It’s Wednesday, so don’t forget Ajisuun and The Gambia.
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Psalm 140
1 Rescue me, Lord, from evildoers;
protect me from the violent,
2 who devise evil plans in their hearts
and stir up war every day.
3 They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s;
the poison of vipers is on their lips.
4 Keep me safe, Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
protect me from the violent,
who devise ways to trip my feet.
5 The arrogant have hidden a snare for me;
they have spread out the cords of their net
and have set traps for me along my path.
6 I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”
Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy.
7 Sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer,
you shield my head in the day of battle.
8 Do not grant the wicked their desires, Lord;
do not let their plans succeed.
9 Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
may the mischief of their lips engulf them.
10 May burning coals fall on them;
may they be thrown into the fire,
into miry pits, never to rise.
11 May slanderers not be established in the land;
may disaster hunt down the violent.
12 I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor
and upholds the cause of the needy.
13 Surely the righteous will praise your name,
and the upright will live in your presence.
Wandering Views 
Grandbaby Andy was taken to the hospital with pneumonia last night. His Mama says he’s a little better now, but she and Dada have hovered over him all night. Prayers for Andy and family are appreciated.
Last week they sent me a video of him toddling across the kitchen pushing a tall trash can almost taller than he is— he was saying ‘uh-oh, uh-oh’. His first words. If he’s anything like his Daddy those words are a harbinger of much pilfering and good natured mischief to come. But for now he’s a little puny, so prayers are appreciated.
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I have several friends who are heavy on my mind.
One lost her mother Sunday to pneumonia and had to put her father in the hospital with the same thing. Another is having to honor her mother’s wishes, she had surgery for a perforated bowel and is on a ventilator.
I have several friends who are battling cancer. Another friend had to put his dog down.
I have another who is miserable in her job. So so many different things.
Please pray for them and pray for me that I can continue to be a support to them.
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It feels overwhelming, staying on the sidelines and watching people you love struggle with so many hard things. xoxo
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Prayers for my parents and Second Sibling and her spouse. Second’s family is due to leave their apartment and move in with my parents by the end of the month. But baby still hasn’t made his arrival, and the midwives Second goes to will be two hours away once she moves in with my parents.
There is that, and there is also the necessary adjustment to be made of living together. Second sibling seems at ease about coming and living with my parents, but her spouse is a very independent minded man, and he seems to be struggling a bit emotionally with it all. Also, my father is dragging his feet about all the downsizing that needs to be done. There are old and valueless pieces of furniture and other items that are no longer needed which he is reluctant to get rid of. My mother is delighted at the thought of her daughter and granddaughter and soon to arrive grandson living there, and at having her son-in-law there too, but the anticipation of the upheaval that may occur between the older man set in his ways and the younger man with ideas of his own would be enough to make any woman apprehensive.
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Men tend to be able to work these things out when their women are supportive. Women tend to get all dramatic. But we will pray for them. It is not easy giving up the independence of a life time but the benefit to his wife will be obvious. And the young man will learn much as they learn to work together.
My dad struggles with having granddaughter there but it is so worth it to have his wife in her own home that he makes adjustments.
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I know my mother would prefer having her independence and my brother and SIL would like to live by themselves. All have to sacrifice something, but all gain something. None of it is easy. Nor is it easy for the siblings who visit. Everything changes, but the relationships have long been established and people can be sensitive about things.
Prayers for all on the thread.
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Roscuro, from what I have heard, it is much easier to live with the wife’s parents than with the husband’s . . . because a man will naturally defer to his father and will find it hard continuing to be an adult in the household, but it’s easier to work it out when it is the daughter who is the one who grew up in the household. The father finds it easier seeing him as a fellow man and head of his household.
I know a family who lives with her parents (the young couple has two very young children), and it has worked well for them, although they’re ready to get out when they get the chance. (The four members of their family share one bedroom as they save money to buy a house later this year.) Moving in because of the parents’ need, and not the children’s need, will probably make it easier to balance things in one way, I think. It should work out well, though undoubtedly with some bumps along the way.
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Continued prayer for our papers and all the folks being affected by our ongoing and severe cutbacks. I walked up to the sole photographer left today (we actually have 2 but they will be shared between us and our closest neighboring sister paper, one working days and the other evenings) and she almost burst into tears. She’d already been crying quietly at her computer. Everyone’s in a state of ongoing shock for the most part.
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Cheryl, Eldest sibling and her family lived with us for six months in between her spouse’s Ph.D. graduation and him finding a permanent job in his field. That was quite successful – they only had one child then, although the second was on the way. In addition, my mother’s youngest sister and her husband lived for several months between houses with our family, and again it worked well. I do not know that this will be a permanent arrangement. I mentioned several months ago that the course of the arrangements had been changed somewhat. Second and family are now only planning to stay with my parents until they have saved enough for a down payment on their own house. The care of my parents in the future has yet to be decided.
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It is nice to have a peaceful home again. Daughter seems to be remaining stable for the time being. I am enjoying it and very grateful to God and for your prayers.
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Well, you all know that Nightingale and The Boy live with me. Although they have their own apartment upstairs, they spend a lot of time downstairs with me, even since “moving” back up there after three months of being downstairs. Since Hubby’s death, I have been more grateful than ever to have them here.
There were adjustments to be made, certainly, but it is worth it.
(We still have dinner together most nights, which is very nice. She does most of the cooking, and I do the cleaning up.)
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