Hellish

Dear Readers,

         Y’all, it’s just soo hot outside! Like from satan’s loins kinda hot.  I can’t do anything! I am just HOT ALL THE TIME. It doesn’t matter if the AC is on 68! I don’t care if it’s dipped down to the high 90’s! I am just miserable! I need to sleep on fresh white sheep in a dark, cold room. I need to sit in a cool bath and mellow. I need not to be invited to your stupid outdoor activities. Please, please check on your neighbors and everyone’s pets!  

       I wrote this 5 years ago. Nothing’s changed. Even the stupid guy at Starbucks this morning before church who laid on the horn behind me. I’m in a drive-thru. Where am I going? BTW, the big crowd? Getting PSLs according to the sweet girl at the window. What the hell? It was 92 degrees at 10:00 am! People control yourselves! 

So, I am sucking at grace this summer. It’s hot, there is on-going road work EVERYWHERE and a lot of people just genuinely being stupid and torturous drivers. None of that is an excuse for me to yell obscene things at them and call them names. Especially in front of my child where I try to model grace, patience and a healthy sense of humor. I am trying to remember that much of my own life has been tempered greatly with forbearance, forgiveness, patience and the all important grace of others. So as I work on my grace in this season, I want to thank you, and you know who you are, that decided to walk with me despite my own roadwork, being stupid and torturous behavior! 

Stay cool and calm and collected! Drink your water! Put on your sunscreen! Try not to flip off too many people! 

Yours, Staci