And it just keeps going and going! I did get a short walk this morning. Breakfast, then work. Had a few things to do at each location, so I didn’t get home until later. I had to pop down to…

I took the holiday at its word. I had lots of labor to do today. Started out in the cool of the morning with a nice walk. Shower, then breakfast, then washing windows. I guess I am back on track…

What a blessed day it was. There were so many people around us to share love, sorrow, joy, memories, support, and friendship. It truly was a celebration – of Mom’s life, her love, her faith – – and those who…

Started the morning with normal chores: changing bed sheets, two loads of laundry, shower and breakfast. Kathy came over and we started working on the posterboards of pictures to take tomorrow. We planned to have 3: Steiner family, Graves family,…

Beth, Kath and I left for Albion at 8am. Spent some time on the way up finalizing some details with the funeral home (via phone) and of course sharing memories of our mothers. Beth’s mom and our mom were sisters.…

I have been overwhelmed by the comments from so many people. People who knew Mom intimately, people who knew her casually, and people who knew almost nothing about her. And people she never even met. You all have been such…

Today, at about 3:30pm, the heavens gained another angel. She has been in training all her life, and those who knew and loved our Mom felt like she was their personal angel, anyway! I can just imagine her stepping into…

Nice morning for an early walk. Neither store was too busy today – but I stopped at Gabe’s on the way home to look for a fall patterned blanket. I didn’t find that, but there were shelves of Christmas items…

Took a morning walk, then had a pretty crazy day at work. It felt like the stars were not aligned – everything was off-centered and uncooperating. But – here I am to tell about it, and all is well! Joe…

Another warm day. Right now it looks like it’s going to storm – nothing yet. I was cleaning out the freezers yesterday and decided to defrost and bake the turkey pot pie I made. So it’s in the oven now…