It will grow back!

It was yet another one of our warm summer nights in Rocklin.  I had taken a walk after dark in our neighborhood and when I returned home thought I would go for a swim.  Now when I say swim, I really mean float around in a tube and push off the sides of the pool and gaze up at the sky.  Last night the sky was filled with wonderful fluffy patches of white clouds - the kind of clouds a child would look at and pick out various shapes of animals or a pirate ship or a crown or a skull and crossbones, and watch them change shape into nothing recognizable as pieces fall off.  As I looked up searching the sky for the next cloud shaped object, alone, in the dark, in my backyard, I was enjoying the moment.  I began singing songs in my mind and then on my lips quietly, and then talking to God.  I was thinking and looking at the clouds and feeling God close by.  And I prayed that He would speak to me, at that moment looking up, floating in my pool.  I wanted him to miraculously appear in the clouds or maybe be one of the cloud shapes. But no, that didn't happen!

But as I lay back floating around on my yellow and white tube, I marveled at God's handiwork - the clouds and the sky and the stars. The night was still, but a slight wind started to gently blow the tops of our redwood trees.  A few minutes later, a shooting star shot across the sky. . .  And that's when I realized that God was speaking to me! The God of this universe was there beside me and listening to my secret thoughts and prayers.

The Bible says if we seek God we will find Him.  I found Him last night!

Yesterday, I had my remaining hair shaved off, so now I am bald!  I know a few bald men.  I don't know any bald women except those undergoing chemo.  It needed to be done.  It was thin and stringy and almost entirely gone already under my hat on top.  I don't like being bald.  It's not my preferred hair style, but it will be easier to put on my wig and wear my scarves.  At least it is temporary, right?  It will grow back, unlike other body parts!

A special thank you to my friend, Lori, for the shave!

                                                                                                                                                                   

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