Snot oozes out of Ezra's nose like a slowly-creeping glacier. Forming a squeegee from my hand and a tissue, I gently scrape away the dribble, dab the clinging clots, and toss the wet cloth into the trashcan. Sliding into the sixth day of head colds, we are all ready to be healthy again.
Before colds, we endured an entire month of pink eye. The inevitable domino effect applies to every illness that infects our family. One person feels the fringes of the illness, then in a day or two another person falls victim. By the end of the week, the entire family is suffering together.
Does the same ring true in your life, friend? Or, if not with illness, then with relationships or events? Do you ever feel that a single stone tossed in your general direction leads to a ripple of waves that crashes over your head, one after the other?
My mother always says that bad things happen in threes. It does seem to happen that life events - both bad and good - tend to cluster. Perhaps, friend, we should delight in the wine we can make with such clusters; share with a friend; and, toast to good health. Then, whether bad or good, life's events can hearten our souls, just knowing that it is shared with those who care.
Before colds, we endured an entire month of pink eye. The inevitable domino effect applies to every illness that infects our family. One person feels the fringes of the illness, then in a day or two another person falls victim. By the end of the week, the entire family is suffering together.
Does the same ring true in your life, friend? Or, if not with illness, then with relationships or events? Do you ever feel that a single stone tossed in your general direction leads to a ripple of waves that crashes over your head, one after the other?
My mother always says that bad things happen in threes. It does seem to happen that life events - both bad and good - tend to cluster. Perhaps, friend, we should delight in the wine we can make with such clusters; share with a friend; and, toast to good health. Then, whether bad or good, life's events can hearten our souls, just knowing that it is shared with those who care.
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