First Day of Summer

I just liked this art.

The Only Property That Will Last

I read this on Facebook.

When you die, don't worry about your body .....
Your relatives and funeral staff will do it. I know this first hand. I've done it myself .....

They will take you out of the house and deliver you to the funeral home of your family's choice.
     They will take off your clothes  
     They will wash you
     They will dress you up
     They will even apply makeup to make you look presentable
Many will come to the funeral to honor you.
Some will even cancel their plans and ask for leave to go to the funeral.

Your things -- things you hate to be borrowed -- will be sold, donated or burned.
     Your keys
     Your tools
     Your books
     Your CDs, DVDs, games
     Your collections
     Your clothes 

And be sure the world won't stop and cry for you.
The economy will continue.
You will be replaced in work. Someone with the same or even better ability will take your place.

Your property will switch to heirs.
And don't doubt the small and big things you have done in your life will be spoken of, judged, doubted and criticized.
People who only knew your face will say, "Poor thing!"
Your good friends will cry for a few hours or several days, but then they will laugh again.
Your pets will get used to the new owner.
Your pictures will be hanging on the wall for a while, then they will be put on furniture and finally stored at the bottom of the box.
Someone else will sit on your couch and eat from it.

Deep pain in your home will last a year, two, maybe ten ..... Then you will join the memories and then your story will end.
It will end among people, end here, end in this world.

But your story begins in a new reality ..... in your life after death.

The things you once have will lose their meaning. You cannot bring your earthly possessions here.
     the beauty of your body
     last name
     property
     loans
     working position
     bank account
     the house
     the car
     academic titles
     classmates
     trophies
     friends of the world
     man / woman
     the kids
     the family .....

In your new life, you will only need your soul.
The only property that will last is the soul.

Two Old Ladies

April 2018 - I emailed this to my sisters 5 years ago.

Two old ladies just came to the door, Kay and Ruth. And Ruth was definitely old.

Kay asked "Where do you find a happy life?" I said you find it "within yourself." Kay: Have you ever tried the Bible? Me: I've seen it.

Then she wanted to read from the Bible to me. I told her I was "right in the middle of something." She indicated the 1st Psalm, and I told her I'd look it up.

Bye-bye.

And they'd better get out of my way because I'm heading to the grocery store in a little bit.

They seemed nice and harmless, but ..........

P.S. I hope they didn't get too close to me -- well, I know Ruth didn't because I don't think she was able to step up on the porch. I haven't brushed my teeth yet this morning!

Today's the Day

Céline Morrigan

April 10, 2023     2:16 p.m.

7 lbs. 2 oz.     20 inches

Movie: The Two Popes

P gave us a Roku remote thing-a-ma-bob for Christmas in 2019. I do not have enough tech-intelligence to describe how it works. It just allows us to watch movies, etc., on Netflix. (We have a paid account.) And I've recently discovered I can view YouTube content, too. It probably has other (fee-based) streaming services, too. Our remote is not exactly like the remote pictured here. Among a couple other things, the two buttons on the right-side bottom of our remote say ESPN and Sling.

Thankfully P and JF installed the necessary whatever for the Roku to work on our TV. Then he set us up with the Netflix account.

JF and P install the Roku and Netflix

One of the first movies that I watched on Netflix was "The Two Popes." I mostly liked it. There was some political action in Argentina (birth country of Pope Francis) which I did not understand. And more than likely, there were other scenes throughout the movie that I did not pay a lot of attention to. I possibly dozed off. But one scene which really caught my fancy was as the movie was coming to a close:

Pope Benedict, the German one, is saying his confession to the next pope (not pope yet), Francis. Benedict says "It's been 8 days since my last confession. Several venial sins. And I'm getting too old and forgetful to remember what they are." Benedict looks surprised and says "Can you say that? I didn't know that you could say that. That's useful."

Child-Dog

I am a member of a "neighborhood" facebook-like group. I put neighborhood in quotes because there can be posts from all over C-U so I do not understand the neighborhood aspect of it. Altho I am a member as a resident of a SW neighborhood. But anyway .....

I do not delve too deeply into the posts. They can be just as stupid as FB posts -- rants and rude comments. Every now and then something will grab my interest. Such as this post. I took a look because I wondered what the issue was with this GoFundMe request. Sounds like her baby boy is suffering, doesn't it?

It's a dog. I've seen other posts like this. Such as, "Our little girl was playing the yard and has wandered off." Etc. Really catches one's soft side. Then turns out to be an animal.

I do not mind people making these posts. Maybe they're helpful in resolving whatever is going on. OK to think of their pets in this manner, but it is misleading and annoying to learn that their child is not human.

Translator Needed

I walked into family room. J says: Neum uck, neum eral.
I said: Huh?
"Need milk, need cereal."
He talks like a stroke victim.
I told him I'd go to the store tomorrow morning.

The other day he mentioned "lunch" a couple times totally out of context with eating. He was talking about the NASA launch. OK, now I understand.

He needs to have other people than me to have scintillating conversations with.

(Originally a text sent to sisters Sept 2020, year of the pandemic.)