Mindful Monday

Today has been one where I did a little of this and a little of that...while I waited to find out how Joy's appointment with a neurologist went in Nashville. Not a lot new was learned. The doctor said that Joy not talking was probably her way of dealing with the pain. They were told that the first three weeks after a concussion were the worst and that it could take up to six months for her to recover. So the waiting "game" continues. That was the first time that they had heard that the first three weeks are the worst...so Joy is half way through that time period. I think that the six months were a little longer than anyone had said before. We just have to be patient and wait for our sweet Joy to emerge! I mentioned the other day that I was tackling one of the drawers that Woody put "every thing" in...so there are paper clips, shoe laces, picture hanging paraphanalia, I even found a receipt from 1999 for tires he had bought. Now, this is the second or third time for me to go through this drawer. I had already gone in and pulled out all the broken pairs of readers that he had put in there. We bought the dresser when we lived in California...so 51+ years of accumulation! It is a divided drawer and today I finally got everything out of one half of the drawer. Some of the things went in easily into the wastebasket...but others I have to maake decisions about...as this is the drawer that I go to when I need certain things...so decision has to be made as to just what exactly do I want to leave in that I might need! I did ask Melany about some of the things that he had for when they were collecting butterflies...those I have put in a container for Melany to check out and bring back memories with...but hoping that she doesn't feel the need of keeping...as she doesn't need to add to all that she has collected over the years she has been married. She doesn't need to take on our stuff...but, then, she is sentimental! I probably shouldn't have mentioned them to her...just let them disappear!?! I did find a neat little light in the drawer...looked like it had never been used. I will be getting batteries to see if it could be useful. I vacuumed from the bottom of the drawer small circles of paper from the paper punch...found the paper punch, too. This drawer is a mirade of treasures! Of course, now all these are on my sewing table...that I cleared off a while back hoping to get back to using it for sewing...well, it will have to be cleared off ONCE AGAIN! I have been to prayer meeting and am now back all ready to settle in for the evening. Working steadily on the latest Christmas ornament...hoping to get a little farther on this one this evening. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!