The Tea House Sweetheart

She is one of our most loyal customers and one of our dearest friends. She is a senior woman who is a warrior, physically, mentally, spiritually. She has been there for me so many times in the past nine years. I love her as though she were a member of my own family.


She endures pain every moment of her life. But there was only one occurrence in all this time that I caught a glimpse of just what a vicious companion she lives with. Normally she musters up a smile on even the worst days and offers a word of encouragement and wisdom. That afternoon her face was almost frozen, with tears rolling down her cheeks.


This evening she sustained a freak fall that resulted in my seeing that dreadful expression again. She was rushed off in the ambulance to a major centre nearby where the hospital can offer her a better chance of treatment; our local hospital assessed her and ambulanced her on.


I can't give you more details at this time. But RtLers, please, please pray for my beautiful friend wherever you are in the world. Pray that she will experience in a very real way "the everlasting arms" cushioning her, giving her the reprieve of sleep in these frighteningly dark hours before dawn..