Since approx. 60 ad the white flag has been a universal sign of surrender. It is said that white wool was used on olive branches as a sign of defeat during the second Punic war (I know I’m a history geek..). So it’s thought that the white flag became a signal of surrender because white and wool were the most accessible colors and fabric.

Surrender: : to yield to the power, control, or possession of another uponcompulsion or demand

If my own health weren’t a valuable lesson in surrender, then certainly THE121 is. I’m learning that nothing is in my control.

Surrender. To yield the power and control to another. Over and over again I have to yield control to God. He is the one who holds the power. This journey feels like that of taking two steps forward, one step back, three steps forward, two steps back…it’s like the quick step some days!

So there’s nothing really to update other than…STILL WAITING! People who won’t return phone calls, people who want to be stubborn (including myself sometimes!), and well…just bizarre happenings.

So it’s not much of an update other than if you see a white flag waving high In the air in northeast PA, it’s me! It’s all in the hands of God.