MY DAD IS HERE.... EVERYTIME I SAY I WON'T DO SOMETHING I CAN PICTURE GOD SITTING THERE WITH A GLEAM IN HIS EYE AND A BIG HARDY LAUGH AS HE PLANS OUT THE NEXT LESSON FOR MY LIFE.
I HAVE ALWAYS SAID I COULD NEVER LIVE WITH MY DAD. WE'RE BOTH TOO STUBBORN AND SET IN OUR WAYS. WELL ON JUNE 29TH HE FELL AT THE LAUNDRY ROOM AT HIS TRAILER PARK AND WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. WE BROUGHT HIM HOME WITH US CAUSE HE'S TOO WEAK TO BE ALONE. VERN AND I DECIDED TO GIVE HIM ONE OF THE EXTRA BEDROOMS AND NOW TO TRY TO CONVINCE HIM THAT HE'S NOT IN THE WAY. HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN FEARCELY INDEPENDANT AND NOW HAS TO DEPEND ON US FOR HELP. WHICH HE'S HATING. ESPECIALLY HARD FOR HIM IS BEING TOLD HE SHOULDN'T DRIVE. HE'S HAD A FEW BLACKOUTS AND DRIVING IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. HE'S BEEN A TRUCK DRIVER ALL OF HIS LIFE AND STILL IN THE BACK OF HIS MIND HE SHOULD STILL BE ABLE TO DRIVE.
SO WE ARE ON A NEW JOURNEY AND I KNOW THAT "I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGHTENS ME" NOT ON MY OWN STRENGHT IN OTHERWORDS. AS THE SONG GOES. " ONE DAY AT A TIME SWEET JESUS, THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FROM U".