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Hello my sweet friends.

I have waited until later today trying to think of what I want to say in this post.  For some reason this post has been more difficult for me to write.  I’m not sure why either because things have been bustling at the health center this week.

We are finally having our grand opening, ribbon cutting, and community festival this weekend.  The designers and painters and construction workers and landscapers have all been working constantly trying to get things ready for Saturday.  We have gotten wonderful art work to hang in the health center and dream center.  They are using both buildings as galleries for the art.  They have also been doing some beautiful landscaping outside both buidlings.  I have to admit that I am a bit jealous of all the beautiful gardens that we are going to have.  I would love to have them here at my house.  At least, they are where I will be able to enjoy them.

Our patient is also steadily increasing and as is our ability to see patients which both are obviously good things.  We are probably averaging close to 20 patients daily now.  I am a little frightened by what our official opening is going to do to how many patients we are seeing daily but then again, the vision has alway been to continue building and expanding as needed so that these people are cared for.

I have loved, and more than that, I just don’t have words to explain, having counseling available in our building.   They have taken a heavy load away from me and I am very well aware of the loss of that load.  It has freed me up to provide for the physical needs of the people we see and know that their emotional needs can be helped if they want it.  I have been surprised at how far down people are willing to go before they will go seek help; even if it is just moving to a different room in the same building.  I had one of the physicians at our other office tell me that if you can get an addict to come back the next day to get help, then you eliminate over half of the people.  It is so true and I see it even more now that we have resources to be able to help these people.  A lot of them just don’t want help, or don’t want to put forth the effort to change, are just afraid.  I’m sure there is a myriad of other reasons they don’t go as well.

So, here’s another quote of the week.  This one again is rated R, so proceed if you wish.  I have seen quite often in my job that women use their bra as storage.  I don’t know how many phones have rung and they stick their hand down their shirt and out comes a phone.  So, I have just gotten used to seeing odd looking breasts covered with clothes. (It is part of my job examine people and I am looking at them from head to toe while I talk to them.)  So yesterday, I had this lady that I noticed that one breast looked significantly larger than the other one.  This can be a sign of breast cancer; to have one breast that has changed sizes or that looks a good bit differently than the other one.  So, I noticed this and asked her first, “Do you have anything in your bra?”  She looks at me, pulls her shirt down and her bra out in one swift moved revealed her breasts, and says “Naw, nothin’ but these big ole’ titties.”  Once again, I gotta just keep movin!  So on we went talking about feet.

I would love for ya’ll to come on Saturday if you can.  We will still be there after Saturday and you are still welcome to vist but Saturday should be a lot of fun and it is supposed to be a beautiful day.

Here’s the flyer and the link (http://www.churchofthehighlands.com/dreamcenter/ ) for Saturday.

Much, much love.