This Tuesday I had a very difficult morning and never made it through my morning prayers.  After I returned from dropping off the kids I worked on some school arrangements and made an appointment. Then I sat down and tried to pray and fell asleep hard.  I slept for a long time and woke up very disoriented.

I got going a little better in the afternoon when I got out and did all the kid pickups.  I had to climb up on the roof and fix the lights on the roof.  At some time during the day I read a great article from medical journal about the health benefits of prayer.

In the evening we attended my son's Christmas program at the school and then a neighborhood program at the park.  At the school I saw some friends from the program whose child attends our school.  We also saw my cousin and his family.  I had a weird experience at the park in which a woman sitting on a bench tried to start conversation with my cousin and I.  She had a very small child and looked and sounded as if she may have felt very isolated and was trying to make acquaintances.   I felt as if I should have been more neighborly and exchanged names and information.  Perhaps I should treat these situations just as I would standing outside 12 step meetings.

It was a good night out with my family.

Thanks be to God.