Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Rain came and went but left our rain barrels once again full to the brim!

The remnants of Ida accomplished what we had hoped for, a very good dosing of water on our lawns, gardens and filled our 110 gallons worth of rain barrels!
So we are good once again for now…

Last night we were notified that our elderly neighbor, in his early eighties, across the canal had been hospitalized once again with congestive heart failure and cirrhosis of the liver, and remember; even that is an illness friends! He is a very fine gentleman and we wish him a speedy recovery, and yes, he can recover from the congestive heart failure he has before. So did my step-mother’s sister; she did it for years, she had congestive heart failure on and off and outlived my Dad that died just five and half weeks after his stroke at seventy-nine years young, and she was still hanging on, again, and well into her nineties! Another person we know was also diagnosed with cirrhosis in his thirties, and is still alive nearly thirty years later today!

Today was Veteran’s Day and we had the where-with-all to put the flag out, but stupidity kicked in and we also put that Get Well card out into our mailbox to go to the above mentioned neighbor, what’s wrong with this picture? No mail today, a legal holiday; silly us!

I failed to mention that this week also marks the fortieth anniversary of Sesame Street, which had been a mainstay in our home with our sons when they were toddlers. I believe it was very responsible for their social awareness besides being the usual alphabet and numbers teaching. My favorite quote from the show is, “People are like flowers they all come in different sizes, shapes and colors and are all beautiful in their own way!” Don’t you just love that? I do. Acceptance for differences has shown through with both of our sons who were born (respectively 37 and 33 years ago) just in time to enjoy the best children’s show ever!

On that pleasant note, I will wish you all a good night and to all count those blessings and we will too!

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