"A Sun Bathing Bird"

A sun bathing bird is my focal point today. The sun is extra bright. 11-24-2015 Perryton, Texas.

The sun is to the back of the bird. It is the bright spot on the screen. I focused in and it is really big. 11-24-2015 Perryton, Texas.


This evening is phenomenon. The sky is showing off a really bright sun, and  a bird perched a top a pole is obviously enjoying the warmth of nature. I watched it spread it’s wings and make several turns while sitting on the pole for quite some time. The sinking sun was going down over the housetop across my alley, but the heat was still reaching out to warm the lively hood. My faith was beginning to click in, and I felt so close to God. I know I can’t predict the future, but I also know the future is in God’s hands. I almost feel as if I’m on a roller coaster. Positive one day, and negative the next. I am holding on to a strong anchor, and I am sure I will not sink if I have to give up another loved one in my family. Money cannot buy the peace I have at this time. Today started off so nicely, but after a couple of hours of hefty exercise getting in and out of the car taking care of business, and making a visit to the doctor, Rick has since been lying down. His food intake has been very low today. His strength has not returned, but he has just been out of the hospital for three days. I feel sure he will be better tomorrow. He reminds me so much of his dad, and my husband, till I am feeling blessed to have him in my care.

I have put a few things I was daily involved in on hold, but I expect to be back to normal in a few days. I do want to thank everyone who have been praying for us. I certainly can feel the strength from those faithful words you are saying to Jesus. And to Jan, a friend I met while Rick was in the hospital at Fort Worth, I am feeling the effect of your prayers. You were so encouraging, and I believe God sent me an angel when we met up at the cafeteria. I am still praying for your sister. Today my heart was also warmed by friend’s smiles, and hello’s while I was with Rick on his business trips. God does have a way of keeping us strong and up lifted. I will praise Him all the rest of my life.

Tomorrow will be a day of resting for Rick. He has a few things to do on the computer, but will not have to be out running around. I have faith to believe he can catch up on all the important business he has had to let go for several weeks. Little by little he will get everything back under control. Insurance is a big hassle for him at this time. Since his retirement last April he has had to get new insurance. He was lucky enough to sign on with a great company, but he thinks after the first of the year he will have to change. Everyone is having trouble keeping insurance these days, according to Rick’s doctor. I am so glad I do not have to worry about mine since I am on Medicare. My golden years are good for something.

God Bless
Myrtle Jean Sharp

Jean's Comment's: "Safe At Home"

Jean's Comment's: "Safe At Home": My son, Rick, pushing lawn mower this past summer on my back yard. 2015. These past few months has brought him down to total disability. 1...

"Safe At Home"

My son, Rick, pushing lawn mower this past summer on my back yard. 2015. These past few months has brought him down to total disability. 11-23-2015 Perryton, Texas.



It is so good to be home after 12 days spent in a motel room in Fort Worth, Texas while my son, Rick, was recovering in a hospital bed with a serious bowl obstruction. We had traveled to Fort Worth the night before to spend one night in the motel so Rick could keep an appointment the next morning with his pain-management doctor at 8:30. We were to be on our way back home by 9:00 a.m. During the night Rick became deathly sick. I called an ambulance and he was taken to the Harris Methodist hospital emergency room at 4:00 a.m. I rode with the ambulance to the hospital and didn’t have a way back to the motel, which was several miles. I have a few family members and friends living in Fort Worth, and even with their busy work schedule and several miles from my motel and the hospital, they were able to assist me with my handicap. I have never driven in Fort Worth and knew nothing about the locality of anything. My car was never moved unless someone else was driving it. Twelve days of totally depending upon someone else to take me to and from the hospital, and also to buy some cloths since I only took an overnight change, can be very hectic. I tried to keep food and drinks in the room, since no decent eating places were close. We were not kept informed on Rick’s condition, but we could tell it was serious if not critical, although the doctor kept saying, maybe in two or three days he could be released if he didn’t have to have surgery. We were to learn Rick had three doctors treating him all through his stay in the Hospital. Each one had to sign off on their particular type of profession. Rick was also recovering from a broken hip surgery from just two weeks prior. He still had the staples in his hip wound and also knee. As always God was on the scene, and sent me wonderful help. I had calls from family and friends who lived hundreds of miles away offer to come and help me. I just wasn’t going to allow that. Then after a few attempts to reach a niece and nephew they there immediately there to help me. My niece  cancelled her cruise trip and had her husband to take his father in her place, because my only other source of help at the time was going to be out of town a few days. What a miracle she turned out to be. She was trained in nursing care and was able to look at Rick’s chart and see everything that had happened since he had been admitted. She was going by red check marks made on each one of Rick’s problems, which were many. She eased our fears by seeing on that chart that he had continuously improved since entering the hospital. Although she thought he still had a way to go yet. I had been out of blood-pressure medicine for four days, and thought it was necessary to try and get some approved by my family pharmacy. It was not east, and it cost me over $2.00 a pill to get them. I settled wit 7 pills, and bought several things to eat in my motel room. Then miraculously the doctors all signed off on Rick’s case late that same evening. My niece came and picked me up to go to the hospital to get him. We stayed in the motel room another night and left for home the next morning. We arrived home about 4:00 p.m. Rick was very tired and was enduring quite a lot of pain, but is doing better this morning. This was a terrible test for me, but God never puts more on us than what we can endure. I thank Him with all my heart, and have asked Him to bless all of those who blessed me.

Thanks also to all my readers who have been checking my blogs since I have been gone. I hope to be back to writing about the blessings of God soon. The time is upon us to trust Him with all our heart. No one human being can help us like God, even though God furnishes us with others love and concern. We are his arms and legs, also mouth. Let us be led by His Spirit and do His will.

God Bless
Myrtle Jean Sharp

Jean's Comment's: "The Birds Of The Air Are Encouraging"

Jean's Comment's: "The Birds Of The Air Are Encouraging":                   Bird can be seen at lower left sitting on bare limb. 11-10-2015 Perryton, Texas. This bird is sitting in dead limbs ab...

"The Birds Of The Air Are Encouraging"

                  Bird can be seen at lower left sitting on bare limb. 11-10-2015 Perryton, Texas.

This bird is sitting in dead limbs about 1/3 of center of picture. It is barley visible. 11-5-2015


 It was so exciting this morning when I opened my front door and heard loud noises like that of the sound of small children yelling at each other. Birds were flying everywhere. But they didn’t stay still long enough to let me take a picture. It was obvious that they were planning something. I don’t know how long this had been going on, but it lasted about ten minutes after I opened the door. I assume every bird got their orders from the leader of the flock. A beautiful morning, and a beautiful sound of bird music even though it sounded serious. I didn’t plan to post a blog today, but the excitement of bird’s loud chatter was too exciting to pass up. Most of today will be spent in making plans to leave early in the morning to take Rick to Fort Worth for a doctor’s appointment. With a broken hip it takes a lot of planning to take him by car about 400 miles. It is very painful for him to move at all. This appointment was very important for his daily survival due to pain caused many years ago by a fall from a high ladder. The doctor he is seeing is the only one he could find to prescribe this strong medication, and he has to be present in person every three months to renew his prescription. There was no way to reschedule his appointment without a long period between without any pain medication at all. We have made it work out with the doctor releasing him from the hospital early. We give God all the praise, and the birds this morning were encouraging. We should be back home on Thursday, the 12 th. The weather is suppose to remain nice through that date.

I have missed a lot of news since Rick’s accident, but I will be watching the GOP candidate’s debate tonight. This is so important to me. Our future is at stake, and we need to be sure of who we will be voting for. With God’s help we will come out victorious. Our prayers will also please God, and He will not forget us in times of great need of Him. Two words God gave me years ago to remember is, “Trust Me, Trust Me.” I cannot ever forget those words. They have not failed me once. Fear is always going to grip us from time to time, but if we will remember those two words we will always come out victorious. Let us not hesitate to claim God’s promises, and be quick to give Him praise and glory. Sometimes I think I say out loud, “ thank You Lord a dozen or more times a day.” It makes me feel so blessed. Thanking God is the most honorable thing we can do for ourselves. We can feel important when we know we are God’s own children, and in spite of our mistakes He still loves us.

God Bless
Myrtle Jean Sharp


Perrryton, Texas.

Jean's Comment's: "A Broken Hip A Fighting Spirit"

Jean's Comment's: "A Broken Hip A Fighting Spirit": My granddaughter, Angela Farquer, at motel room in Amarillo, Texas. Wearing an old pair of jeans with the crouch cut for head for a top....

"A Broken Hip A Fighting Spirit"

My granddaughter, Angela Farquer, at motel room in Amarillo, Texas. Wearing an old pair of jeans with the crouch cut for head for a top. 11-5-2015 Perryton, Texas.

Rayna and Angela by their dad's hospital bed. Rick recovering from broken hip. 11-5-2015 Perryton, Texas.


I have had to be away from home for several days due to my son, Rick, haven broken a hip. He was in the Amarillo hospital for four days, and is now recovering in our local hospital in Perryton, Texas. His two daughters, Angela and Rayna, came to be with him from Houston, Texas. Rick was so glad to have them by his side. They made his hospital stay more endurable. In the motel room four of us relaxed and took pictures of very funny sights. Angela thinks she has a new invention and dressed in the pair of old jeans she had turned into a sexy top by cutting a hole in the crouch for her head. We all had lots of laughs as she modeled many different poses of the hilarious outfit she had created. We rested well at night and spent most of the days with Rick in the hospital room. I am so thankful that God was with us all the time we were there.

Wednesday Chuck and I will be driving Rick to Fort Worth to keep an appointment with a pain management doctor he has been seeing regularly for years. The appointment could not be changed for less than six months away. Rick was not able to be without his pain medicine so we are having to get him there although it is going to be difficult. It has been eight days since he broke his hip. Again we know God will be with us. God never promised us a life without pain and suffering. He did promise us He would never leave us to bare it alone, I thank Him for the peace He gives us to endure. I can’t say this is a trip we’re looking forward to, but I can say I know it will not be as bad as Satan tries to make us believe. All things are for a reason, and I know we will understand it better later on. I feel blessed, and am positive I will be more blessed in the future.

When I return home I will try to catch up on my lost time of writing my blogs. I have been off the comment section for eight days now. I was totally overwhelmed when I pulled up my web site tonight and saw so many viewers that had clicked on to my blog since I had last written one. I do appreciate everyone so much, and pray each night for God’s blessings to rest upon them all. We never know what our calling is for sure, but we know God calls us all for something. I trust I haven’t missed mine. I also trust I never leave any resentment inside me. That is sometimes a hard thing to do, but it must, absolutely must, be done.

I hope to be back on track with my blog in a few days. Until then I pray all will stay safe and well, and enjoy every minute of your days and nights.

God Bless
Myrtle Jean Sharp