Homework? From the chaplain.

I meet with the hospice chaplain every other week. Last time she was here I talked about the things that were troubling me. One of which was a murder of a girl who went to my high school that started when I would've been a senior but that year my parents moved to Ankeny so I never met her. This was 39 years ago and I remember the day I heard it on the news. She lived about six blocks away from my wife and I's first house. Her murder troubled me and changed my outlook on life because the brutal way she was murdered and it was at a shopping mall across town one of my wife's sisters was working that night. It all seemed too close to home and until recently it seemed be a random killing. Now they have found DNA and move process proved that the murder was there and was from a town 30 miles away. It seems they have their man after 39 years. So this is brought up memories from that time about this and many other things. Since I have way too much time especially at night think about things I overthink the past. The chaplain name is Julie and she gave me an assignment. My assignment is to spend less time reading about these past issues, think about good things instead of reliving past things I cannot change. I have spent less time reading Facebook and decided that a good place to start with pushing these thoughts away was to start reading the epistle to the Philippians. I will respond to one of the places to read that remind you that there are good things to think about. Philippians lists these were Paul says "rather remember the things that are…". I wish I could copy it here but I'm not able to paste and copy things between aaps anymore. Can I suggest you read the epistle to the Philippians? I still wind down at night and seemed to lose much of my good attitude so my wife still deals with sad Phil. This disease seems to grind person down regardless. It has been good for me to follow the chaplain's advice and I really appreciate it. I no longer can keep up with my newsfeed. Will try to record another post about my general health and post it later in the week. Also have another Jordyn story that includes Lacey. Will try to do the same with that. Take care and look to the Lord for from him come salvation.