Celebrating Birthdays

Last night we drove to Chilies which in Honduras is THE place to go for Hondurans, as well as TGIFridays. Fany has had her cousin, my landlord, Leonor visiting from Guatemala. At first Fany was all stressed out, but now Leonor has been here a while and I see that she is more relaxed.

All of us are broke, so we decided to collaborate to celebrate Fany's birthday last night. We ordered an appetizer platter to share and margaritas. It was nice to get dressed up and go out with the ladies.

Fany with her lava cake

The ladies

Tonight we celebrated Leonor's birthday. Fany made her special tacos. Once again it was a fun night among ladies.

 Today is the first day that it rained very little. I hope the storm has passed. Erika's house is still standing.

I love to hear from you

I just wrote a post about how lately I am feeling "out of sight, out of mind".  But after thinking it over, I decided to change the post.

Rather than focus on all of the ways I am feeling alone and emotionally unsupported I would like to thank the people who are taking the time and making the effort to reach out to me. I appreciate you.

I am also grateful to those of you who make time in your lives to read my blog. It makes my day when you say, "Oh yes, I read about that in your blog."

Thank you to Jamie Dorrity who said all of the other stuff about being glad I am alive after the robbery and then added, "Let me know if there is anything I can do to help." That meant a lot to me.

Thank you to Julia for your sweet note and advice. You were right on target.

Thank you to my friend Lynda who bugged me until I opened up and talked to her about everything I am feeling after being robbed.

I am grateful to Erika who, even with her house falling down, takes time out of her day to tell me she loves me.

God blessed me with a church whose Pastor survived a plane crash and is able to give me good advice and warn me about what to expect. Last night when I had three nightmares about someone coming up behind me and putting a gun to my head I didn't feel so scared, because I understand this is my new "normal" for the time being.

Thank you to those who take the time to send a little message when you read my newsletter. I don't expect all 150 recipients to respond. But the 3-10 of you who do respond - even with just one word - remind me that I am not in this alone. I need that!

Thank you to the three of you who send me an email now and then. You have busy lives but I love hearing from you. Usually I read your emails at least three times. Sometimes I take a little while to get back to you, but once I sit down and write, I try to fill my response full of things I think you'll be interested in hearing.

If any of you would like to chat by Skype or FB messenger, let's plan time to do that. Or if you see me on FB, send me a little message. Leave a message here, on the blog! It doesn't have to be frequent and it doesn't matter what method you use. I love to hear from you every now and then.