Reading and such

Tomorrow there's a potluck dinner after the morning service.  I'd been fretting over what to take, but got quiet this afternoon over a good book and realized I was getting worked up for nothing.  Gary reminded me that I love this little church and am doing what I've dreamed of doing for years---you know, getting involved and enjoying the participation.  He was right---I was just over-thinking everything.

We're taking potato salad, which is from scratch, and cupcakes made from a box mix and a ready-made frosting.  How easy is that? And rumor has it that there will be homemade meatloaf and fried chicken.  I'm thinking it'll all be yummy.

The book I mentioned above is Susan Howatch's The Wonder Worker, which is very, very good (excerpt HERE).  Her writing is so thorough, seems I can't get enough of it. Her books are lengthy too, which is a treat.  This one is just over 500 pages, and makes quite a noise when it falls off the bed and onto the piles of other books.  Off they slide, causing me to take giant steps when I get out of the bed.  I'm such a glutton.  My side of the bed is one mass of books.  Do I buy clothes?  Goodness no, always books.

Enjoying the quotes at the beginning of the chapters as well, especially those from a small book called A Question of Healing by Gareth Tuckwell and David Flagg.

"You need help and support as you resolve to journey with your pain rather than to anaesthetise it at regular intervals...Key relationships are crucial."

Excellent.