It’s All A Wonder….
My 56th birthday.
The “down-slide to 60”. Hmmmmm,
down-slide? As I sit here with Riko, I reflect
on the fact that while I am past the century mark, life if anything, has sped
up not slowed down as I always imagined it would have by this time. I have lived more in the past 6 years than
the 50 before it. Since turning 50, I married
my best friend, become a gramma (5x), lived in South Africa and moved to
Massachusetts where I have learned more about the world of senior citizens,
dispensing medicine & caring for an amputee than I ever thought I could ever
know (this from a Candy striper dropout).
Through it all God has been by our side for the ride. And what a ride it
has been.
His timing is perfect as always. Lessons learned thru faith, peace in the
knowing He is always there, Joy in seeing prayers answered. What am I getting at? The VA finally came through! We came down to having $ for 1 more month of
rent aaaaand…Dad now receives a pension that will allow him to stay at Sunrise for
as long as he wants to. He is SO happy
(and I do mean “happy”) as are we. This
is the first time he says; “I am so
happy here”; “he/she made me laugh at dinner”; “I was teasing the girls at
dinner today” ; since my Mom went home to be with Jesus. He is now starting to decorate his little
apartment and had me buy him some new jeans & t-shirts. It is so wonderful to see him doing
well.
As for Mike & I we are slowly getting used to the
“Massachusetts way of life”. Course I am not sure we’ll ever adjust to the
humidity…ish. But, we have been blessed
with the opportunity to reconnect with my father, and that in itself has been
awesome! And, God has blessed us with
this little town we now call home. We
love going on walks after supper, hanging at Central Park for the Tuesday night
concerts, or taking Riko for a run around the rez….. We have our own little Mayberry here (check
out “the Andy Griffith Show” circa 1960-68 for you youngsters) …safe and
friendly. He has led us to a nice little
church where the people are warm, worship is awesome & the Word is
shared. Our new life….
And so as we always do, we send you all our thanks. Actually “thanks” is such a small word. Your constant support and prayers have been
such a blessing to us. Even after we
returned to the US you have been by our side.
Like I said before….His time is perfect, we have learned lessons thru
faith, gained peace knowing He is always with us, experienced the joy in seeing
our prayers answered AND are comforted by the love & support of family
& friends…
Yeah…56 is definitely NOT a down-slide at all
In His Name…
Jeanine &
Mike
This is our town....
...where duck crossings are the norm.
Sunrises and....
...sunsets are amazing.
Tuesday night concerts in thepark bring folks together,
and an awesome view from the rez....
yup this is our town.
