Sunday, January 24, 2021

Day 3095: The power of a favor.


 

  

"Hope in darkness": photo, collage and digital collage.

 

 



Want music?




Click here for Tevin Campbell, Tomorrow.
then click back on this blog tab or here to listen as you browse, or not?
 
 
 


Can I ask a favor? 

 

I know so many are hurting and facing desperate times. Mark is one.

I am asking that you might pray to whomever you pray to, for the hardest working man I have ever known. He has spent a year with cancer and came home clear, only to catch Covid and be in the hospital fighting for his life. Today is an especially hard day. I believe in prayer and the goodwill of people like you. He is Mark Martinez, a husband, father, grandfather, black belt, retired from Costa Mesa School District, loved by so many, and a good, good man. We need good men like Mark.


 
 
Update:
 
 
Some rain today, and I got proof.
 
 
 


 
 
 


 
 
 


•  An amazing 4-1/2 minute video, Giant Pandas, here.
•  A fascinating 12-minute video,  4 yr.old Anna, here.
•  A fun 3-3/4 minute video, Subway surprise, here.


Just because ...

 

Faintail chicks


  
                         

Smiles for Sunday ...
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 
 

 
                                                               Thanks for visiting today.

 


10 comments:

john said...

Yup, Yup, and another Yup! Like this one a lot. :-)

Betty Cotton said...

Morning Jackie! Yes, your hope in darkness says it all! Again, you bring lots of smiles as I scroll down our blog. Thanks...will pray for Mark! Caring...Sharing....so important!

jacki long said...

Thanks so much, John! Have a great day!

jacki long said...

Thanks, Betty, Yes, I think in the darkness, thanks seem harder? Somehow easier to be hopeful in the morning. Thanks again for stopping by.Happy Sunday.

Carrol Wolf said...

Loved the graphic. I am going to send your email a watercolor that your piece reminded me of. (Poor English, I know.) I can't put it here because it was painted by someone else, and I don't even know that person's name. But I also really like it and they are similar.

All the videos were wonderful. We can learn a lot by listening to those little people: under 10 I suppose, but I may change the age as my grands get older.

Let's hope for lots of good news in the upcoming week. I think most of us could use some.

elenor said...

Praying for Mark and wishing him the very best.
We have been living in lockdown since December 26th and it will not end before February 8th - and that's not for sure. These are hard times especially for those having to fight covid. Jacki, please take care and stay safe.

Branmuffin said...

Sending well wishes and love for Mark. Such a nice man.

jacki long said...

Thank you, Carrol, it is an older piece, done on an Ipad. It is layered and drawn on in an older app, that is no longer available. That old.

jacki long said...

Thank you, Elenor. The lockdown is tedious but better than Covid. Are you having the vaccine yet? I have friends who have had it, but it is still mainly for front line workers. I will eventually. In the meantime, I am home.

jacki long said...

Thanks, Brandon! Yes indeed, Mark is a great man. SO kind and helps so many in many ways. He has been through so much in the last year and a half, cancer, a successful bone marrow transplant, and then this. Thank you for your prayers, please continue?