Whew, its crazy around here!

So, I'm not sure if things around here are crazy, or if it is me who's crazy. Could be both I guess. But I'm trying to beat the crazies. One way I did that was to play with my camera a bit yesterday in the late afternoon. Michelle had asked for the baptizmal gown for her up and coming grandson. He will mark the first of a third generation to use the gown. That's pretty neat when you think about it. I sort of got crazy possessive of it and its fragile condition (it is 43 years old now, and there is a small tear under one of the arms, and it is not as pure white as it once was), but then realized it needs to be shipped all over the country if necessary to make the rounds to all who want to use it. To try let go of the possessiveness I took it outside (being careful of its fragile condition) and took photos of it around our property. Here are a couple of the results:



This next one is just the gown, without the little coat:

Pretty cool to take these photos, and they are much better than the photos taken on Thanksgiving day. Didn't have to touch them up hardly at all in photoshop. It was a relaxing and pleasing exercise to take these photos. I realize they have no real value since they are just of an object, not of a person, but I'm so glad I took the time to play like this.

So, today's craziness involved a three hour wait to get my snow tires put on only to be told that upon inspecting my tires they are inadequate and unsafe and could not be put on. Can't really afford a new set this season, so we're going to make due without them. It was frustrating to lose the three hours and not get anything accomplished with that.

Add to that Andy got a call from the judge in West Yellowstone today letting him know that one of his clients down there had been rearrested over the weekend. The officers put him in their little jail without taking his personal possessions, which included a knife. The knife was used by the client to slit his own wrists. Thank God he was rescued and did not die. He's in the hospital. It is so disturbing to find out about someone being so dispondent that they would try to end their life, but that was not the most disturbing issue in this situation. What was so much worse was that the officers, upon finding the young man, called the judge and asked her to rush down and sign an order releasing the man from the jail without bail before he was transported to the hospital because they didn't want the county to have to pay for his medical bills which they would have to do if he was in custody when the ambulance arrived. And the judge did it - she later expressed to Andy that she realized this was a mistake. It floors me that the officers would be more worried about the cost of caring for this man than just getting him to the hospital a.s.a.p. Not only is it inexcusable that they didn't take all weapons and potential weapons from this man before they put him in the cell, but then they couldn't even treat him like a human being who's life was important. So sad and even more crazy! These kind of incidents are what make me know that it is okay for people in jail and accused of crimes to have good attorneys to advocate for them - can you imagine if people like these officers were allowed to proceed without anyone to hold them to the legal standards? It is crazy how humans treat other humans. Makes you wonder sometimes just who are the good guys and who are the bad guys. It must bring a tear to God's eye when he sees us display such hardend hearts to the very ones for whom he was willing to sacrafice his son.

So, it is crazy around here. Thank you God for being good and loving even amongst all this craziness.