God is so AMAZING! How often I think this and how often I write it here. I have to remind myself that I don’t need to prove myself to HIm in order to be loved by Him. He sees me through the lens of His One and only Son–Jesus. It is amazing to me that He does this. I take a look at each of my grandkids and picture them in my mind. When I do this I don’t see their humanness–flaws; I see their exuberance and love for life. I know they have their individual struggles, but the love I have for them is never tainted by an flaw they may have. This is only a tiny example of God’s love for you and me. How incredible He is!

There are 5 Christmas parties Kathy and I are invited to attend. The first one is this afternoon and then the other four are all in next week. I have talked with each host/ess regarding the limitations of time for us but I’ve never walked out on a party after 30 minutes. I feel as though I’m robbing Kathy of her times of joy. She loves Christmas parties and all of the food, games and festivities involved with them. I keep picturing myself quietly reminding her it is time for us to leave. We need to do this while she is still feeling good about being present. It’s good to be stimulated, but overstimulation is damaging so we must leave before this happens. I’ve been reminded of this by every doctor and therapist.

OK, so this is part of today’s journey. God is slowly healing Kathy’s body and today I get to take a new part in this–the timekeeper!