Back from El Salvador, and reality sets in

Back from El Salvador, what a wonderful thing -  to be able to go to that country, so full of beauty and poverty and be able to help in real ways.  Sometimes at home, when we are giving to charities and causes, we wonder 

how far our dollars really go, there you get to see the effects right before your eyes.  And if you're lucky enough to be able to go back again, you see families so grateful, making their homes and lives in these simple structures.  And to share it with my kids... It feels like a gift to my soul to be a part of this.

Back from El Salvador, and reality sets in.  Nothing between us and surgery anymore.  Christmas is over, we're home from El Salvador, all the buffers are gone.  Then, an unexpected call from the surgeon - another appointment on Thursday.  What is this about, is there something new on the CT scan or is it just routine?  Fear and panic set in, it's not usually good news, but we can't think that way, but how do we stop?

I heard this song today and it reminded me of my dad, I remember him playing it ...

Well there's a dark and a troubled side of life.

There's a bright and a sunny side too.

But if you meet with the darkness and strife,

The sunny side we also may view.

Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side,

Keep on the sunny side of life.

It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way,

If we keep on the sunny side of life.

Oh, the storm and its fury broke today,

Crushing hopes that we cherish so dear.

Clouds and storms will in time pass away.

The sun again will shine bright and clear.

Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side,

Keep on the sunny side of life.

It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way,

If we'll keep on the sunny side of life.

Let us greet with a song of hope each day.

Though the moments be cloudy or fair.

Let us trust in our Saviour always,

To keep us, every one, in His care.

Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side,

Keep on the sunny side of life.

It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way,

If we'll keep on the sunny side of life

 

June Carter Cash