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Strange Day
By coolgranny in The Paradox of Long Lives
November 5, 2009

The Fort Hood rampage really made me feel sad for so many people affected by the carnage. I called my son to check up on them, and we discussed this sad event. He reminded me of one of his team members with a cocaine habit, who went into treatment. Just like us, people have weaknesses and breaking points. The stress comes when handling bombs with these people before they receive help. My son likes his new job, just fixing stuff for the jets in a shop environment.

For now, he is on emergency leave taking his wife back and forth for cancer treatments. After talking to him this evening, I hummed the Rocky theme. She is fiesty and determined to beat this. I have prayed for perfect treatments. I am hoping she is getting the genetically engineered cancer treatments that show so much promise in this day and age. One of my friend's son works in this field, and it is fascinating to talk to him.

Her only complaint is about starting to get tired. This tired feeling will increase, and my son is prepared for it with lots of instant meals in the freezer they wanted for an early Christmas gift. I am so proud of them. Son said he will call regularly to vent and give us her progress. They found a great babysitter and this gives them time to regroup after each session.

On another note, the hub and I are packing for the trip to the deer lease. I bought some kind of digital anteana to help with the TV reception. BIL told me about it. It seems strange to me to just keep on keeping on when there are so many circumstances that publicly and privately are part of the daily news. Maybe, that is the secret to less stress. Just keep on living, pray constantly, and love generously. I know my stress levels have been down since my prayer life has been up.