Waiting is not easy....

Last Friday we got the news that my mother in law had had a massive stroke and was not expected to recover. She is 88 and ready to go home to God, although my father in law who is 91 would be lost without her.
Over the weekend amazingly she regained some consciousness and responded a little to family members. By Wednesday the message was that she was being kept comfortable but wouldn't last longer than a week.
I like to know what's happening, plan my life and be in control. I find myself saying, "I'll do XYZ as long as Mother B hasn't died and....."
It's made me realise how hard it is to wait and how difficult I find it to trust the unknown future to someone else. Of course no one ever knows what will happen which is maybe why my Grandmother used to plan and then say DV ( which is short for deo volente - God willing.)
So back to living one day at a time, enjoying the moment and going on in trust......

Communal kitchens

Been a while so what inspired this? Spring? Who knows?

I'm always astonished by communal kitchens. I've been in plenty of staff rooms and churches where no one dares throw things out because they might belong to someone. So you get mouldering lunches and leftover communion grape juice and .......

This takes the cake.

Two weeks ago I decided to take something to church for morning tea for the little girl  newly diagnosed with diabetes. I chose a little Holly Hobbie ramekin and filled it with strawberries and cucumber and carrot all cutely cut with my crinkly cutter. Topped with a nasturtium it looked good.

As I was about to leave I saw the bowl with just a few bits left and forgot to pick it up. The next week i went looking for it - in the fridge, in the cupboards - and asked all round. Perhaps someone had kidnapped it for sale on eBay!!
Yesterday I found it - parked on a side bench in the hall complete with dried and desiccated bits of vegetable and flower. Would you believe it!!!