Biting the Blogging Bullet...Welcome to my Blogdom!

Hey y'all. Hope everyone is doing okay today. My mind has been in a million places, so I thought I would hop on here and write a bit. The times we are living in right now is unlike any other time in most of our lives. Covid-19 is our plague. It is mild in some, deadly in others, and so unknown. I am not on here to bash or try to convince you of anything. I am merely sharing my experience. Therefore, please no bashing me. My first father-in-law, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law have all had Covid. So has other members of their family. Members of my church have had it. Friends have had it. Acquaintances have had it. For all I know, that could have been what I had when I was so sick back in Februrary. I know people who have only had mild symptoms, but others have been sick for weeks. Still others have passed away or are currently critically ill and only a miracle will save them. It is a terrible, sneaky disease. In the midst of Covid, I also have dear friends dealing with cancer surg

So, how ya been? I've been worse and I've been better. Been a few places and had a major surgery. Like I said, it's been a REALLY long time. I found out in 2016 that I had a spinal tumor that had completely compressed my spinal cord. I had fallen at one of the Disney World resorts and just didn't improve. Six months later I was finally diagnosed, had surgery to remove it, then went into an inpatient rehab. I greatly improved. I still get tired very easily, though, and my mobility isn't what it used to be. Nonetheless, I'm not complaining. God has been so good and so faithful. I know He isn't finished writing my story, so I'm not finished either. I can't even really tell you everything that has happened in the past few years. Family members passed away, others were born. My kids grew up (one is still growing), and life moves on. I still love all my critters a lot. We are in a pandemic with Covid-19. There have been riots and protests and social distan