Cousins Galore

 I have to be one of the fortunate few, that have many cousins. In all shapes and sizes, brains and without, near and far, first, second, third down the line, by marriage or blood. My people are precious to me, they have all molded my life, indeed I am lucky.

 This week I was thrilled to visit with two of my best cousins, whom I adore. Not for a great reason, due to surgery, but any reason to get the tongues to wagging is great. Sally from Arkansas, and Jeannine from Georgia.
 My precious Jeannine has been down, due to extensive back surgery. There is light at the end of her tunnel, but she has to look HARD to see it!!! Her burden is huge, as my friend Vicky so often says. She stripped down to let me see her scar, and we hugged and loved each other up!! while nurse Sally was preparing something?? I was pleased to see J in a nice fancy black bra, these things are important to cousins!! and always we remember that modesty is thrown out the window with us, we are wide open, more like sisters. We examined her x-ray and screws that had been removed, and hollered with laughter. Everything is funny, it has to be, because its all toooooo hard without hooting like a baboon!!! The familiar chatter went on for hours, stories from the grave to the present. So easy to slip into these relationship, even though the years can be long between visits.
  In between sips of diet cokes and tab (which I did not know they made anymore) and a few pain pills thrown in, we did talk of serious stuff. Both of these women are my prayer partners, and I think they have a great discipline to GAWD!! I lean towards a Bless everyone, God help us all kind of prayer, so I rely on their personal attention to prayer!! J even writes names down and problems to address. Sally is an awesome prayer person, even when Ward died, she asked the lord for her to bare some of my pain, to give me some relief, these girls are good!!! So I loaded them up with needs. Sally said, " My list is getting hideously long!" and I fell out of the chair. Her long drip of water, southern drawl, it took her a good five minutes to say hideously!!  A pure joy to my ears, and heart.
Jeannine spoke from her recliner, after she was spent with all the talking, with her eyes closed, " Bonnie, you bring joy into the room every time you come over!" (could have been the meds talking!!) (nah)
  I love these women. I love all of my cousins. I am so blessed, somebody must be praying really hard!!
Thank you a billion times for sweet moments like these.