So many things are happening in this crazy mixed up world that it just boggles the mind. At times I want to just crawl under the blankets and hide but the easiest thing to do is to turn off the T.V., throw the newspapers in the trash (if they even exist anymore) and shut down Facebook.

That’s hard to do I know, but these past few weeks I have tried to do that. Part of it was because we had a 12 year old guest that required trips to the swimming pool several times, a couple of shopping trips, and the usual trying to entertain a kid that is hyper.

Those two weeks were busy and the very day he was returned to his family I came down with another case of shingles! (Just this last Monday) Why shingles seem to like me so much is beyond me but I…