Hearts

 I finished planting corn the first week of May.  The second weekend, we had over 2 inches of rain.  My cousin Dale had not finished planting yet, but his wife Susie was in Phoenix waiting to have open heart surgery on the 17th.  We didn't know if the fields would dry enough to finish before he had to fly back to be with her.  On Friday the 14th he started working ground in the morning and called me and said he thought he could plant in the afternoon, with a little sun, wind, and warmth.  I had offered to help, so I started planting with my planter at 3:00 in the afternoon, and he was able to get started at about 4:00.  He had to line up a tillage operator to take his place, and then keep both planters filled with seed.  We were able to plant his last 190+ acres that evening and by morning it was raining.  Saturday afternoon he was on a plane for Phoenix.

Dale called me Monday evening to tell me surgery went well, so now we pray for a speedy recovery.  On Tuesday, Dr. Dan had a similar open heart surgery in Peoria.  His surgery went well also, and he is now back home.  We pray for a speedy recovery for him also.

We had over two inches of rain that weekend, and we had over two inches this past week, so we've had over 4 inches in the last two weeks.  I think I will need to do some replanting of wet spots.

I officially turned old last week and am now on Medicare!  All of my career I have been paying for medical insurance and all medical costs out of my own pocket.  I've never been employed by anyone who offered health insurance.  It will be nice now for the Government (to whom I have paid taxes all my career) to start picking up most of the tab!  And maybe now (if I'm not too proud), I will start getting some senior citizen discounts!

Nephew Tate got married this weekend.  We enjoyed having all of our kids and our 11 grandkids around most of the weekend.  We had nine guests overnight for two nights; it got a little wild at times!  Sunday we all went to Eureka for the wedding and it was the first time since pre-covid that I have been in that large of a crowd.  There was a full house at church, and we waited about an hour and a half in the reception line with the passel of rowdy kids.  We enjoyed the wedding, the fellowship, and the food, and we still love our grandkids!  Congratulations Tate and Tamra! 

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.            Psalm 112:7

So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.            Matthew 22:10