Weekend is here and it is october 1st. In the morning the temperatures will be in the forties.

Everything went okay at work. The allergy alert is displayed. The director said that a privacy policy states that we are not suppose to display a child's name. My thought was and is that is the most stupidest policy I have ever heard. This is a life threatening situation. Every worker needs to know if a child has any kind of allergy or how can we keep them safe. The director said we can display the allergy alert with the parent's permission. I believe she should automatically ask permission when told that a child has life threatening allergies.

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GOD-GIVEN THORNS

Strange gift indeed – a thorn to prick,
To pierce unto the very quick,
To cause perpetual sense of pain;
Strange gift! And yet, was given for gain.

Unwelcome, but it came to stay;
Nor could it e’en be prayed away.
It came to fill its God-planned place –
A life-enriching means of grace.

O much-tried soul, with fainting heart,
The thorn with its abiding smart,
With all its wearing, ceaseless pain,
Can be the means of priceless gain.

And so whate’er thy thorn may be,
From God accept it willingly;
But reckon Christ, His life, His power,
To keep thee in the trying hour.

And sure – thy life will richer grow;
His grace sufficient will bestow;
And in heaven’s morn thy joy will be
That by this thorn He strengthened thee.

Author Unknown