Sunshine

Sunshine in the sunroom. What a special treat. I can get my sun vitamin D today. It has been too cold to think or write. I have been in a funk. A new day and sunshine does the trick. We went to a funeral of a very elderly family friend of Jerry's yesterday. She was 99 years old and you could say quite poor her whole life. But....she was sunshine to everyone around her. To listen to her grandchildren and great grandchildren talk and reminise was a real blessing. Her cup was always over half full. When her sister and her where put in the same nursing home and each in wheelchairs they were visiting one morning and her sister says "I am unpset with the food and care here" Esther says " well I think it is a wonderful place, if you are not happy you need to go upstairs and pack and leave" Well, of course, neither could leave, but it underscored her positive nature and contentment with what was.
A life well lived in areas that are the most important. The "village" she left behind is a real testament to her life. The gospel message was clearly presented and the example of her faith made it all the more real.