Nightly Gathering
Open Thread Post 132 - Busy
Today was busy, thankfully. It's Friday and I saw the time during those hardest hours that give me horrible memories,, but I realized this week that most of my feelings have just become more numb. I didn't cry, I didn't try to remember. I don't want to remember that terrible Friday if I don't have to. I acknowledged and dismissed today.
I had lunch and went shopping with a friend I hadn't seen in the last three months. There is a store in Scottsboro she wanted me to experience called Hammers, and I was excited to show her the Banana Box. I think we both found new places to go. It was great to catch up and spend time together. I did a little additional work when I got home, but then still wanted to take the dog out, so I called another friend and we met for a hike around dinnertime. The dogs loved it and I hadn't been on that trail in years, but I'm definitely going to do it more often.
My grief is in a lull or there is a new numbness for the time being, but I'll take it for now.
Here is another Bible verse to ponder:
Beloved, let us [unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves [others] is born of God and knows God [through personal experience].
1 John 4:7 AMP
Thank you for the update on how you’re doing and for the beautiful scripture! Sounds like you did have a fun day and so did the dogs.
We have neighbors whose youngest son was killed in a car accident when he was 15 years old, riding with friends to a high school football game on a Friday evening. For years his dad hated Friday nights. That was back in 1993, they are in their late 70s now, doing very well and have several beautiful grandchildren from their other two sons. Thank God they are happy.