Checking In
(The November 22, 2011 Edition)I apologize to my friends, family, and other acquaintances for being so absent - not only from Xanga, but from email. However, I have
not been absent from yall in prayer. Have been in the midst of a serious pain storm for which I have continued to refuse asking for a narcotic, and other things are going on, including my ongoing battle with major perimenopausal depression.
Thank you all so much for the wonderful birthday greetings and gifts! I really hope that I can get around to thanking folks individually and in a more timely manner. My birthday was a painful (physically) yet joy-filled day, with a lot of time spent thanking the Lord for the gift of life, and especially for the gifts of my parents. I am really blessed to have two such gracious, generous, and loving, unique and wonderful people for my parents. Thank You, Lord, for choosing Daddy and Momsie to be my earthly parents!
The face of the Miss Chris "Life is a Polka" blog is going to change over the coming weeks - and I don't mean just the new graphics theme. Last week, one of my dearest friends was diagnosed with a very serious bone marrow disease. Her name is Jen, and she's been a loyal, compassionate, steadfast, faithful, understanding, fun, inspiring friend to me for something like the past twelve years. Her friendship has gotten me through some very rough times.
One of the things I would like to do for Jen is to use my blog to generate some "Vitamin L" (laughter!) for her, because while plenty of people will be providing her with Vitamins P & W (praise and worship), I think I will do better with Vitamin L. And truth be told, I think that
I need the Vitamin L, too. I spent three days crying so hard that my head felt like it was going to explode. I haven't cried that hard since Grammy died seven years ago - and I am crying because I don't want Jen to be sick. I have a serious inkling of what lies ahead of her, and I cry because I just don't want someone so dear and special to me to suffer like that. Yet, I know that God has a plan for great and wonderful good in this situation for Jen, her husband, children, parents, friends, and so many others. Just as the Lord has helped me through nearly 31 years of a serious illness, I know that even in the midst of the worst pain and darkness, He speaks word of comfort, encouragement, and strength.
I think I am recovering from the shock enough that I can put my General Insanity/Major Mirth uniforms back on. Prayer heals. And the Scriptures say that "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine".
Dr. Jackalope's Story CornerSo, I think that
Dr. Jackalope's Story Corner is going to take up residence here at the Life is a Polka blog between the batches of Christmas cookies I need to get busy baking (today already!) to send to my Mom in Florida. Dr. Jackalope and his trusty sidekick, Nurse Maggie McGee (a/k/a the Wild Celtic Kitten), and some of their feathered and furry friends have graciously agreed to give me permission to tell Jen (and all of you as well) their many frantic, fearless, fantastic, and funny adventures. They've even given me permission to photograph them and to share these with you here at chez Chris Miss.
Well, 'tis morning and time to get breakfast ready for Dr. Jackalope and Nurse Maggie. Maggie is part Siamese (even though she appears to be wearing a gray and white tiger kitten suit), and thus, she sings (shrieks!) in her High Decibel Cat Soprano until I have filled her dish with Fancy Feast. Dr. Jackalope is
not a Morning Person, and seeing as how he can be Very Cranky first thing in the morning (to the point of showing his Very Sharp and Menacing Teeth in a Threatening Manner...) it behooves me to feed Nurse Maggie lest she incur Dr. Jack's wrath. Heavens to Betsy! Have
you ever lived in a house with an ornery Jackalope?! I think not! You wouldn't have lived to read this blog if you had such a housemate in your family!
The only reason that my dad and I have managed to survive is that we are the only ones who can cook fine enough to satisfy Dr. Jack's lust for garlicky pasta. (And the only reason Nurse Maggie survives is because she has Sharper Teeth than Dr. Jackalope!
)
Anyway, may the Lord bless you all. Especially Jen, if she's got the strength to read.
Love in Jesus,
- Miss Chris
Comments (3)
@EliRiello - God bless your dear heart, Eli. Thanks so much. Jackalope wants to know if you mind if he modifies your recipe for Castillian Chocolate by adding lots of garlic to it?! (PLEASE TELL HIM, "NO!!!!"). By the way, I have plans to revamp the T Site at MyFamily.com to use it for blessing Jen and Mrs. Chris, hopefully in time for New Year's, if I have time between baking cookies and being whisked off my feet to go snowmobiling with some unexpected Wisconsin-dwelling gentleman whom I don't even know exists yet. Seriously, I have this powerful yen to go snowmobiling... but I am such a chicken... *exits riding off into the frosty Wisconsin sunset with a pack of rowdy jackalopes* YEEHAW!!! :)
A resounding NO to garlic in the Castillian Chocolate. The audacity... the unmitigated gall... Cheesh. (Tee hee)
Snowmobiling sounds fun. I'm waiting for some unexpected and unknown California gentleman to whisk me off for panning for gold or something along those lines. Let us pray.