It was lunch time. I had stopped working to make myself a couple of hot-dogs and soup. I had taken a plate from the cupboard for the two slices of frozen bread, placed it with the bread in the microwave for ten seconds, and went to turn over the dogs in the frying pan. I turned around and wondered why I hadn't taken a plate out of the cupboard for the bread. So I took out a plate and put it on the counter. I was certain I had taken a plate out, but doggone it if I didn't know where I put it.
The microwave beeped to say the ten seconds had expired and that I needed to take the bread and the plate out.
Oh man.
Just an hour before that I had my Thursday morning zoom with Dad.
"Hi Dad! Do you know who I am?"
And he makes a quip that told me he did. He asked when we could come to see him. We told him it would be soon.
"We'll try to see you as often as we can Dad."
"Well, if I don't want to see you, I'll just close my eyes," and he smiles that smile that says he knows exactly what he is saying.
We all laugh, including the nurse. Dad was back.
It's funny how that works. A mind is certainly a most extraordinary thing that God has given us. It's easy to forget at a moments notice, to let confusion and busyness fill our minds, to forget, and then not to forget.
I have to go to make supper. At least I didn't forget.
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