Inner Rose

Many years ago I worked at a place where helicopters landed on the roof. When the wind was just right, the room would fill with vapors or smoke. Asthma was exacerbated and stress and alarm skyrocketed when this continued again and again. I felt powerless. It was hard to stay work focused when health was at risk. Though many of us wrote to request change...months went by...air meters were placed and found nothing...They were even considering moving the fuel to the building top. Karen called... "I had a nightmare and you were being chased by a white helicopter." "Karen, the helicopter that lands on the roof is white!" She prayed. We prayed. "It would take hundreds of thousands of dollars to move the helicopter pad," they said. "If this is being a health consideration, perhaps you should find a different job," they said. The helicopter was moved and I did not lose my job. Alleluia! God works in mysterious ways!

Oh indeed! Yes! I need you to just come right here and set by the fire... you know I ALWAYS tell my stories best by the fire... with popcorn... and hot chocolate... and fireflies and juuuuune bugs landing on the screen... Story One...on "GRACE!" by Susan Lois Metler Henry Eleven years younger than me, my cousin, Mary, had come to us from England for a visit. GAP clothes and LEVI jeans were on her agenda. What to do what to do? We were trying to show her a good time but she was so much younger than us. What was she interested in? Finally, after trying many things, we sought to show her a good time by taking her to Jackson, MI (an hours drive) to see the light show on water which synchronized with music. Arriving early at my insistence so that we could get good seats, we sat on these blocks of cement set out especially for seating. What did I expect? I didn't know! All I knew is it was almost time and it might have started and these women seated right in front of u...