I know what you mean, Smiley, by scraping your plans to be in the Philippines in favor of something you needed to do. I was invited to return to the Philippines with my friends again in 2011, but that could not have come at a worse time, so all I can say is that it was not meant to be. I would love to return to the Philippines, but the time and circumstances need to be right for me, so that I feel good about going and being there. I am still dreaming, and one day I will do it, the Lord willing!
Smiley we have had warmer day temperatures than that. I didn't even look at the thermometer; I was afraid to! Not really; joking! But it is now almost 10 p.m. and it is almost 80 degrees Fareignhiet sp?, in the house as a result of our very warm day! The heat really bothers Carol, and she is in the valley driving our granddaughter to her college classes while our daughter, her mother is in California for a couple of weeks. It is at least 10 degrees warmer in the valley than it is here the year around. That is nice this time of the year, but in December and January 10 degrees colder with the wind blowing is really cold!
Actually the heat or the cold neither bother me. I love winter as well as summer, and I am different that way from most people. My son-in-law hates winter, and cries all winter long about how cold it is, and how his joints hurt. I don't feel too sorry for him or our daughter either because they have not been very nice to me!
But then to live by the Bible I am not supposed to take pleasure in their troubles, but it is kind of hard not to feel happy when they have hard times. That is a terrible admition, but I struggle with that. I am suppose forgive and forget regardless of what they have done to me, or what they continue to do to me. If I forgive then I am free! If I don't forgive, then I am a prisoner! Oh, well, maybe in years to come things will get better, or some of us will die with hard feelings! But I need to make sure that I don't have the hard feelings.