I am having my computer boxed up and ready to move tomorrow, so this will be my last blog for a while. Thanks for bearing with all the moving laments--this present suffering will be over before long. My brother and I leave next Wed. in my car for Nashville. Please pray for our safety on the road.
There are many things I will miss about Abilene, but here are a few:
Friends
Highland
Reading the newspaper and knowing at least half of those mentioned in the local news.
Sunsets and sunrises (don't see many of those)
The NCCIL
The quiet streets--an asst. police chief once told me that a traffic jam in Abilene was "two cars at a stoplight."
Knowing I had a hand in educating some of the leaders in Abilene.
Sam Thomas Elementary School
Hendrick Hospital and the faith-based care given there.
In fact, all the doctors, dentists, nurses, hairdressers, tailors and other helping people who have served me with grace and skill
My associates at ACU where I taught for 8 years
The Reporter-News which get its licks and often misses the mark, but still serves up a local paper geared to its demographics and the moral values of its readers
The Abilene Public Library with its burgeoning programs and growth under librarian Ricki Brown and the Friends of the Library
Local Friday night football--not that I go to watch, but I love reading about it, watching the bands in parades and seeing the names of the sons and daughters of my friends in the paper
The many churches of all kinds which have loving, caring people
The good-deed doers in Abilene. We have the highest concentration of non-profits in Texas.
Sisneros Buick--earlier Fred Hughes Buick-- where we bought our first Buick over 30 years ago--they actually treated this gray-haired widow as one with some intelligence
The public school system which has recently come through many trials and pains, but is one the right track now with Supt. David Polnick
The local TV news which is often more upbeat than filled with blood and gore
The Public Library book sale where I could buy 4 paperbacks for a dollar.
The Mexican food restaurants, especially El Fenix where the cheese enchiladas are the best I have ever eaten
The three major movie theaters where a customer can always get an extra squirt of butter and can hole up on a Friday afternoon without being bothered by crowds
And last, but certainly not least, Trilogy my spiritual formation group.
But then Nashville has:
Brandon, Sheryl, Maddie, Ella and?
Otter Creek
Bradford Pear trees
More choices for eating and entertainment
The prospect of being trapped at home by snow
The wonderful downtown Public Library and the Frist Art Museum
and other wonders I can't forecast.
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