6THOUGH A SPLASH OF WATER WON T KILL IT, UNITY WILL

Evidently, my 9 year old grandson Corey’s generous nature has been writing a nine page letter to his personal friend, The Elf on the Shelf, in hopes of inspiring the little guy to entice Santa to be an exceptionally generous gift giver to good girls and boys, who having been schooled at home, have seen too little of their friends during this extended time of Covid—as for my wishlist, I wish Will, David and I, along with Steven’s family, could kick Covid to Timbucktoo, pack up our cars and caravan straight to Cali so as to enjoy our holiday celebration of love with Barry’s family followed by all families ringing in a happy and HEALTHY New Year, over the entire expanse of our nation as well as beyond our shoreline, inclusive of everyone on our planet.  Seriously, if I’m wishing on a star, why not wish BIG!

In addition to wishing a Happy, Merry Everything to all of you wherever you may dwell, Mrs. Claus asked me to remind you to please take every precautionary measure to stay well until vaccination day shows lines queuing up within our communities, and as I fully concur with her reasoning, that’s exactly what I’m doing with immediacy, being that my memory has pretty much been on hiatus since last December, when Chemo chose to take me down the yellow brick road where Covid showed up, just like the witch of the East, after which, clarity offered me sound reason to agree with Dorothy—There’s no place like home to feel safe from harm until the danger of catching this heartless virus has passed, at long last, and we who stand divided across the vast expanse of our nation, reunite ‘Neath Biden’s  presidential respect for the common good.

BTW, Today was my follow up appointment with my cardio-thoracic surgeon at Mayo, who (having considered the rarity of my tumor’s involvement with heart and lung) had recommended my flying to Houston to meet with her friend and colleague, a thoracic surgeon, based in the fact that he and a cardiac surgeon had developed the dual surgical procedure that saved my life.

Having studied the radiologist’s reports of my most recent Echo cardiogram and Chest CT, both of which took place, last week, my local surgeon offered me insight into ‘something’ that may be going on at the margin of my right lung’s surgical site.  And as I need time to process today’s unwelcome news, more about delving into a detailed reveal concerning that issue when next we meet. 

👩🏻👵🏻 Gramma Annie

‘There’s no place like home’ 

PS

With so much scrolling through my mind, today, I almost forgot to address the lasting significance of December 7th.

‘A day that will live forever in infamy’

       —FDR

Seven secrets shrouding dark truths  concerning the bombing of our fleet, which had been purposely docked at Pearl Harbor for safety, will be revealed when next we meet.