It has been a wonderful weekend with my laptop and my puppy. I hung out with my neighbors on Saturday night, but other than that it’s been a very calm, non-partying weekend, which is nice. I’ll be delighted when football season is over and I can have friends on Sundays again.
I’ve also had the pleasure of watching God’s handiwork in my life over the past couple of days. They have been stressful days, but it’s nothing short of miraculous how people — people you’d loved and thought you’d lost forever — pop back into your life exactly when you need them to. The phone rings, and you can’t believe the number on the screen — you laugh first, then answer — and there’s no earthly reason why he should call now, today, after all these years — now, today, to say these things that were exactly what you needed to hear now, today, and perhaps this is the only person and these are the only words that could deliver you safely and peacefully into tomorrow. He will disappear into your long-ago history once again, soon, you know that, but he walked on stage now, today, to read his lines from the script of your life, to say his small bit before he heads back behind the curtain. I needed that phone call today, and for that, I am grateful.
And now: a dog and an orangutan become friends for life.
