March 3, 2018

Greetings My Friend,

This past week has had a few hard days which set my Parkinson's off. I had an MRI afterwards for some reason when I sat up then got on my feet to walk, it was difficult even though I was using a walker. My guess is since I have low blood pressure that was more than likely low, which was why I was dizzy and walking difficult. Afterwards we did a quick stop at Wal-Mart's, then at Lowe's I waited in the truck with Daisy. Next a friend of ours has a son who has a dog so while the son is not able to care for the dog, he is ours which maybe for a long time. He is a big German Shepherd, we have 7 other dogs ranging from a boxer, a redbone and 4 mixed breeds weighing up to 40 pounds then there is little Daisy who is a toy poodle. The German Shepherd, named Cato, has a cage to sleep in so he is in that for the most part for now until all dogs get acclimated. Our dogs have taken turns barking at Cato, the boxer, Brendy was upset the most. She egged Cato on in the cage, boy can he move that cage around even though he is inside. Later Brendy took after our alpha dog which turned into a rather nasty dog fight, Junior was outside on his way back in so it was up to me to break them up. That was a job, first I filled up a small container with water, threw it at them, seeing that did not work I tossed my cup at them, finally I grabbed the broom and started hitting them, with the bristles side on them. As you can see, I have not had to break up fights before. By the end of the day I realized with all of the craziness of having a visitor come spend the night and the dogs fighting I had not done my quiet time with God, so I sat down to do my quiet time. I journal my thoughts first, then I journal a prayer to God all before I begin my study time. While reading I write down passages that hit me, when I am finished I ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to me the lesson I need to learn. With all that writing before hand I am ready to quiet my mind, afterwards I am able to absorb what God is wanting me to take from that day's reading. I write that down then I ask myself how can I serve others, I answer that question and then my quiet time is ready to come to an end. That night after my study time I found myself settled from all of the upsets of the two days, I was entering into my routines slowly and feeling rather good. I was amazed at how I was able to let go of the upsets, then begin back with my routines. I need to stick to routine's since it helps my Parkinson's disease, keeps my tremors down and brain fog at a minimum. Later Junior showed me how to use the broom to break up the kids when they are in a heated fight. Later as they tried to get testy all I had to do was show the broom at them they quieted down right away. They rarely get in these disputes, Val egged Brenny once too many times so she will not let him correct her anymore. In any case I am grateful that I did not allow fear to rule me, God showed me how to settle down and how to let go. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet