………………………………..Who would have ever thought, this past Jan 1st, what would have been in store for us this year!!!! With the beginning of each new year we are all hopeful that this year to come will be one of the best ever. It has turned out to be one of the worst ever!……There is an expression that the older I get the more it has become true…….” Men make plans, and God laughs”……
I was so looking forward to going to Africa this August with my nephew. It was a trip I had planned to take with Jac, but it never happened. This time I was all ready…….Then the virus hit in Feb……..We thought….well the trip isn’t until the end of Aug…..certainly by then all will be well enough to go…..Anything is furthest from the truth. The airlines that were booked kept changing the flights, and many borders in Africa are still closed……..Now hundreds of Elephants in Botswana are mysteriously dying! It’s all so heart breaking. The human life that has been lost due to the virus, and the lives lost due to police brutality is simply unbelievable……….”What is God’s plan?”……………….Jac used to call our small plot of land with our secluded cozy house on the Long Island Sound, the home she loved so much, ” our own separate peace”. Little did she know, nor could she have imagined what a refuge it has become. I have stopped listening to the news, and have basically blocked the world outside. Of course it does manage to penetrate my sanctum no matter how much I try to escape it…………..
This Independence Day there is a revolution going on in this country and around the world. There is such unrest, and upheaval, such unlawfulness, while good people are trying to finally make a change for justice………On this July 4th one can’t help but ask, “how will it all end…..what is God’s plan that we can’t see”…….For God’s sake….be safe….wear your masks and practice social distancing. No matter how they are trying to open the country up…..BE SMART! Your life depends on it….Don’t think you can out smart this virus! The spikes that are happening in many states around the country prove that……………….God Bless Everyone……………..much Love………….Louis