Even the Bible teaches us:
James 4:13-14
13 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
I went on a small trip to visit my youngest daughter with all intentions of being back on Saturday (Late PM or early Sun AM). It didn't work that way!
I became extremely ill in the early hours of Friday morning. Saturday I was still sick, so Sunday I went to the ER. Found out I had three infections and one had absolutely NO symptoms, just showed up in the routine tests they ran. And with three infections raging through my body (1 that always causes fevers) I had my normal no temp, temperature of 94.6. And that's not a typo or from having had a cold drink-my normal temp runs around 94.6 to 94.8. I only remember once that it got up to 99 and that was when I had the flu some 9 or 10 years ago.
My family left Saturday anyway (dd had to work Monday) thus
leaving me to struggle with a flight out on Monday, while still very sick and
extremely weak. I met and received help
from several kind and compassionate co-travelers. At one plane change we had to
exit on the tarmac and I was barely able to get out of my seat. A kind older gentleman helped me from my seat and down the stairs to the tarmac, arranged
for an employee to get my carry-on and then escort me to the elevator so I did
not have to traverse the long tarmac and climb 4 flights of stairs. Then, my
escort was kind enough to carry my luggage to the waiting area of the airport.
Another kind person at the first lay-over saw me struggling and commandeered a
wheel chair and wheeled me to my gate; which happened to be 1 concourse and 42
gates from where our plane disembarked (this, even though the next flight was on the same airlines).
I also met the sweetest young lady from New Orleans (HI, if you're
reading this!). We exchanged e-mails and I gave her my blog address, too. We both love baking and with the holidays coming up I'm looking forward to exchanging ideas with her.
This ended up longer than I anticipated and I'm still feeling weak. I will post the information on the giveaway tomorrow or the next day; Lord willing. I'm still awaiting one of the basket prizes.
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