Just so many things....
Makes you wonder how a brain can handle all these things...all mixed up with feelings and emotions and rationales and questions.
I have always thought the brain to be so intricate and amazing and realize how we have not even tapped the outer surface of what lies in it's workings. We were speaking today of folks we know or have known that suffer from some form of dementia...how they change...their personalities, their behavior, their capabilities and they appear to transform their old world, the one we are familiar with, to one of their very own. I wonder sometimes if it's a form of self defense or of overload and folks get into a world that they can handle. I often wonder what exactly goes on in their brains or if things stop completely functioning as they once did. It's a fascinating thing to me. People who once had vibrant minds, whose intelligence had been used for the betterment of mankind, how could a disease like this take so much away. Science has so much to learn. Perhaps in a few years they will have a "shot" for dementia....and cancer, and MS, and on and on and on.
The anniversary celebration yesterday was great! Got to renew old friendships and catch up on folks.
Then this morning there was a baptism. The grandparents were old classmates of mine and their daughter and her husband had their son sprinkled and in doing so, joined into the family of God. It was fun to share in that celebration.
A bit wet but nonetheworse for wear...and his baptism candle lit the way around the sanctuary with Pastor Stacia who introduced him to his very own church family.
The rest of the day as I said, was listening, comforting, praying and thinking.
Days like that exhaust me but they are how I choose to live my life. People are worth every effort.
Sleep well...I hope I will too...
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