Month: October 2018

I had something unexpected happen again on Thursday when I made my last delivery stop.  I went to the door expecting to visit with  Mr. Charles or really half expecting him not to answer due to his wife passing.   I rang the bell and a  little lady answered the door and she immediately informed me you are suppose to deliver 2 meals.  I thought perhaps it  was a relative so I let her know I brought 1 meal  due to Mrs. Gladys passing.  She  said I am Gladys who told you I passed,  my heart skipped a beat??  She said I have been in the hospital but they let me come home last night.  I explained that her husband told me she passed the previous night and she said well I am very much alive as you can see.   She said Charles has been telling people that she has passed.  Her niece has gotten a visit in the past from APD also informing her that Gladys had passed when obviously she had not.  She then jokingly asked who did you think I was the other woman already???  Very awkward, but then again kinda of humorous and also relieved she was very much alive.  So I called Gloria afterwards @ Meals on Wheels and gave her an update,  said they had already marked her as deceased and taken her off the list.   She would  take care of getting another meal delivered & also sending a case worker to check on things.    Very interesting.

I have been doing my volunteer work at Meals on Wheels since Monday.  The first day I met  with Gloria and she assigned me a route which happened to be in my neighborhood.  I made the rounds which was slightly different from the usual because I didn’t have a wing man like we do at work.  I made it through with the help of  my friend Google Maps and managed to finish without any mess ups.

On the second day,  my sister  Elda wanted to help and I gladly accepted.  This time the route was different and it was in the Fairway Oaks area which also included the Dialysis Center.  We met several friendly people today. We had one stop that was for a little old couple Charles and Gladys .  We only spoke with  Charles and  their little dog Mini.  He was a very sweet man.

My niece  Victoria, who is Elda’s daughter came in from Arlington area  today and I got to visit with her .  We told her about our route and she wanted to help me on Wednesday.  She drove to my house  and off we went which also allowed us to catch up during our route.  We happened to get the same route as I had on Tuesday.   When we came to our last stop which was the little couple,  Charles told us Gladys had  passed away during the night.  It was so sad but he said she had been hospitalized for awhile now.  We visited with him and then said our goodbyes.  I called the office to let Gloria know and she said she would report it to caseworker.   I just never expected something like this to happen.

During the evening time I went with Laurie and Sonya to the Fields of Faith at Shotwell Stadium.  The music and speakers were awesome and it was amazing to see hundreds of our youth accepting Christ. Very powerful.

I don’t know which route I will have today but I am blessed to be able to help. Very grateful that our company gives us the opportunity to go out in the community to  be servants and  also to stop and rest our minds, body and souls which I needed very much so.  Worked on relationship with my niece who is going through difficult situation and this time allowed us to be able to talk.   Read my bible and my devotional. This has been a very good sabbatical week and I feel that God has placed me in very different situations this week but it was where I was needed to be.  Thank you all.  Blessings.

I just spent the last two weeks on a mini sabbatical and it was quite refreshing. I got to spend time in Michigan with my parents and Aunt Betty enjoying the cool weather, fall colors and God’s awesome natural wonders. Two of the four National Lakeshores are in Michigan and we got to visit both as well as seeing 3 of the 5 great lakes! My dad and I did a half marathon and my aunt did the bridge run in Sault Ste Marie. We ran across The International Bridge from Michigan to Canada at sunrise and it was beyond gorgeous! We also went across the Mackinac Bridge which is interesting because it’s the only way to drive between the upper peninsula and the mitten and stay in Michigan. When I returned to Texas, besides sweating, I delivered Meals on Wheels and helped at AYSA. MoW was shorthanded so it was a great week for me to be available. I met a lady and had an extended conversation with her on my last stop of my last day. Be praying for her as she’s staying in a hotel until her house has been cleaned of mold. She’s having a hard time since she’s been in that house 20 years and it’s what she and her blind dog, Rascal, know and love. Originally, I was scheduled to help Pregnancy Resources, but they didn’t need me. They were super grateful for my willingness and persistence to help, though! Because I wasn’t needed there, I was able to help Michelle and Aaron at AYSA. I helped organized shoes in their instant replay used sports “store” and then we made it a fun adventure to clean out, organize, and condense their attic. I’d show you progress, but we took pictures on a one-time-use camera we found in the attic. It “expired” in 2010, but hopefully we’ll get some photos of the memories we made. Thank you FD for an extended time to spend with family and help the community.