This is about like watching paint dry!

1027 modules remain. That converts to just under 11,000 bales. We are on top of 145,000 bales this morning at shift change. My estimate for completion remains the 26th of March.

The month of March has claimed another cousin. This makes two years in a row. Last year Rene', this year Cathy. Rene' was forty-four, Cathy was 52. Both were too young to die.

I hadn't seen Cathy in a couple of years. Last time was at a family reunion in Abilene, even though we both called Abilene home. She had been battling cancer for several years. Thankfully she had several years where she enjoyed basically good health as the disease went into remission. I was not even aware that they disease had become active again. Apparently when it returned it was very enraged.

Cathy and I were born roughly six months and 60 miles apart. She was born in Merkel, I was born in Loraine. While we would see each other annually at family reunions we didn't have a whole lot of interaction until college. The two of us along with another cousin Kevin, all attended ACC at the same time. It was there that we became better acquainted as we would sometimes see each other on a daily basis.

It is sometimes weird, the parallels that occur in our lives. We all ended up going to the same college, we all married and we all divorced. Both Cathy and I had remarried, I don't know about Kevin.

When I think of Cathy, the one thing that immediately comes to mind was her laugh. She loved to laugh. And I think that is how I want to remember her.

I'm sad that she is gone. Sad for those that will miss her. Thankful that GOD ended her suffering and took her home to heal her.

FATHER forgive me when I get my priorities askew. FATHER thank YOU for Cathy, for the lives she touched, the influence she had. I ask for YOUR comfort for her family as they mourn her loss. I pray for healing for Krl and me. I pray for safety for Adam and his men in Iraq as they near completion of their deployment. I continue to lift up Memama, Pepa, Hag, Bets, Jess, Jack, Douglas, Lillie, B., Ashlyn Kate, Dr. Mackie, and Jeanine for YOUR gifts of healing and care. I pray for all those who are hurting from loss and ask YOUR comfort for them. I pray for those of us who stumble as we follow YOU. I pray for our spiritual family and our leaders. I pray for the efforts being made to expand YOUR kingdom. I pray for Richard, Anastacia, James and Terah. That they would obey and honor their parents, that they might enjoy long life. I pray for our prayer partners Jenavene and Susan. That we might be joyful in promoting peace. Bless-ed be YOUR name!