To thine own self be kind

It’s Writing Wednesday again.

Observant reader(s) will note that I didn’t post yesterday.

I’ve written in the last few days that it’s often difficult to find a topic so that I’m not just rambling or reading off my to do list.

That brought me to a decision.

Yes, I’m a writer, and yes I will continue to blog. But I’m not going to follow a self-imposed deadline of having to post five days a week if I don’t have anything to say.

I’m not a columnist. I’m not getting paid for this.

The pressure, if there is any, is something I’ve put upon myself.

Until now. I’m giving myself a little grace.

Moving forward, I’ll post at least once a week. Hopefully it will be something substantive. I may change that schedule. I may not.

For now, it’s what I need to do, or is it not do?

If you’ve been paying attention, I’m going home today. I’m being discharged from rehab and will continue with physical therapy at home.

I won’t be walking out of here unassisted. I’ll be on the walker or in the chair for a while.

But, I’ll be home where I belong. I’m ready.

I don’t need to recap the journey. It’s just been a long one.

Our Pastor posted a video yesterday about Holy Saturday. It was a day of waiting. It was dark. It seemed long. Between the sacrifice of Good Friday and the joy of the Resurrection, there was waiting, uncertainty, doubt, fear.

Sunday was coming, but the followers of Jesus didn’t know that yet.

I’m looking forward to Sunday. I plan to be back in church for the first time since October. And what a day to celebrate the Resurrection.

He is Risen, Indeed!

Before I go, I can’t let the day pass without remembering the horrible events of April 16, 2007 on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.

I remember first hearing the news on social media. Then I watched as our office intern, and later at home, my teenage son, tried frantically to reach their friends.

We will always remember.

Significant Mondays

Sunrise at Wahalla Overlook, North Rim, Grand Canyon

It’s Monday of Holy Week.

In the Gospels, various accounts are given but this is considered the day that Jesus cursed the fig tree, healed in the temple, and cleared the temple of the buyers and sellers.

Not bad for a days work.

Of course, he knew what was coming at the end of the week.

So do we.

I’m hoping to be able to celebrate Easter in church, in person, on Sunday. I’ll still need to roll in in a wheel chair. But I’ll be there.

I’ve not been to church in person since October.

Sure, the whole COVID fiasco made it somewhat comfortable to watch church online. It’s just not the same.

I have accepted the fact that I will need to use the wheel chair and the walker for a little while longer.

But I also posted online over the weekend that, next year, I intend to walk in the Monument Avenue 10K. I’ve not done that since 2019. It’s time I do it again.

I have work to do.

In other, significant, but less so than Holy Monday, news, last night we had our first read through for Honky Tonk Hissy Fit. I’m directing this show for Chamberlayne Actors Theater (CAT Theatre) this coming June.

It’s the third in the Doublewide, Texas series by Jones Hope, and Wooten.

I directed the first two of these shows in 2018 and 2019.

Producing and directing this show has been a long time coming. I’m glad we’re finally here.

It’s just another thing that brings be back to some sense of normal.

I can’t be on stage…well, I could be if someone was doing Annie and needed me to play the President, but I hate that show almost more than I hate being in this wheel chair.

It’s possible that hate is too strong a word, but I don’t think so.

The show opens in June. I hope to be able to walk into opening night. Actually I hope I can long before that. Especially since I’m currently relying on someone to drive me to rehearsals.

I miss driving. I miss my Jeep.

I’ll get there.

And we’ll get to Sunday.

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