06/17/2026
I'm grateful to have some still time to finish this book, Bees in June. I've been carrying it around for some time. I got interested in it due to an article about the beekeeper telling the royal bees about Queen Elizabeth's death. An odd custom but sweet just the same. The book was mentioned in the article. Jane Hardebeck, Margaret Worthington and I ordered it and have been reading it in my sister's honor.
Gail Meek was an avid reader and could pick the best books. Most of my reading picks are educational and hone my ministry of psychotherapy. However, I always enjoyed the novels Gail sent my way. She had a knack for picking just what I needed at the time. She would often gift our Daddy and me the same book at the same time. We enjoyed doing book reviews together. This seems like a book they both would have enjoyed.
I was able to finish it at 1:59 this morning because I couldn't sleep. I have taken the first day's dose of Prednisone (6 pills)because I am covered from head to toe, literally, with poison ivy. If you have ever taken this med you know how stimulating it can be. Even though I took two Benadryls before bed I have still not been able to sleep. I lay in bed for over two hours with too much thinking and no sleeping so I finally decided to get up and read.
I have been working in my yard for several weeks. It feels so good to have the energy to do it again. I've always enjoyed yard work and planting flowers but 2024 and 2025 were difficult years for us and I just didn't have the bandwidth to do it. I'm grateful for the new found energy due to some med changes. If it was only daylight now I could also work this Prednisone off. In my frenzy to do as much as possible with my new found energy I was unaware I was neck deep in poison ivy Thursday until it was too late.
Even the poison ivy has not dampened my joy of planting many beautiful flowers in honor of my sweet sister. She did love her flowers. I feel close to her when I'm working in the dirt. Just like my home, my yard is filled with things she has given me over the years. It's comforting to see and feel things she wanted her little sis to have. So kind and generous.
Well I have people to see later today so I had better try to hold my eyes closed and my mind still for a little while. If you want a good sweet read, Bees in June won't disappoint. Good night, God bless your rest.
