By 1030pm on Friday evening I finally completed the additional chapters needed for the mail-order bride book and sent them off to the publisher. I hope that’s the last on that subject for a while. I need to concentrate on completing the book about women outlaws of the Mid-west. I’m woefully behind on that book and it is due March 10. It would appear I’ve been playing catch up all year. Writing is my passion however and I can’t imagine doing anything else. No matter how far behind on a deadline I slip. This week promises to be as busy as they last 40 plus have been. Today I shall attempt to move the shell of a Volkswagen vehicle into the church sanctuary. We are doing a play entitled A Ride with a Perfect Stranger and need the vehicle as a prop. Months ago I thought it would be quite impactful for the congregation to see a car in the church. The play does in fact take place inside the vehicle. Now I’m having second thoughts. I just pray it all goes well as I have no backup plan. Looking back on this year I can see how the situation with my brother has deeply affected me. The toll it’s taken on friendships I was once able to nurture and the toll it’s taken on my health have been substantial. This ordeal has changed me so and I’m almost unrecognizable to myself. I pray for a bright outcome but never sense the Holy Spirit is giving me confirmation on that – perhaps because in this case there is no real positive outcome. Hearts will still be broken over all that was lost. Rick will never be the same physically or emotionally. None of us will ever be the same. “This world breaks everyone,” Hemingway once said, “and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” Hope the readers of this post will take a look at the featured video posted. There will be more to come in 2012.
