There's a group of women at the church who make prayer pups, like this one....
this was actually given to Larry, but normally we chaplains distribute them to children admitted to hospital, and they don't have Bible verses sewn on them. Anyway, the point of telling you this is to say I called at the hospital this morning to deliver a bag of them. I found Bill and another chaplain in the cafeteria having lunch, and sat with them and 'visited' as they say here. It was a lovely warm day (although it started off pretty cold and I was very overdressed by lunchtime) and beef burgers were being grilled outside. At Bill's suggestion I got myself one, with all the fixings that come with it, but I took it home to eat.
I also called at the Senior Centre for a visit with Louise, and my 5 minutes exercise on a bike. I had an interesting conversation with someone who has fairly recently started working there. I asked her where all the homeless couch potatoes had gone, and she told me with some glee that they had all cleared off. They just wanted to sit on the sofa, and watch television, and drink (which they must have done very surreptitiously because alcohol is banned). I murmured something sympathetic about them losing their home comforts, and she told me she'd been homeless, but now she had this job and was living with Marian - who assists Kate the Director . I did feel very glad for her, she was so happy.
I finally today finished the afghan I'd been working on.
It is not as big as I thought it was when it was all piled up on my chest, while I worked on it. I told the recipient I would bring it over in a suitcase when I come, and post my clothes beforehand. But I think I can post it after all, I've got some of those bags where you vacuum the air out and it compresses everything.
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