Marsha's Blog

 Good Morning Friends, Happy Mothers day!  This is one celebration that’s the same in the States as well as Australia and I think my topic today applies. As you are following my adventures now on this ‘road trip’ we’re taking for the next 3 months (sorry about that, and thanks for your patience!), I’d like to share with you some thoughts I had last week. So we had a riotous time for several days with my sister, who successfully turned 80, in San Diego.  She had invited 8 or her lifelong friends, who just happened to tally up to be  4 Christian girls and 4 who wouldn’t call themselves Christians, but were very agreeable to be around. We were all ‘ladies’ and adroitly avoided any inflammatory discussions, probably knowing we might be too old to gain any advantage. But then the one who was the most outspoken (about almost everything that I would totally disagree with) said something that floored me. We were joking about something to do with being self centred, and I took my place as the b

Today’s blog is coming to you from San Diego. Last week I asked you to pray for my cold; several of you commented that you had done just that, the cold cleared up and I thank you plenty!  While on the mend, Tony and I were able to attend and participate in two amazing meetings.  I had to laugh that in both services, every time I’d cough or sneeze, people from every angle were there with cough drops and Kleenexes.  Hawaii certainly has compassionate people! Either that or maybe everyone we hang out with is getting older and more infirm. I could also entertain the thought that they are simply afraid I’m communicable and would like me to stop the spread, but I won’t go there. Speaking of compassionate people, I should mention why I’m in San Diego.  Despite a rather tumultuous year my sister has had, I was delighted to learn that several friends were determined to help her celebrate her upcoming 80th birthday! I of course could never miss something like that, so while Tony is finishing his