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I started this label DEMENTIA on August of 2024 because I feared I had it. I have not added to this label since January 31, 2025, that was the day after we spent the entire night in Vet ER with our beloved Beau, fearing his death was near. The $1500 cost added to my anxiety and fears

and a second label  ANXIETY-FEAR on October 5th, 2025 with the intentions of doing  a post once a week using the book, I told the story of finding this book.

This book has become ragged and marked and highlighted and has kept me going when I just knew I could not. Every page has a prayer and a promise. I have paged it so many times the spine is cracking. In the 8 months since my husband Bob, stopped walking and 4 months since the hospital bed came to our living room. I intend to post a post once a week, with a promise, prayer and short review of the words from this book. This graphic will be on the side bar with a link to the publisher and where it can be bought.

I chose today, on Thankful Thursday at Brians Forever Home because I had nothing to be thankful for  and the day was blank. TodayI am thankful for God once again putting this book in my hands this morning. This is the email I sent to Ann this morning......

I am trying to lift myself up out of the doldrums with Christmas past.

I can't seem to decorate, I have not touched IPAD in 5 days, don't even know if it is charged and don't care.

Nothing new has happened, same old same old, but I have extreme Don't' Give a Darn Doldrums. even the new laptop I gifted myself is not helping. I am even getting more sleep that i was getting.. 

I sent the email, went to deposit 2 cups of coffee where it always goes and there sat The Book, that lives on the wall in front of the throne and It fell open to these pages.

LET GOD SOLVE YOUR BIG PROBLEMS

when times are tough, it's easy to become discouraged, to overestimate the size of your problems.

The truth is, there are two kinds of problems. The small ones that YOU can handle and the BIG ones that only God can handle.

Let God handle the big ones and you focus on the ones its in your power to handle yourself. 

Every trial, every fear, every loss, every fail,  can be transformed by God into "God-Sends"

The Prayer

"Lord,sometimes my problems are simply to big for me. They are never too big for you. Help me turn my troubles over to you and let me trust in you today and for eternity. Amen"

The promise: Isaiah 40:31 "But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up on wings as eagles, they shall run and not faint,Walk and not be weary."

PS last Thursday I replaced my 11 inch Chromebook, with a 15 inch Chromebook, because Amazon emailed early Black Friday sale and its price was 459.00, on sale for 299.00 and a dear blog friend had sent and email with 50 dollar gift card and I got it for 266.00. My old one is OLD and My EYESIGHT is OLD as is the body, Now I can see what I am typing. I am thankful not only for the words from God, but thankful for friends, that visit and sometimes send and for having the money to buy it. 

Christmas past and red and Santa all in one photo. This Santa was bought Dec 1966, for my oldest sons 1st Christmas, he was 10 months old that Christmas. I am off to pull him out with the other decorations... love you all, signing off as Thankful Sandra Claus