Long Time Coming--a condensed sort of catch-up

[Kate Thorn]

Has been so long since I blogged here. Or visited here. I had a jewelry show right before Xmas and it did well. I was sick during Christmas. I was injured at work--a torn meniscus-left knee--and have been out of work for nearly 2 weeks. I go to see the orthopedist on Thursday--but my knee is still extremly swollen--My greatest activity level--sitting up--and then not more than 2 hours--even with it elevated. I am on crutches, etc. Not happy about that.

Right after new years, I have been blogging privately on MySpace, and I started writing New Years resolutions and it turned into something else--a book--one I intended to write later, not
now when I am so extremely (or was so extremely busy)--but some of the situations amazed me when I looked at what I had written and connected the dots--well, suffice that once I was
given "protection" by a powerful individual--and did not even realize it at the time. I was more
than overwhelmed--my life was more than stressful and difficult. Let's just say it is interesting to me--and I have already lived it.

Then I was the subject of a minister's Sunday serman--he could not recall my name and he was trying to find me. I took care of him when he had a heart attack. At 0330 in the morning I went in to see him and sat down to talk with him and tell him some of my stories of hope--and he remembered them as the days went by. One of my beading friends recognized me from the description and gave him my phone number. He wanted to know if I had finished writing my "Stories of Hope"--guiltily I replied that I had not.

But today when I blogged, I wrote the first story--the very beginning of the stories.

I have missed this site.

I will try to visit here more often.

Kate
trying to find me