Helpful Friends and a Helpful Community

As you know, I was in a pretty bad fall which left me with some problems, a concussion and a brain bleed, lots of bruises and which needed a lot of attention, BUT – Yup, I’m back. Still, lots of recuperating to do, but I can think and write and laugh and enjoy life. Only a little healing left to do, and I’m on my way. My kids and friends have been with me all the way and given me a lot of support and have driven me around when I couldn’t drive yet. My kids have been major contributors to my wellness problem. God Bless them! Without them, I don’t know how I would have come this far!!!! Friends have even picked me for hair appointments, and lunches and dinners. Should I name Shirlee? Jeanie? Hildegard? Nancy? George, Angie, Jennifer, Val, Crystal - oh gosh there are too many to name. I might forget many very important ones like the retired Firemen, The Golden Girls, work friends, some I can’t name, so I’ll stop, but at least you know we have many loving, giving friends all around us who are there when you need them! When they ask if they can help! The word is YES! They really mean they want to help. Let them! I needed Physical Therapy badly, and it is helping now that it is in place. Oh yes, did I tell you I got COVID while I was trying to heal? (No, not a severe case). But I couldn’t start the Physical Therapy until it was over, so I was quarantined in a room till I passed that stage. Now I feel fit as a fiddle (however fit a fiddle can tell us) and raring to go.

The message I want to tell you today is from a friend who volunteers with DAS - Domestic Animal Services (you remember “Al”). A lot of people are gone for the summer, but there are animals still here that need to be walked twice a day, need to see human beings and receive a few hugs or rubs. They can’t get their own food, so they need to be fed and watered. If you can help just a few hours a week it would help so much and take the pressure off the few volunteers they have left for the summer. I would bet if you stopped by one hour a day or even a week, they would be so grateful, and so will the dogs and cats and other animals. Did you also know you could “foster” an animal? The agency covers all the expenses for food, shots and doctor appointments, so all they need is YOU to house them, pet them, and hug them. They don’t ask for much…just YOU!