I went along on the dog walk today with my husband and almost 2-year-old basset, Luke. They've gone alone most days this week because I'm trying not to get all stuffed up with my usual spring allergies, which seems to invite lung illness. But it was nice today and I'm a bit stir crazy, so I put on a sweater with a hood and donned a face mask and joined them. It really did feel good to get out of these 4 walls for a few minutes, and I know the exercise did me good.
I stopped and rang the doorbell at my neighbor's house across the street. She's a nurse in the local ER, and I had a question. My sewing websites and blogs are lit up with requests for anyone who can sew to join in the effort to make masks. There are lots of free patterns available online. I wondered if that was relevant in my community. "Absolutely!!", she said, "and thank you so much." We are facing a shortage of masks, like everyone else, and apparently a cloth mask over a hospital mask can extend its life. Suzy worked her shift this morning. She saw two patients that required her to dress out in full gear. One technically had ketoacidosis, a complication of diabetes - but the prominent symptoms were dry cough and fever. Lord Jesus, put a veil of protection over the self-less professionals who are working through this crisis on behalf of others.
My chapter of the Daughters of the King meets once a month, and we open with the motto of the order:
For His Sake...
I am but one, but I am one.
I cannot do everything, but I can do something.
What I can do, I ought to do.
What I ought to do, by the grace of God I will do.
Lord, what will you have me do?
I'm off to make some masks. Thanks be to God for a task I can do to help.
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