face. (I slept on my reclining chair between 5:30 and 7 AM.)

It reminded me that no matter what happens during the night, the sun is faithful to rise in the morning.

Last night our sleep was interrupted at 12:17 AM with the ringing of our phone.

It was Cerwin’s sister Velda. Pleasant View Retirement Community called to say they were calling the ambulance because Mother was coughing up blood.

We live just a few miles from Pleasant View and got there just as the ambulance was leaving, so followed it to the hospital.

Mel and Velda were just behind us. Elvin (Cerwin’s brother) was at the ER when we arrived.

After she was settled in her ER room, we were invited to take turns staying with her two-by-two. The other three of us visited in the ER waiting room watching all the comings and goings:

• Mothers with sick babies
• A man who injured his thumb
• A young man came in a wheel chair and left on crutches with a bandaged leg
• People like us were there to be with someone in the ER
• A rather handsome man was discharged – for whatever reason he was there. He was apparently homeless, because he tried to sleep in one of the chairs. Security evicted him.
• A pretty young woman – fashionably dressed – took a liking to us and was obviously high on something. She was cleared to go home. She said her mom brought her – saying she was crazy – but did not wait for her, so she called a cab. At one point she sat next to me and asked what I do. I showed her a picture of a TFC chapel. She leaned over and kissed me several times on my cheek. 🙂

We smile because she was acting strange, but she is someone loved by God, and I reminded her of that. She knew that. She said her dad is a pastor.

• Spending time with people like her and the homeless man reminded me of the great love and patience it takes for those who serve and work with them on a daily basis.

By 4:00 we knew that Mother had pneumonia and was being admitted. Cerwin and I stayed to see her settled in her room on the 7th floor. Room 7014.

Today the family is emptying her old apartment at Landis Homes as she will be going to Personal Care in another part of the campus.

We appreciate your prayers for Mother and her family.

God is good and faithful.