Moment of Peace

Yesterday morning I walked into my clients house.  I smiled and greeted them and soon relized that the room was somber.  She had taken a turn for the worse since I had seen her on last week on Thursday.  The family had been told that she'd only have a few days left.

I wanted to help in any way I could.  I washed dishes, ate a muffin and had coffee and chatted with the daughter, and I went to Alberstons for them.  I finished my morning shift and grabbed McDonald's and headed to the Mt. Elden trails.  I know grabbing McDonald's and going on a little walk doesn't make much sense.  I walked for a bit on the trail and found a shady spot and a big rock to sit on and ate my lunch.

It was nice to hear the breeze blow through the leaves of the trees around me  The breeze was warm and golden.  The ground was sprinkled with yellow, white and purple flowers.  In the mix of it all there were other plants that had various shades of greens, browns and rusty orange.  I enjoyed looking around at how pretty it all blended, so well with the wooded trees that were broken on the ground.

As I sat there a man started to pass me by and then stopped for some friendly chatting.  He was nice and gave me several pointers for my next big hike.  He said he loves to coming to these trails, that its a peaceful get away from the world down there (pointing down the mountain to Flagstaff)

He's right, its one of the reasons I love being outdoors on a hike.  The man went on his way.  I got up and took a few pictures.  As I walked down to the van, I said  a little pray for the family at the clients house before I headed back for my afternoon shift.

These thoughts came to my mind too....

God your are so good.  God you are so loving.

Hold each one in your hand as they

let her go to you.

I had my camera with me and I stopped on the road to her house and took some pictures.  It was a beautiful morning.

The sweet lady passed on at 3:00 this morning.