Lesson 580: Day by Day

Happy March, Readers!

Ours came in like an albino sleeping lion.

A soft white powder greeted us 

on the first day of March.

Will a lamb come to us in 31 days?

Early March,

 early mornings 

are so beautiful.

When twilight gives way 

to the new day's sunshine,

it is a gorgeous sight to witness.

I've had lots of early mornings the last week.

The family has been sick

and the home atmosphere has not been

conducive to much sleep.

Each one of the Lamp Posters succumbed 

do a different evil ill.

Poor Sam had it the worst.

This has been his steady diet of sips and nibbles

for six days!

While I've been nursing my family,

puppy Hazel has been making a steady diet

of everything but food.

She's particularly fond of cardboard.

She ate the baggie box.

Chewed up a pack of 12 pencils

and has developed a fondness for the carpet.

Hazel is going to eat my house.

Day by day I've been stringing together this weather blanket.

It's getting big,

and I'm ready to get out of the blues!

With the family being so sick,

I've missed a day of stitching here and there.

People ask how I remember the temperature if I miss a day.

It's simple.

Eloise is diary keeper,

following in the footsteps of two of my grandmothers.

It's the first thing I do in the morning

while I'm waiting for the coffee to perk.

I go the window,

put my hand on the glass,

and try to guess the temperature.

I make my best guess,

check the thermometer,

and find I'm usually within 3 degrees.

This one is a neat little log.

I don't write too much--

just the temperature and scattered thoughts

or odds and ends of my life.

As you can see from the above photo

that I'm too tired to edit to make vertical for your reading ease--

February 26, 2018 was 37 degrees

and February 26, 2019 was 19 degrees.

You can also see that my pen ran out on Tuesday.

That is a pet peeve second only to a wet sock.

At the bottom of each page appears a Bible verse.

I love the first few pages of the book,

so I will share them with you, Readers.

If your eye was keen in the above sideways snapshot,

and you tapped the photo and spread your thumb and forefinger apart

to try to read a page of Eloise's diary...

as my sister did most of my teenage years....

here it is a little clearer for you.

I noticed that during this week last year 

I wrote the words

so tired

on 4 straight pages.

Some bodies dip seasonally

at the same times each year.

If you pay attention to your body closely,

you will find this to be true.

For me, 

I tend to get sick in the late part of the winter.

I have missed many Valentine's Day parties at school

and have been sick on my birthday on several occasions.

Facebook knows how we all like a look-back.

Here's one from this week in 2017.

Ups and downs of mood and health are as natural 

as the highs and lows of the weather.

I've learned not to sweat it.

When my battery runs low,

I stop for a few minutes to do my favorite things,

recharge, and try to go to bed early.

I think I should get this t-shirt for my collection.

For those of you tonight who are struggling

with sickness

or loss

or impatience

or an uncertain future

here are a few words of comfort.

If you'd love to hear a song that I grew up humming

all through the 1970's,

click on the link to bring you back.

Day by Day 1973 Godspell CLICK HERE

Have a wonderful weekend.

Eloise

XOXO

(although you should probably pass on the kisses and hugs

until the Lamp Posters are all better)!