9:07pm — Today is my cousin Connie Preston McGee’s birthday. I don’t even remember how old she is. Well, 6 years younger than me, so, she would be 46!

I have had a pretty good weekend. We took Coco to the dog bakery yesterday. He LOVES that place! It was a beautiful day, too. We then went to church for a Palm Sunday service which included a mini-concert by a famous Christian worship singer and communion.

The choir also sang one of my favorite hymns, “When I survey the wondrous cross” – This was a song we used to sing when I was in choir at Trinity. Each verse is mightier than the previous and the very last line is so powerful, it hits you right between the eyes! I cry every time:

When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God!
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.

See from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.