Friday
Dear Elsie
Today I was reminded that this is not normal!
It’s not normal to have 85 steps to the front door. We are so used to it – it is fully our normal, but for others it’s just not normal. I was reminded of this when I was in the pet shop today looking at kitty litter and the salesman wanted to sell me a 15kg bag. I told him I had to get it up 85 steps. “Yoh! Why?”
Yes! Why indeed?! We’ve learned the higher up the mountain you go, the better the view. There are always going to be compromises in life. You compromise one thing for another. It’s difficult to find perfection. Our compromise for the view is the trek up the mountain. It’s hard work, for sure, but then we read this….and think those 85 steps are a jolly fine idea…
50 steps? Pffft! Actually, walking back from the beach up Echo Steps, it’s a whopping 248 steps to get home. The 85 are just our ‘driveway’!
But for David the stairs remain very hard work. It probably would be better for him to be somewhere with very few steps but that’s not available at the moment. He had a quiet day. He seems to be having better days than last week. His mood is more upbeat.
I am trying to expedite the funicular.
Today dawned very windless, so we went to the beach early and I swam in the shallows to just past the lighthouse and back. The water was so warm and flat, I could easily have stayed in, but work called. The wind has picked up and it is cloudy and overcast with the threat of rain. I have a feeling it’s going to be a windy weekend.
I had a good working day & at 2pm, Mike and I both had eye appointments. New glasses are on the way.
Isaiah 44:8
“Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one.”
It’s not about now – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Gran xx