Coffee, Tea and Banana Bread

Sitting in my favorite room of the house....the sunroom........west window open and warm wafting breezes cross my chair.  Another wafting item would be the smell of banana bread I baked this afternoon It's been done for a couple hours but the aroma still pervades the whole house.  We took a loaf to our good friends, Jim and Linda, as we invited ourselves for coffee and tea.  Good friends and fresh BB...doesn't get much better than that.

Jim and Linda's daughter Joni was in school with our youngest girls.  They virtually grew up together.  In 2001, Joni had a car accident that left her a quadraplegic.  Joni and her fiance married about a year or two after the accident.  It's been a long road for the whole family.  Joni seems to take most everything in stride.  Many people help with Joni's needs.  On the other hand, we try to help with encouraging her parents.  Jim has had a heart attack, stints, and a small stroke in the last seven or eight months.  The stress of job and family care is taking its toll.

The latest stress is that Joni is pregnant and expecting a baby in July.  All eight of her doctors expect it will be much sooner.  We ask for prayer that Joni and their baby will come through this unscathed and healthy.  While this baby is so desired, there are so many risks.  Again, we try to be a listening ear and remind our dear friends of the faithfulness of God, while, we too, hold our breath and implore God for his mercy.

A good sense of humor is something both Jim and Linda have.  I think that carries them a long way.  Each time we are together they chuckle and laugh even about serious things that would send others over the edge.  I admire and love them deeply.