Oldest daughter and I went to the first gathering of, what will be, monthly Bunco at church last night. We had such fun....really everyone agreed it was nice to just be silly. Our priest's wife, who is very unconventional given her role, said it was like playing nothing. The game is so ridiculous, but we laughed and turned off our worries. All of us, it seemed. And oldest daughter got one prize that allowed for her to be hostess next month, so she and I will buy inexpensive gifts for that go-round. Nonsense is always a good idea. I hadn't played in over 25 years, and didn't remember one thing about how to play, but thankfully you don't have to be intelligent to get it. :)
And it was interesting, speaking of our priest's wife. She was telling me as we were cleaning up that there'd been an upheaval at her work. She said that 55% of the work force had been laid off, but she wasn't one of them. Something about over thirty folks lost their jobs. Then she shared about how one woman would have to move out of her apartment in the next couple of weeks and a few other sad stories. As she talked, I began to get fearful, thinking for those few moments that God had taken His Hands off of us. I know this to NOT be true, but fear really is a powerful emotion.
To cap it all off, I thought this was sweet. Last night Gary and I were in our bedroom reading, and the girls were in the kitchen (off of our room) fixing something to drink. They were singing together some honeysuckle song from John Wayne's movie, 'McLintock'. They'd sing it one way then another, in harmony and not. Just having fun. Gary made the remark, "I'm so glad we have such happy kids." Pretty much puts life in perspective.
In other news, same daughter and I will go to sweet Indian boyfriend's graduation tonight. She's getting off early to rest a bit before we have to leave. Hoping the rest of the weekend can be quiet and peaceable. No frets (well, there's not a thing I can do about them anyway, can I?) and recuperation from the week's busyness.
Take care.
