Cheryl was just trying to set up a meeting with her family to take care of some things still left to do after her mother’s death. This may sound easier to you than it really is. Cheryl’s calendar and mine (and they are not necessarily the same) wouldn’t allow for any weekend until March, and then are full again throughout April. Cheryl’s brother’s family can’t do anything until late February, when Cheryl and I are already booked. Cheryl’s sister and husband are okay for early February, but can’t do anything until the middle of March. And that doesn’t count the various nieces and nephews and all of their calendars. YIKES! This is never going to get done.

I know that your calendars are just as bad as mine. I remember one person telling me once, that if it weren’t for their doctor’s appointments, they wouldn’t have any social life at all; but as it was, their calendar was always full. Has life always been this full? I just hate it when people retire, because I can never find them again. At least when they are working, I figure they’ll have to come from work, but once they retire they can go anywhere and never come home at all. So, full calendars isn’t just for the young or even just the young at heart, it seems to be a fact of life for everybody.

And so I wonder some times, if maybe we need to go through our new 2009 calendar, and write on all of the Sunday’s “Go to Church”. Maybe if we calendar it, other things won’t press in on top of it. Then, when other things come up for Sundays we can say “Oops, no, sorry I can’t go. I already have something on my calendar.” After all, isn’t going to church just as important as something else that wants to get on our calendar?

I’ll see you in church.

~ Roy