I needed to get an MRI done on my back.
I have had an MRI done twice before many years ago.
One was an open MRI and one was closed.
This latest one was a closed MRI.

I am not claustrophobic.
Small spaces usually do not bother me.
I remembered my experience before and knew that I could do it again.
Probably.

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The human body is amazing.
God created a masterpiece when He created His image bearers.
Even though we sometimes muddy the waters a bit and obscure His image, it is still there.

Think about the fact the no two people have the same fingerprints.
There are 206 bones in the human body.
Half of those bones are in the hands and feet.

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We have many birthday traditions as a family.
Some had to change as my adult children move on to their own places.
Some remain the same, when it is possible.

The birthday person always got to pick their favorite dinner.
They never had to share their birthday toys that day, though it was more fun to share.
The birthday signs were hung in various places; one was always hung on their door.

The special, made-from-scratch birthday cake was baked.
The smells of chocolate and cinnamon wafted upstairs.
Birthday candles, with one to grow on, were set aside for later.

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If it is Tuesday, you will probably find me cleaning.
A day to clean bathrooms, dust, and vacuum.
I have cleaned on Tuesdays for as long as I can remember.
Unless something else more important was scheduled on that day.

If it is Thursday, you will probably find me at the grocery store.
Shelves seem to be better stocked on this day to get ready for the weekend.
I have food shopped on Thursdays for as long as I can remember.
Unless something else more important was scheduled on that day.

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I am going to physical therapy for my back.
Three times a week for the next four weeks.
I have been through this before.
Even though, it is a workout, it is beneficial and helps tremendously.

As I was on the treadmill today, before I began my routine, I saw her car.
It was a friend from church; a young mom with four boys.
Four boys who consider our house home away from home.
Four boys who love to come here and play with all of my children’s old toys.

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He pulled up the driveway, waving as he went.
He was home for his sister’s graduation.
Now he was heading back to Virginia to continue studying for the bar exam.
He graduated law school and headed right back to the books.

A little of my heart went with him.

He left the other day with his clothes in the back of his car.
His guitar and a bag of favorite snacks were neatly packed.
He would begin his new job only a few weeks after his college graduation.
He is now a youth pastor and will be greatly used to teach young people about Jesus.

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Before cell phones and social networks this is how we figured out where our friends were.

That post was on the Facebook wall of both of my sons.
Another boy tagged every boy that grew up in our neighborhood.
Then the back and forth conversation began.

The post came up on my news feed and made me smile.
The picture was a sidewalk and a walkway in front of a house.
Bikes were strewn over the lawn.

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One day she decided that she didn’t like the placement of her eye.
An eye can be an eye anywhere, she thought.
How convenient if one eye was on the side of my head.
She purposed to find someone who could move the eye for her.

Many others felt that the eye was perfect where it was.
God designed it that way, they said over and over.
The woman who wanted her eye moved found others who wanted their eye moved.
They banded together, with loud voices, and relentlessly tried to change people’s minds.

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A friend of mind posted something on her Facebook page.
It was a simple illustration that you would see in a children’s book.
All grown-ups were once children…but few of them remember it.
It is a quote by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, taken from The Little Prince.

I had been thinking about similar thoughts, so I was delighted when I saw her post.
I commented.
If I don’t remember…or you don’t remember…we can remind each other since there are many shared memories!

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My daughters took me to see the new movie, Mom’s Night Out.
I have not laughed that hard and that consistently in a movie for a long time.
Every mother can relate to the main character’s struggle.
Every husband and child can see himself or herself in the family members.

The young mother in the movie needed to be validated.
The young mother needed time to think, to breathe, to imagine, and to be still.
The young mother was tired.
She loved her husband and her children desperately, but she was exhausted.

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