What a great 56th birthday! It seems like my last birthday just was not that long ago. These past few years have just flown by, and 2024 has flown by more quickly than any prior. I only have 4 more birthdays (at most) to acknowledge during my incarceration. Only 4 more holiday season! Oh, the next 55 months are going to fly by!!
I started the day with a cold, but invigorating, 5k. That was followed by a relaxing hour long haircut where I received a sharp looking high faded swoop. I thoroughly relished back-to-back visitations where I enjoyed playing cards and working a jigsaw puzzle. Over the past two days I have been treated to a delicious huge chicken Caesar salad and some New York style strawberry cheesecake. My cellie rented Despicable Me 4 to watch in the afternoon and I ended the evening playing Axis and Allies. I have also indulged in some Blue Bunny Bunny Tracks ice cream. God has provided me with great friends, strong supportive acquaintances, and some very special "insiders" whom have shown me great grace, mercy, and compassion over the years...and this year, this birthday, even more so. The only things that would have made it better were a visit to the chiropractor, a mani-pedi, and a deep tissue massage. That being said I would give all of that up for just some small contact from my daughter and my prodigal telling me they love me, seeking my forgiveness, and establishing amends. While I hate being incarcerated and the restrictions on exercising my full freedoms, the Sovereign Lord still finds ways to wildly bless me, even behind this thin vale of a fence. Thank you Jesus for your continued outpouring of care, compassion, concern that you back up with your peace, protection, and provision. I trust that there is indeed a plan behind all of this, that you are going to restore relationships, provide recompense for all the locust have eaten, and uphold your promise to work all of this out for my good and your glory.
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