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Toni (right) at The Horny Toad Guesthouse, St. Maarten, 2003

Sunrise, Sunset

My 11-year-old Golden Retriever, always youthful and, as always with Goldies, eager to please, is fading away.  We assume it’s cancer since she has simply stopped eating and only wants to sleep.  So, I spend time with her these days hand-feeding her canned food and reminding her that she’s still “the puppy.”

Still, it’s the way things go.  Somehow, those 11 years slipped by.  Same with me, I guess.  I look in the mirror and am surprised to see a man in his 60th year.  Last time I looked, I was about 25.  What I have lost over the years in energy I’ve gained in would-be wisdom, gentleness, patience and caring.  A fair trade.

My point:  Nothing special.  Just the passing of time and a reminder that our times are in God’s hands.  Cherish each day and use it in service to the Lord and to make the lives of others a tad softer and sweeter.  God bless. — jri

“You sweep men away in the sleep of death;  

they are like the new grass of the morning –  

though in the morning it springs up new,  

by evening it is dry and withered.”  

– Moses  

Psalm 90: 5-6