October 25 – “Election time craziness …”

Saturday.  Luke’s actual birthday day.  we started off the big day with a breakfast selected by Luke’s personal request – a true breakfast of champions … donuts.  Nice choice, Luke.  Christi had the table full of presents from his family to surprise him when he woke up.  In fact, I caught him doing a little snooping while Christi was gone to get the donuts.  I guess he takes after his Dad.  Or would that be his uncles?

 

After breakfast we had to get ready to attend Caleb’s soccer game.  They play with some weird rules at this level.  No headers are allowed.  Oh, and the take random water breaks.  I couldn’t tell if it was halftime or hydration time.  The game was fun to watch, though.  Ended in a 2-2 tie.  No shoot-outs in this level, either.  Caleb plays sweeper, the same position his proud Dad played.  Nice job, Caleb.

 

We stopped at Whataburger on the way home.  You guessed it.  That was Luke’s choice for his big birthday lunch.  And he stipulated that it be eaten at home.  A little bit of Mom’s precautionary nature there, I suppose.

 

Meanwhile, back at Seaside, the hamburger fundraiser went well.  Raised over $1300 for hurricane relief in Louisiana.  We sure missed being there.

 

On our way home we ran smack dab into a new phenomenon.  Just as we left Bucees we noticed that traffic was slowing to a crawl in front of us.  As we snaked our way along, we finally reached the cause.  There was a Trump Parade happening.  We managed to get alongside of it where traffic was moving a little better.  There were American flags and Texas flags and Trump flags.  There were signs indicating Veterans for Trump and Latinos for Trump and Back the Blue and All Aboard the Trump Train and God, Guns and America.  My favorite, though, was the car plastered with a Women for Trump sign.  It was being driven by a man.  In the car by himself.  Hmm.  People in the vehicles would scream greetings and wave tiny little American flags from their windows as we passed.  The parade of vehicles stretched from the Bucees in Waller to Jones Road in Houston.  That’s some 28 miles.  There were even some people waiting on the side of the road to wave or even join in the line.  It was an interesting experience to be sure.  Election time craziness …

 

Proverbs 11:25 says, “A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.”

 

Father, please watch over folks when they are engaged in events like that.  Help them to remember to stay safe in their exuberance.  Amen.