Today was my monthly visit to the care home.

It's always a busy morning with as many as two dozen folk to visit in a two hour (or thereabouts) session.  Today it felt quite demanding, mostly because there were a lot of new people to see, and also one of those I had come to know and love had died since my last visit.

It's taken a long time, but I am getting to know the names of the long stay residents, and a few of them, even with a degree of dementia, are starting to recognise and remember me.

Today:

A lot of smiles were shared, and a fair few prayers.

One visit was however long it takes to pray the Aaronic blessing,

Another a long chat about historical fiction - and  a couple of book recommendations!

Mostly it was visits to women, but there were also several men.

Some of the staff now make a point of saying 'hello' and asking me to visit people.

I left pretty tired, but knowing that, in some small measure, God's love has been shared -

and I have glimpsed God in everyone I met.