A
SERENDIPITY DAY
May 29,
2013
I opened
one eye this morning to a dark dismal looking day. My head ached, along
with a lot of other things. Not a very promising
morning. My dog sat looking on hopefully as I got
dressed. She thinks her before-breakfast morning run is the only option.
I was having doubts, but I pressed on.
I gulped
down a couple Excedrin, put on a jacket and we set off ---out the back gate
into the sagebrush.
I
inhaled a few big breaths, but the headache was still there.
Overhead hung a dark remnant of cloud left over from the last storm front that
passed over--chilly winds still blowing, sans rain.
The phone rang while I sat in the massage chair. It was my
granddaughter Beth. She said she had a few spare hours and wondered if
she could come over. Her almost daily visits had come to an end
when she gave up her job at the local market. She missed
them, she said. I sent up a small prayer for a shot of energy,
because I love Beth's visits. She suggested that we do something
fun, and I badly needed some extra stamina.
Oddly,
when I got up from the chair, the headache was dimming down. . . .almost
gone.
The pain
in my lower back seemed strangely absent.. Excedrin and prayer
obviously work well together.
Beth helped me with a few errands and then we headed to the Great Basin
Art Gallery. It is housed in a quaint little cottage, a small but
exquisite collection of Nevada artists work. From there we walked
to the Capital grounds and stood and gazed at the huge bronze of Kit Carson on
his horse. It stands in a little plaza in the center of the park-like
grounds of the Capital building. Above us the sky had cleared and the sun
sent its rays down through the massive trees that dominate the park.
Shadows
dappled the lawns and a cool breeze whispered in the leaves.
We
strolled the pathways enjoying each other and the beauty of the day.
I sent
aloft grateful thanks for answered prayers and unexpected blessings!
Betty L.
Owen, journal 2013
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