Not much to report today. Mouth is sore from teeth extraction yesterday. Had to get a shot at doctor's office. More medical stuff this week. Just when you think you got it down you get a call and have two more things to do. We are presently sitting, waiting on the Sun Water Department to cut the water back on. No not a bill problem just working on the system. Hopefully it will be up soon. Today we got posts from some new folks. Hey Jeremy- I'm glad Steven Segall is not as fat in person!!! Welcome Angela to my magical mystical world or as my outlaw sister in law likes to say better living through chemistry. I used to laugh at old folks who always told you about their latest ailments, aches, pains, and symptoms; and now here I am devoting a blog site to it. Makes you wonder don't it.
I'll end with a philosophical thought.
Hug your kids, wives, grandkids, call your family tell them you love them, take down the fences we all throw up, don't wait for anyone else to do it. Go first, it'll make everyone feel better. Why, because time is fleeting and life is too short! Love, laugh, cry, and be happy while you can. Today may be all we have.
Love you guys!!!
Dune
About Me
- Gary Hammett
- Covington, Louisiana, United States
- You might wonder how I got the nick name Dune. It was given to me by Ryan Andrew my #1 nephew. For some reason he called me Dune and it stuck. It's the name I'm proudest of. Thanks Rye!!
Dune In Better Times
He's a walking contradiction partly truth and partly fiction taking every wrong direction on his lonely way back home!
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Been busy at work again today. Have caught up with big things. Tomorrow begins the stuff that I have not gotten around to...
Expect visitors this weekend. I am sure you have already gotten phone call... If not, you will.
Ryan, Tara and Owen are bringing Tara back this weekend. Can not come this weekend trying to do Tara's Birthday early since she goes to LSU the next week (20-21 Aug).
As soon as you find something out about your hospital stay please let me know. I have to go to Seattle the week of 18-22 Aug. Only planning on staying a couple of days. Will return on evening (Wednesday) flying direct to Baton Rouge. Will have Vallie and Tara pick me up at airport then go next morning to lug all of the room up to her room (6th floor of Miller). Plan on coming to see you later that day or next morning.
Sent Jer the blogsite address for Owen.
You are constantly in my thoughts and prayers.
Love,
Bud
Nothing to report here. An overall dull and boring, thus good, day.
Off this weekend, so if you're having company give me a heads up so I can schedule accordingly.
Hey Gary
Sorry I've been out of touch for a few days. Greg & I have been on the road driving from Texas to Detroit Michigan. Greg has to be at one of their sister plants for business & then we are driving to Niagaria Falls Canada for 5 days R & R.
Your comments and reflections on the Psalms & some of the other verses brought to mind some for me to share with you. I too know how hard it is to stand still & not take action. I want to do something, to fix things. We have been going thru a series at church on "Refining". The sermons have been taken from Exodus of all places, but thye have had a lot of lessons & insights in them. The verses God prompted me to share with you today are Exodus 14:13-14, but especailly verse 14. :Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today...The Lord will fight for you, you need only to be still."
I know that He WILL deliver you, even though it may not be the way we want it to be. But, I will continue to pray for complete healing on this side until the day He accomplishes His will. I am encouraged by the friend who had the transplant & is now cancer free. WITH OUR GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!!
Don't know if you knew this, but
Raymond, Anita's husband, has lymphoma also. It is stage 1, not sure if it's non-hodgkins or not.
Gotta go for now. You are continually in our thoughts & prayers.
Much love
Patsy & Greg
Hi Gary, I can post comments now! I feel suddenly freed-up! Found a super lady who can work on my computer, and things are so much better today.
Yesterday we waited and waited, and Eduardo never really showed up! But hey, thats really ok by me. Again, thank you for sharing your heart, pain, and hope with us all.
Here's a word picture for you, from Hebrews 6:17-20. It's about how unchangeable God is, and the hope He gives us: It talks about those "who fled for refuge in laying hold of the hope set before us This hope we have [notice is present tense and continuous] as an ANCHOR of the soul, a hope both SURE and STEADFAST and one which enters within the veil where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us ---"
Now - the picture of hope, attached to an anchor is this: you have a quiet inlet with a small opening to the tossing, swirling seas. You venture out on a small boat through the opening, into the challenging and deep waters. Things "out there" can really do you in, if you were left to your own ability. BUT, you are there, always ATTACHED to the anchor! The anchor is hope, and Jesus is the quiet harbor. He's in that place of peace, and never, never lets go of us. He holds us! We don't hold onto Him.
This passage is marked in my Bible, and it encourages me many times. I love the picture it puts in my mind, and somehow that quiet inlet is a peaceful place, where I am safe.
Be encouraged to today, and bask in the love sent your way. I observe that illness such as yours does bring the blessing of overt love and kindness that is just below the surface of your friends and family. How sad that we rarely take time to express the depths of our heart until we face great challenges. Just life as humans I suppose.
Have a good day - - Love, Nita
Sir:
CPT Dave Haydel from the mighty 205th! You're always in our prayers, and we're definitely pulling for you! Come on back, we have some ESGR battles to fight!
Take care!
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