Reflections 1/28/2020: I am totally thrown off my game today! Am going in for an endoscopy at 10:30 AM and of course that means no eating or drinking after midnight. I had NO IDEA how much those simple things define my routine in the morning! Even a sip of water is off limits! I am pacing, restless, coffee deprived, cookie alienated and incapable of plotting out my early morning! My stomach is both bloated to the max and growling with hunger pains! This better be worth it Lord! Sorry for being more dependent on daily rituals than I am on You at times. AND for uncovering these hidden dependencies in my neediness today. Bolster my sagging body as I drag across this finish line to end this 3 month stomach uprising! How I pray it will be a finish line! Oh, my kingdom for a cup of coffee!!!