Another March day

Maybe 40+ years ago!

Your guess was correct.  It is Sunday and maybe time for a bit of "the good old days".  Here the boys were all dressed up for Ann and Otto's 50th I think.  Ann and Otto made it to their 75th.  This was taken in Lidgerwood where Ann and Otto had a grand home with so many special things in it.
I am now only 4 weeks from my next visit with the Dr.  At that time I should get the go ahead to do more activity with this leg of mine.  I think I am doing well.  I put the brace on when I go out, I do PT twice a week and I use that cane when I am out and about.  The whole thing makes me look Like I am in my 70s, oh I guess I am right?
Yesterday was a good day in some respects.  I worked for several hours at purging  paper and papers and papers.  I have come to believe that 99% of the time if you have a paper that is 10 years old it is time to toss.  I THINK I am well on my way to getting some order in all of the papers we have.  By the end of the day I will have a file that goes north and south, a file that stays in FL and a file that stays in MN.  After all that it is time to go through closets and see what stays and what goes.  That can be fun and it can be kind of difficult.
On my makeover, well it is a little up and down.  I kind of fell yesterday but not too badly so I continue the march today.  I can not weigh myself until next Thursday so that will tell the story.
Terry got a call from the Dr. about her MRI and yes there is a break in her toe/foot again.  How that happened is anybody's guess.  She will go in on Thursday and get fitted with some kind of special shoe and will go from there.  This old age reminds me of a situation I was in several years ago.  We had gone out to eat and were ready to leave.  I went to use the bathroom.  As I was washing my hands an elderly man came in and he was very upset.  He said, "They say these are the golden years but I just entered the women's restroom by mistake and I don't know if that is true!"  He was flustered and not in a good place.
Some of the things I am thinking about this Sunday AM:

• What was it like 40+ years ago when those boys were little?  I can hardly remember what my life was like.  
• What happened in our family when that little girl came onto the scene?  Gail was so so excited.  At that point we knew without a doubt that God was real.
• How does one deal with that fact that as family grows and does their own thing a person has to step back and allow time to change everything.  There comes a time when one has to release and give up to allow for children to grow and become their own person or family.  That is a challenge that is often met with defeat.
• As one grows older how and when is it time to change, to give up, to release, to step back and just be peaceful in how God's world evolves.
• When is it right to remain silent and when is it right to speak out?
• When is it right to correct and when is it right to let go?
• How does one remain an important part of the big picture yet know that it is time to be on your own again and allow children and grand children to be who they are?
• How does one do their own thing yet remain engaged in the lives of the children?

As you can see I have all these questions and really not much for an answer.  Perhaps that is what makes life exciting!

FP is gone for the day.