I've seen seven anniversaries here of 9/11. And all are a little different, and amid the sorrow there are always tremendous stories of courage and self sacrifice which are inspiring.
And the US is now in another war. At least I think it is, the news anchors can't seem to agree though on what constitutes a war, but they all seem to be in agreement that it can't (this might-be war) won by air strikes alone, and Obama has vowed and declared there will not be "boots on the ground" a phrase much bandied about at the minute. Does Britain think there is a war? And I believe I heard that Angela Merkel doesn't want anything to do with it, but then Germany isn't being threatened.
There has been a change in the weather, it is cool, damp and lovely, and 65 at the moment.
The Kiwanis speaker this morning I think would have been interesting, the subject was the cattle trails across Pottawatomie county, and the speaker was a retired history professor from OBU. He looked about 100 years old, but couldn't be, he went to school with Louise. Unfortunately he talked very quietly, in a flat monotone, and my English ears are just about tuned into normal accents, at normal volume, I can't cope with anything else, I just get lost.
This is the little bit of cross stitch I have been working on.
Chaplain Bill at the hospital has become a grandfather for the first time, and there is so much joy and excitement surrounding this birth. The child is adopted - Bill's daughter and son in law were at the hospital when the mother was giving birth, although they didn't meet the birth mother, and they took the baby home with them a day or two after the birth.
I was going to hold back with the gift until after the court hearing legalising the adoption, but there are some bumps in the road so I took it to the hospital today to pass on. The court hearing was supposed to be last Friday but the birth mother was too stoned on substances to attend. The mother lives with her father, and he is keen for the adoptive parents to have the child, and he said he will try and keep a tight rein on her and hopes to get her to the next hearing on Friday of next week. I think Bill said she is also due to attend a criminal hearing on Thursday for possession, So like I said, there are bumps in the roads, but the child is just so loved and cherished and doted upon, and when the adoption is final I am sure everyone who knows Bill and the family will be so pleased.
By the way, I did the cross stitching, a friend at Emmanuel who has a sewing machine made it up into the cushion. She left it on my front door when I was at Kiwanis, and when I went to Emmanuel to thank her, I was told she left this morning for a holiday in Missouri, she obviously dropped it off on her way. I was so touched - when I gave it to her on Tuesday she never even hinted that she was busy, or about to go on holiday, people here are just so kind.
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