2:30 AM

Two thirty in the morning and here I am sitting in front of a keyboard wide awake.

Why am I awake at this hour?

Not sure. Some would say that as one ages activity levels decline and the body needs less sleep. That would put yesterday's activity level at about, say, 30 minutes.

Others say that when one's sleep is disrupted at this hour it is to pray, or as others would say send positive thoughts, to those whose time zone has had them up and around for hours.

And so, I think about friends in Afghanistan, troops and non military, particular friends in Ukraine, a family living for a short time in England, a young man living in the Middle East, two young women in countries on the African continent. I pray and wonder if my good wishes and best pleadings will keep some evil from befalling them.

May never know. Actually it's enough to keep them front and center in my mind and let God take care of the rest. Very comforting, really, that I don't have to be God....although I have been accused of trying to play the part, but that story is for another time.

And that's what I think about it.