Almost Lost Our Granddaughter

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It's been a rough couple of weeks.

Our little granddaughter, Alyssa, came down with an ear infection that spiraled out of control with the infection eating through the bone and into her skull.  This was life-threatening, and Madame LaBelle quite literally saved Alyssa's life by insisting in no uncertain terms that she be taken to the emergency room NOW.

Another few hours and it could well have been too late.

As it is, Alyssa is home with a tube in her arm, being visited daily by a nurse who administers powerful antibiotics.  Our little sweetheart is wearing a plastic cup-like device which protects the ear from the outside environment.  A real little trouper.

Then...MLB lost her job because of time taken off to be with Alyssa.  So it's touch and go here as we struggle with an economic crisis which much of America is also experiencing.

So I've been reading marketing books like mad, taking notes, and dreaming dreams.  What can we do RIGHT NOW to get things moving again?  The wolf of the unpaid mortgage gnaws at the door and he ain't wagging his tail.

And then...the transmission went out in the car.  $2,000 right there. One more crisis.  Jeez...they just keep coming.

Shakespeare wrote that "...when sorrows come they come not as single spies,but as battalions."  Words to that effect.  And we're learning the truth of that.

So...here's an apology to those of you who check in now and then to see if the old Aloha Monk has written anything of late, only to discover he hadn't.

We're down but not out.

I think of all of you numerous times throughout the day.  You're in my heart, and I look forward to seeing you all in March when I plan to be back in Austin, coming ahead of MLB to scout out the territory.

Anyone have any ideas, suggestions, words of advice or encouragement? We'd love to hear them.

Peace, aloha, and perserverance.

Elijah