thread for middle age to older Christian women.

Dear sisters in Christ,

Just dropping in to wish you all a most BLESSED CHRISTMAS and a very happy and HEALTHY NEW YEAR. I'm sorry to have been MIA lately but as with most of you, things have just been too hectic and I needed to find time for lots of other things. Please know though, I am always praying for all your needs and believing that God will answer our prayers in His own time.

Peace and healing for all of you!

Love, Faith (in the future).

Merry Christmas Nancy and all. I pray you all have a blessed Christmas.

It is storming in San Diego today, but lovely and warm in my kitchen with the men cooking!

I finally went to urgent care tonight. I called at noon as you can get appointment times. The earliest available time was at 8PM and knowing there might be a two hour wait I took the late night apt. I have acute sinusitis which I am guessing is the same as a sinus infection. I will be on antibiotics but can't pick up until 9:30 pm.

I figured this had turned into something else since it was just not letting go. I am still hoping to visit my family but it won't be for three weeks as originally planned as I have important apts I have to get back for. I am not up to traveling yet. Hopefully I will be in a few days.

I hope you are enjoying some relaxing days after the rush of Christmas. Do you want to him something funny? I haven't started my Christmas shopping yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not kidding.

Love,

Nancy

Aw, Nancy, bless your heart! Our son, Aaron, gets REALLY sick with that. Glad you went and got it diagnosed with treatment to follow. Praying the Lord will heal you soon and you'll feel much better. Rest and heal. Cammie will keep an eye on you from her perch.

Sending a hug,

Ade

Yes, Ade, Cammie follows me around like a dog if I leave the room for any length of time. She is my "guard cat" for sure. A few years ago I was at my Mom's house and it was the night of Memorial Day. Cammie has a habit of scratching on the shades in the middle of the night and I raise them a little for her to see out. This time the shade got away from me and went all the way to the top and I was too tired to get out of bed and pull it back down. Sometime later I heard Cammie hissing and I had never heard her do that before. I thought maybe a stray cat had appeared and I got up to look and low and behold...............there was a peeping Tom looking in my window. When he saw me he ran to his truck that was already running and parked going the wrong way in front of my Mom's house. So Cammie really is my guard cat.

Chris, I have a feeling the Christmas sales will be over by the time I make it to my Mom's but I am taking it one day at a time.

Joanne, I know you and and your whole family has been run through the ringer these last few weeks. Praying for all of you and for Michelle to have remarkable progress at this rehab facility.

Love,

Nancy

Hi dear sisters,

As we battle sickness and SE's from treatments and just the challenges that we all face though they may be different types and some more serious than others, God cares about every single one of you and what you are going through. He wants you to share EVERYTHING with Him. That is how you build a close and trusting relationship with our God. Even though he is King of Kings and Lord of Lords the Bible also tells us He is our friend. I know that I want to have a friend who has my back in EVERYTHING I go through. One who is the source for EVERYTHING I need. One who loves me despite EVERYTHING bad thing I have ever done. He forgives us of those things as we asked Him to. That is the kind of friend I want in my life. His name is Jesus. We celebrated Him as a baby a few days ago but the truth is He is all powerful, all knowing and the Savior of the World. He grew up to be a man that died for us so that we can have life in Him. Even though I am still sick I can still celebrate all of the goodness we have in Him. I know He is still in control and has never left the pilot's seat on my journey. Have a wonderful last weekend of this year. I am always hopeful that the New Year will bring unexpected blessings if we can only look for them.

Love,

Nancy

I am literally hearing these fireworks outside my house now. The thought of going to bed early (for me) may not happen. I think that as we reflect on the last year we could all say it was full of blessings and challenges. I imagine this New Year will have some surprises. Take care dear sisters.

Yes, Joanne, May the Lord's purpose prevail in our lives and in our country.

Love,

Nancy

As we say goodbye to the old year may our prayers be for a New Year of GOOD HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PEACE, for us and our families and for this world, that Our Blessed Lord has given us.

Happy New Year everyone!!!

Faith (in the future)

Nancy, I am so happy you were able to go to your mom's for Christmas, and that you returned safely. I was praying you would be able to go.

We spent a quiet New Year's eve and day at home watching old TV programs (we are not a football family.) I just ordered Chinese for dinner after spending all afternoon making my DH mince pies--a throw-back from his English mother. I promised them last year and never made them.

Happy 2019 to everyone here. I pray God sends you many blessings this year.

Chris

Nancy, so sorry I messed this up, and I am sorry you are still too ill to travel. I will continue my prayers for your recovery.

Hershey, I am thankful you got to travel and are home safe. I don't even try it at Christmas. For some reason I have not felt very much holiday spirit this year although I had family here and everything, and lots to be thankful for. I am even ready to take the little bit of Christmas stuff down that I put up, and I never feel this way...

I think and pray for you all often.

We keep our decorations up well into January. It's too depressing to take them down on 1/2.

I suffer from seasonal affective disorder-SAD. Jan is always a very hard month for me...so dark, cold and short days.

Praying for those who are sick out there.

L

I saw the doctor today and was very impressed with the efficiency of the doctor and the place. Within 45 min. I saw the doctor, got a chest xray and got a call from him on the way home. I have pneumonia and by the time I get home he had already called in prescriptions for an antibiotic, cough medicine and an inhaler plus arrangements for a follow up chest xray in 3 weeks. I think I will be using him for general practicioner visits in the future. God is so good. Love, Jean

I'm feeling a little better today after getting some sleep last night. Now the challenge is to remain resting and avoid,a relapse by doing too much too soon. Love, Jean

Hi dear ladies of faith.

I never did make it to visit my family and am not planning on it now. I had a setback a few days ago and was so dizzy and very disappointed. I had toyed with the idea of leaving today but I know I need to take time to finish healing. I still have a couple more days of antibiotics. I did see my new pcp yesterday as our urgent care wants you to follow up with your own doctor shortly after your visit. I am feeling much better today and even did some vacuuming and laundry today. I will have to find some time to squeeze in an unplanned visit later.

Jean, I am sorry to hear you have pneumonia but glad you have had a good experience with this doctor and are on meds now. I know it is not easy for me to just rest and do nothing but that is pretty much what I have done for the last three weeks and hopefully I am almost over with this stuff. I still have congestion but in general am feeling much better. Give yourself permission to rest and I know that is not easy to do.

Good to hear from you Vargadoll. I hope you had a good Christmas and New Years.

Lita, I use a lightbox and have used one for many, many years. I can start feeling the effects of shorter days as early as Oct. so I just keep this box on my dining room table and try to use it everyday. I think it helps a bit.

Do you all remember helping me with my sunset photos. Well............................I won for the month of December. I instantly have won a $75 gift card and am now in competition with the other month winners from May - Nov. to win the top prize of $500. Voting is all on Facebook which I am not even on so I don't have a million friends on Facebook to ask to vote for me. I am just happy to be a finalist. I was interviewed via email and there will be an article on me. I had quite the back and forth email volley today with the person writing the article. I had answered her questions yesterday and then she said something today in an email that something inside of me just laid it all on the line. I said something like I don't worship creation but the Creator. Anyway it will be interesting to see what she writes. This is the photo which I changed a bit since posting the last time. I was SOOOOOOOOOOO excited as I have worked so hard on this competition for two years. I took this pic just a few days before getting sick. So thank you all for your input. It is not the one I thought they would pick but you never know what they will pick.

I hope all of you who have been battling sickness are improving and that our 2019 will be a great year.

Love,

Nancy