My Porch

My husband and I built our porch many years ago, I can’t remember when. I do remember it was used at my daughter’s rehearsal night and the dinner after her wedding. We needed it so that everyone would have a place to eat. And that was over 40 years ago! It has been used many times for family dinners, birthday parties and for dinners held after Mom’s and my husband’s funerals. So, you know that my porch has meant much to me.

A few weeks ago, one long wall of the porch fell down and crumbled onto the ground beneath it. I felt bad. I thought it was a good thing I still have my memories! But now  how can we fix it? I am 94 and my son has a bad back so we knew we couldn’t do it. One day I called Pastor Ted. I asked him if he knew of anyone who could look at the mess and tell us what we needed to do. He did, and one day he and two other men came to look at it.A few days later Pastor Ted called to say a some people would come and fix our porch on Friday, August 14th.

On that Friday some cars appeared. One was my daughter and her husband. The others, though I looked, I couldn’t name any of them because they all wore masks but I think there were nine of them, and some were teenagers. I couldn’t tell because I had been told to stay indoors. But I knew all of them came from my church. Pastor Ted was one of them. I couldn’t tell because of the masks and my looking only through a window.

I am so thankful for all of them. They did much more than fix my porch. I cant even explain it but there now is an open space covered by the roof. It leads directly to my pond. I can sit comfortably and look out at my pond, listening to the birds sweetly singing as they find their nests. Then the night comes softly over the many fir trees which seem to whisper quietly,”good night”. Oh, how wonderful it is! Thank you. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church!