I was at some friends’ place in AZ and I said to her—Your "live-in friend" (i.e. who is my friend) is special. She said—He’s special alright, like a special needs person. She made me LOL!
Last week I asked how you prayed for your grandkids etc. Here is a response I got from a special person--My prayer for my grandkids: please God help my grandchildren to stay on the path you have planned for them. God, if one of them is doubtful today, send your Holy Spirit to work extra hard on their heart..
I had the opportunity to go to the Easter sunrise service at the Red Rock Amphitheater in CO with our daughter and our granddaughter (i.e. special folks). It was a great, beautiful opportunity/experience even thought it was brezzy brezzy along with 10,000 other folks of all ages. It was pretty exciting. The message was about peace on earth and how each one of us can do that by being humble and helping others and not being all about us. Makes sense to me. The Rev. Dr. John J. Yu suggested that we communicate with others and give them encouragement. Sooooo, how many of the approximately 10,000 folks do you think contacted Mr. J. Yu and told him he did a good job, which he really did in my opinion?
I think the folks that are the most special are the ones who are themselves (i.e. not fakers but are just real). They are who they are. I also discovered that some gals and maybe some guys have been lied to in the past and are skeptical of the opposite sex (i.e. lost their trust). I can understand that. Have you ever been lied to? Or maybe we have been disillusioned. Now that could be. Or maybe we read a lot more into something than what it was. Now that could be.
I have had a lot of road hours to think of my winter driving
back to IA a.k.a. decompressing. Here’s a sneak peak of some stuff that I might
have learned! Many single seniors who are divorced or lost their spouse seem to
be wondering as they wander. It appears that divorced gals are not always
sooooo sweet as they have been hurt and are scared (i.e. makes sense). It appears that maybe many single seniors
(i.e. both men and women) want a companion more than a romantic partner but if a
romance happens, great). Many
male/female relationships are platonic relationships by design. Another factor
in this relationship thinking is that if a widow or widower went through a
partner’s tough disease or death, they wonder if they want or can go through
that again or have another person taking care of them. Also, it doesn’t make it
easy many times when folks get married to figure out the money and family
situations. But many work through all those potential problems and get married,
live together or just become companions. And for some, the right person comes
along and BINGO! AllAloneWilma says—It’s a couples’ world. I don’t like being
alone. BUT it appears that there are about 15 senior women for each senior
man. That’s not good odds for women
(i.e. that is why they have line dancing). Does any of this make any sense to
you? That is what I thought. Life isn’t
fair; the only thing that’s fair is the Butler County fair and that is in
June. My winter was humbling but a great
experience. I didn’t get married, am not living with a gal nor do I have a
companion. Such is life. On April 1 I sent a text to my big sister (i.e. only
in age) and my kid sister and told them I got married yesterday. Boy they got excited. They were happy when I
texted them “April fool” later in the day. They care about me. They want the
best for me. 
AVeryInteresingGal
(i.e. senior lady divorced twice and says she really isn’t interested in a romantic
relationship with a guy—unless…). She taught me some great lessons just be accident. She is special in that she is happy and is
content, she says. She has quite a life;
maybe pretty normal but full of hard work and disappointments and
accomplishments). She taught me much about a lot of stuff but maybe the most
important thing is how to be content in life. But she also taught me how women
think and act in our culture today. Some
of the stuff would hurt your feelings gals and guys, soooo I will not tell you. haha Why
she told me all this stuff, I have no idea!
Maybe she thought I needed it (i.e. maybe she thinks I’m naïve and a
rookie and vulnerable). Could be. Happenstance, na, I don’t think soooooo. She
is a very interesting gal. She said it would take a special guy to marry her as
she has a strong personality, and many men would have a hard time with that.
But I bet she was a great employee. Actually, she did very well. A very interesting person. I have met a lot of
them. Oh, I said to her--I was sorry for your two ugly divorces—she said—they
were ugly but not as ugly as the two ugly marriages!
Most folks I have been in contact with are just normal folks
a.k.a. CommonJoesandJosies who will go out of their way to be nice to everyone. Some of these normal folks are very talented,
some very financially rich, some very generous, some are extremely positive,
but they basically are all just normal folks; real folks with good hearts who
are my kind of folks. How about this. I
met a person who I enjoyed being around (i.e. I liked my first impression of
them). After I got to know this person
better, they were even nicer than my first impression. Wow!
WorldClassLarry says—erv, for the rest of your life, you’ll
try to determine the right timing for many decisions you have to make. It may
be deciding about a moving change, a thinking change, or a change in a
relationship. The Bible tells us, “There is a right time and a right way to
do everything, but we know so little! None of us knows what is going to happen,
and there is no one to tell us” (Ecclesiastes 8:6-7 GNT). Hey, there will
be another pickup for sale tomorrow (i.e. it’s not special) or the farm next to
you only comes up for sale once. It’s special. TomSmart says—That is discernment.
I have said soooo many times that I have had many many good things happen to me
and it seems they just fall in my lap! Not all of you agree with me, you think
we all have something to do with making some of the good stuff happen (i.e.
it’s not all predestined or is it ). And
you might be right no matter what you think. Scotty Scheffler, the winner of the Master's, said this in
his post tournament press conference—My stomach was very upset this morning and
I was a mess. My wife, Meredith asked
what was wrong. I told her I don’t think it’s my time to win the Master’s. She said to him—Scotty, you don’t have the ultimate choice if you are going to win or not soooo you really don’t have toooo worry about it, do your best, and just have peace and enjoy the day. And life will be good if you win it or not.
I have met some very neat and special folks and reconnected
with others this winter (i.e. you know who you are). You have influenced me,
and I really appreciate it.
Thanksamillion.
A female acquaintance/friend (i.e. I enjoy talking to gals
as they think differently than guys) told me that gals maybe appreciate compliments
from other gals more than they do from guys. What? Why do you think that? Just
ask gals and I think they would all say the same thing. They want to be accepted by their peer
group. Gals are very suspicious of guys’
compliments as they think guys have an agenda. Sooo should I compliment gals or
not? I’m confused. But I get confused
easily. Help me here. WildBill says—I’m
damned if I do and damned if I don’t! I asked Heather and James about this and they both agreed. Sooooo there!
Have a FUN day my friends unless you don’t have other plans. (-:
erv
MyFriendJean said--Missionaries are people who are beyond their abilities.
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