March 30, 2010 11:25 PM

And the old shall be new again!

We went to our friend's house last night for the Seder. Though we have seen them a number of times since my diagnosis, we had not seen their family at all during the past 17 months. Since they were all there for the seder, we got a chance to renew acquaintances again and bring ourselves up to date. Another step forward and great night. It was like we had never lost ties.

Today was even a little stranger. We received an e-mail from friends that we once had when we were living in New York. We lost contact with them when we moved up here to New Hampshire back in 1989. In any case, they kept on thinking about us and for some reason decided yesterday to try to find us via the internet. As strange as it seems, if you look up my wife's name in New Hampshire, she is the first item that Google finds because of her artists web site. With this information in hand, they had our e-mail address and proceeded to contact us.

As it turns out, the are also living here in New Hampshire - about an hour an a half away. My wife called and we're going to make a date to meet them sometime after Easter. It's a small world, indeed!

Tonight was choir rehearsal for the upcoming services of Thursday through Sunday. Four services and 9 anthems along with all the other music. A lot to sing but it's great to be able to participate once again. I'm not God's gift to singing - but singing is God's gift to me.

There really has been nothing but good things that have eminated from my illness. Not that I would have wished this upon myself - but having to deal with it and it's ramifications has been an adventure that that I would never have had.

Tomorrow night, in fact, I'm being interviewed by another local newspaper.

The beat goes on - let's hope it never stops...

Bob