… and all’s right with the world.
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inWhile I was home in Texas (tGCoE) for the last five months, I often found myself sitting with my 101-year-old mother and gently holding her beautiful hands. No, they are not pretty, but they are beautiful. One day as I sat with her, I began thinking of all the wonderful things she has done in her life. Raised nine kids, which spawned multiple grand-kids who are growing their own families. No telling how many cloth diapers she changed, or the number of runny noses she wiped, (not to mention bottoms). She clothed us, fed us, put us to bed at nights and put up with all our shenanigans and she always prayed for us. She wrote 7 books, several which affected the lives of many people and traveled to Međugorje, afterwards creating a website extolling its miracles. She started going to Texas Tech University just for enjoyment and ended up graduating at the age of 89. She is now at the age when she looks back at all she has done with her life, and she sees so much more she wishes she could do. Living Life to the fullest will do that to you.
As I dwelt on this, it dawned on me … no, it hit me like a bug on a windshield, that during all the years I have known this precious lady, I have never seen her and Wonder Woman in the same room together! Yep, my mother is Wonder Woman! That explains everything.
I am so proud of all she has done! D&D
22 Saturday Aug 2020
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inBack in March we flew to Texas, the Greatest Country on Earth, (tGCoE) for a month and ended up staying five months, compliments of the Chinese Communist Government.
As all resourceful people do, we made the best of it. You may not believe this, but I seldom grumbled about it, and I will mention my Better Half kept me pumped up. So to have a sense of closure, I sat down and took a few notes on what all we accomplished during my period of grumbling. Please bear with me ….
It was frustrating to be “stuck” in tGCoE, so we told ourselves to treat this time as a vacation, so these are what we did in the category of relaxation:
There were other things we did, but my memory is sluggish today. After suffering in the 100+ weather of tGCoE, we arrived in Brazil where they are still deep in Winter. It was a cold 50 degrees this morning, and at 5:00 pm it is 55. Not bad until you add the cold light rain that has been coming down off and on all day. And bear in mind this apartment like most others, has no heat and the doors and windows do not seal.
Now, before we part I must tell you about this:
We have been having light brunches in the morning, consisting of two boiled eggs, a slice of lunch meat and a slice of cheese. Just enough to fool my stomach into thinking it is not hungry any more. So, as I sat down to write on this, I put 10 eggs onto a slow boil with the understanding my sharp mind would alert me to the eggs after about 4-5 minutes. A few minutes ago, I heard some strange popping noise coming from the kitchen. I found the eggs had no more water in the pan and they did not look very happy. I cooled them down and found two had cracked. So, I ended up eating two 40 minute eggs. It will remain to be seen what they do to me.
Later, D&D
P.S. I must mention Lubbock, tGCoE and my sisters and their amazing, patient and lively husbands. Plus my good hard-working brother who doesn’t know when to retire, and four nieces and a partridge and a pear tree.