Ever use one of these?

I have been thinking a lot about my mother, my Grandmother and Lucille this week. I think Larry's mother having a heart attack last weekend has made me very reflective. Most of the most influential women in my life have come and gone at this point. It's sad really. Perhaps we need to make a little more effort to spend time with Mollie before she is gone too.

This water pump reminded me of the days when I was a child and had nothing more to worry about than what would I pick in the garden for my lunch. There was a stump near the pump that I sat on after I washed off my veggies. Sometimes it's the simple things that are the most important.

We are coming to the end of Larry's full time medical leave, assuming he gets the "go ahead" to return on a limited basis when he sees the doctor on Monday. I have so many mixed feelings about this...I hope he's ready, I am praying he has some additional skills from his counseling to help him cope effectively with the stress, I am crossing my fingers that his sleep patterns will stay reasonable and I will miss him being home with me.

I feel like a mother lion letting her cub out of the den...knowing it's the best thing for him in the long run but terrified that the big, bad world will hurt him again. I know, I know...Larry is a grown man but that doesn't keep me feeling overly protective of him. At the same time, although the changes over the last 2 months have affected me, I just had to sit back and watch events unfold. There was nothing much I could do except try to be supportive, encouraging and make sure he had good meals.

Pray for Larry that perhaps this next phase will be the turning to a new, better and brighter page in his book.