Our new washing machine arrives tomorrow. Husband just went out to the shed to tidy it a bit before the exchange happens, he pressed the start button and it started!
Too little, too late, washing machine!
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Inspired by words from Paul's letter to Timothy to fan into flame the gifts we are given, I suggested to the church leaders that a writing group might be good. They were very enthusiastic and I was given the chance to do a sales pitch on Sunday morning.
Nine people signed up! Whoopee!
That was the easy bit. Now I'm trying to find a day and time to meet that will suit everyone - or as many as possible anyway. This is the hard bit.
Also been asked for a sofa and double bed for an asylum seeker. Put out an appeal on facebook earlier today and have been given a sofa already. Now just have to arrange transport.
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On 29th November parliament debates the Assisted Dying Bill. very little time is being allowed for the debate, which I've seen loads of doctors disagreeing with. Better to first invest in good palliative care they suggest.
I have written to my MP to give my view. (Opposed.)
It's a tricky subject, not a simple one at all. And I do understand why some people want it.
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On that cheery note, I'm also leading Zac's tonight. Chapter 3 of Hosea. A short little chapter, just five verses, and quite positive in the midst of a rather grim book.
Really need a jolly picture now to brighten this up.
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Just had to go out and shout at Husband for moving the washing machine on his own. Honestly, I can't leave him a minute.
And I almost forgot: it seems most of the country had snow last night. Some schools in Wales have closed. We had heavy pouring rain.
8 comments:
We bought a new washing machine this past spring. We still aren’t using it properly! Hope you have better luck!
Assisted Dying has worked well here. We had a friend with cancer choose that path. He was surrounded in love by his family when he passed. During the process, he had to confirm more than once that he wanted to continue the process.
Good luck with your church writing group? Are you going to take on the role of facilitator?
It's strangely exciting to have a new machine of any sort. We didn't have snow lat night, just rain, but we have had several flurries of snow today and it's cold, even with the stove burning.
Terry Pratchett was a proponent of assisted dying. I trust his atheist judgement. If heaven is so great as you think why do you deny it to the suffering?
Maybe your washer is advocating for a new home.
Isn't that typical with the washing machine.
I think if you see the extended agony of people being kept alive just because we can, it's easier to see that their own choice to go should be respected and helped.
I personally know three people who took their own lives while they were still able to unassisted because the law wouldn't allow them assistance.
Of course doctors don't want it. Their whole training is about preserving life at all costs. To the patient, that is.
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