Galla Creek Ephemeris

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Balm of Gilead

Patsy said sleep was her "balm of Gilead". It seems
like a good way to be. The body can heal when we
rest. We conserve our energy for important activities
in our bodies.

Sleep is a problem for me. I will wake and then can not
sleep the rest of the night. I know the next day I will
be tired, but the sleep will not come. So, I dream of
Patsy's "balm of Gilead" and wish it would come to
me.

I read about this on Wikipedi and this is what it said:
Balm of Gilead is a healing compound (a balm) made from the resinous gum of the North American tree species Populus candicans.
It takes its name from the allusive phrase "balm in Gilead", referring to the balm or balsam carried from Gilead by the caravan of merchants to whom Joseph was sold by his brothers (Genesis chapter 37). In all likelihood, this ancient trade item was what is now known as balsam of Mecca, produced from the tree Commiphora gileadensis (syn. Commiphora opobalsamum), native to southern Arabia.

If this is healing Patsy, I am glad she has it!

Monday, February 12, 2007

Dogwoods coming soon!

The Dogwoods will bloom again, soon!

Little flowers will spring up where long forgotten.

Sunday's sermon was about being encouraged

And encouraging others.

To encourage means to "give courage"

The other side of courage is worry

And who wants that!

Have courage today!

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Road Block

Life has a lot of road blocks

For us to get around.

Patsy has met a road block

And she is trying to work around it.

Hopefully, she will come home

And be with us again.

Friday, February 9, 2007

Cold and Old!

Cover me snow

While I hide and sleep

Aching for the sun to come

And warm my back again!

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

One of my Kids!

This is one of my kids from school. Times

have changed. They all have cell phones

with ring tones. MP3 players with music

that all sounds the same and LOUD. But

I notice that they are still the same

as long ago. A middle schooler is just

beginning to grow up. They want to try

new things but in a "group" because

they find security in groups.

This little girl plays point guard for the

basketball team, makes average grades,

stays out of trouble. I hope she makes

it though the maze of growing up to a happy

life, but there are lots of roads to lead young

ones the wrong way.

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Message from Patsy

Spotted a post Patsy made to Velvet ~ March 9, 2006 ~

almost a year ago Patsy said this:

Do you have brothers and sisters?I have 6 , three sisters and three brothers. They are great! Always,no matter what, they will be with you. Nice poem. I can't write poetry.

Monday, February 5, 2007

Light at the End of the Tunnel!

Without Old Sister--blogging is not much fun.
There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Maybe
in a someday she will be home and feel like
doing more than sleeping. She has felt bad for a
couple of months and I could tell she was not her
old sassy self. Maybe she will do like Velvet said
and tell us all about what they "sucked out of her
innards". Just so I can hear her again!

A light at the end of a long tunnel. We can not
feel what is like to be on the mountain unless we
have been to the dark valley below.

Come home, Sister, come home!

Everything you might need!

This Adult content store is in a town about
30 miles from where I live. At one time it
was a neat junk/antique store that Erin and
I visited and then this Adult ??? store went
into the spot. Erin came home one day for a
visit and told her Dad she was going to the
store to check out the new junk. She asked
if it was still there and he assured her it was.
She drove the 30 miles, pulled into the
parking lot to a BIG surprise. Dad laughed
but Erin did not think it was funny!