Little did I know that dad would challenge me to write my observations for the day. He praises me for being a great writer in his eyes and encourages me to write every moment that I get.
Well, as we sped down the road to stop at the pharmacy to get my medication, dad began to tell me many anecdotes about life. One of them being about a sermon he professes usually reminding us of the Lord's suffering and his return. As I sit in the car listening to dad, I think about how my own life's suffering has brought me to where I am in life and where I want to be in eternity. I want to be ready for the Lord's return and yet I still have so much to learn; I'm not a perfect Christian.
After we picked up my anxiety and depression medication, we stopped at the bank. This was when dad told me of a surprise trip he wants to take for ten days this summer if we don't get to go to Costa Rica. I sat imagining what his friends' beach houses are like in comparison to my aunt's old beach house. I love the little crags in the rocks that are carved away leading a way down into the ocean. The water is my favorite place to be.
From the bank, we went to the church temple to pick up a block of cheese. On Wednesdays dad feeds the homeless, prays with them and gives a sermon at the park that he broadcasts live on Facebook. He was telling me about the meal he was going to prepare for tomorrow so we had to stop by. As dad cut the block of cheese, i stayed staring at the cross propped up in the garage with a crown of thorns and whip at the table. I imagined what it would have been like to visit Jesus the day of calvary on a hike with my dad. I imagined dad with a cloak taking me under his arm staring up at our Lord and I felt sorry in my heart for my sins and wondered about mom but kept it to myself as I time traveled for thirty seconds to that day of calvary. Dad was busy getting the preparations and I redirected my attention to helping dad put some glass coke bottles in the refrigerator.
After dad cut the block of cheese, we went back home real quick to make a quick stop and sped off to Walmart. Surprisingly there were a lot of people there and they were wearing their masks. I weaved through the crowd to go to the counter to cash my check then met up with dad again in the grocery section. We stocked up on food and other essentials before making it back to the line.
After looking at a magazine of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at the counter dad asked me if I saw the interview with Oprah. It's the latest interview everyone's been talking about and it seems like the prince and his family are in a lot of drama at the moment due to their small family.
After I helped dad pay at the counter, we went through the parking lot to go home. Before we made it back we stopped at the computer store to pick up my laptop. It needed a fine tuning and it's running faster than ever before. The people at the computer repair shop are very nice people because the treat us fairly and always give us a fair price on our computer repairs.
Finally we made it back home and I got to work on my blog. I still need microsoft powerpoint for a few things but I made do with Canva for the moment. I'm fixing up my blog to build traffic and build up my email list in the future. That's a work in progress but hopefully my writing proposals on Medium come through.
I skipped breakfast and lunch for the day so I had a late lunch of ramen noodles. They weren't the best tasting maybe because I under seasoned them but I think I will be sticking with Maruchan from now on because it is fairly seasoned.
Finally, my day was over after I ate a late dinner of Macaroni and cheese with a side of vegetables and fish. I lay here in my little corner of the world-- in a cozy nook where my bed is hidden from the world and write many articles from the day.
This was my writing challenge for the day. I mostly did it for dad since he is the one who mostly encourages me to keep on writing. It was a very busy day but full of family warmth and anecdotes. I hope you enjoyed reading it if you have gotten this far. And if you have gotten this far you should sign up for my newsletter for more anecdotes and updates about this blog.
I hope you have a good day.
Best,
Candidly Rose 🌹
