Last Thursday I was delighted with the weather forecast that we had an 80% chance of rain. The area south of Dallas has been mighty dry for the past 6 weeks or so. The weather reporter I watched mentioned that there was a low pressure system out in the Gulf of Mexico and if it moved onshore it might increase our chances of rain over the weekend. Well, it moved onshore, parked over north-central Texas and has been pumping moisture/rain into our area ever since Thursday evening. I have not heard a definite total for Ennis but surrounding locations have had from 8 to 12 inches so far and it is still coming down steadily as I write this.
There have been quite a few interesting experiences since my last entry. On Thursday evening I drove 6-7 miles south of town to visit one of our older ladies on the farm where she has lived since 1961 when she and her late husband moved there to work the land. She even made chocolate pie since she knew I was coming. She is a vivacious lady, full of life and good humor. Her place is beautiful. The driveway is about 100 yards long, lined with crepe myrtles. Up around the house is like a cornucopia of all kinds of flowers, ornamental plants and shrubs. She was feeding her cat when I drove up so we stood out in the yard for a while as I admired all of the beauty. Then here came a beautiful dove with mottled white plumage and literally landed right at our feet and within 4-5 feet from the cat. When I expressed my surprise at the dove coming so close, she said it's been coming around for quite a while because it wants to get whatever scraps of dry food that the cat does not eat. So far the cat has not tried to have dove for dessert.
On Friday morning Adam drove up from College Station and we went to El Centro College in downtown Dallas to watch one of his good friends graduate from the Dallas Police Academy. The mayor and other city leaders were there. Adam thought that former president George W. Bush was going to give the graduation address but it turned out to be the special agent in charge of the Dallas field office of the Secret Service. It was an impressive ceremony. Afterward we got to spend the evening with Joe and his wife. They are both Aggies who graduated with Adam last December.
On Saturday Adam was going to go back to Aggieland but during our visit with Joe, they decided we would get together on Saturday to watch some of the big football games up at Joe's place on the north side of Dallas. On our way up there Adam took me by the Dallas police headquarters and the place where JFK was shot by Oswald. We enjoyed a good "man day" with football, chips and dips and grilling out. There were some amazing football games: Houston & Oklahoma State, USC & Ohio State, Michigan & Notre Dame. Then the Cowboys won on Sunday. Good stuff!
We enjoyed another good Sunday with the church. I have just gotten a call that one of our members who is in Baylor Medical Center in Dallas is going to be removed from life support so I am going up there to be with the family. He has been struggling for a long time so it will be a blessing for him to pass on, but it is always hard. Be thankful for all the blessings that God gives you today, especially the times and contacts that you can have with your family and loved ones.
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