To Heaven and Back

Got out of work Friday at 5 pm, thinking I was done for the week. Got a call on the way home, then I had to do some work between 7:30 and 8 pm. Matthew cooked chicken soup for dinner. Read my Hank Haney book, then around 9 pm I went into the living room to take a quick nap. Didn't wake up until 1:30 am. Went upstairs to bed, but tossed and turned all night. At 6:39 am I thought my alarm was going off, but it was work calling. Went downstairs and worked for another 30 minutes. Sent an email shortly after 7 am and went back to bed. Later I discovered the customer replied to my email ten minutes after I had sent it.

Finished the Haney book and started "To Heaven and Back", written by a surgeon from USC who drowned while kayaking. She was escorted by angels to the gates of heaven before being revived. I have found these books on Near Death Experiences (NDE) are filled with how God worked in the individual (and entire family's) life both before and after the NDE…much to the chagrin of skeptics who don't want to hear about God. To Heaven and Back is a quick read. I knocked out 150 over the weekend. A good, personal, life story shared by a woman who grew up in the church, who chose a busy career in the medical and academic communities.

Home from his quick trip to NC, on Friday Will went mountain biking with MC's brother Thomas, then attended his baseball practice. Saturday morning Will went to Thomas' doubleheader, and got sun on his cheeks, nose, and forehead. Before he drove to the airport to pick up MC (coming home for her spring break), Will shaved off his long beard. The couple stopped by Grant Park for a quick date before coming back to the house to eat Will's favorite meal: spaghetti and meatballs. Later in the evening MC's parents swung by on their home.

After doing some cleaning, M and I hit four thrift stores Saturday afternoon. He found two Relient K CD's. When I spied a new pair of size 16 Nike basketball shoes I thought of big-footed David Bartlett, who was excited to have them. After feeding M at McDonalds we swung by David's house, and had a nice chat with coach Henry, recent UGA grad Willie, and KSU student David. Henry wants Will to play adult league baseball with them this summer. David will be the youth intern at East Cobb Presbyterian, a position formerly held by Willis Norman.

Sunday morning Ceil served me breakfast in bed: scrambled eggs and homemade bread with strawberry jelly. I cleaned upstairs for a long time. Later we went down to Passion Church. It was the first Sunday for their new service times: 9 am, 11 am, and 5 pm. Afterward we ate at Chilis with the Gilberts. Back home I finally saw the two new episodes of Duck Dynasty.

Walking across the parking lot this morning I thought that most of the emergencies had been taken care of last week (and Saturday). But as soon as I got to my desk my phone started ringing. Here we go again!