Onward

The first place finish of last year is a good memory but not one to carry over to this year.
A new time and a time to make new memories.

There is not much new happening here in Naples for Terry and I. Terry continues to hope and pray that her feet will heal.  She saw the Dr. Monday and it seems like it is kind of more of the same.  She did have an MRI on her right foot to see if there is anything there that is causing her discomfort.  She will see the Dr. tomorrow and he will go over the MRI.

As for me my leg is same old same old I think.  No pain, PT twice a week but now I can do some hitting of tennis balls on the court IF I do not run.  I hit on Tuesday and on Friday with the pro.  Today I will hit with one of my team mates but of course the hitting is limited to 20 minutes or so.  Hoping that I can start to do some running by the 23rd or so.

We continue to have unseasonably warm weather here as we have seen mid 80s for some time now.  That is good for my pool PT times as I do it 2 or 3 times a day.  I have weather on my phone for pretty much all the siblings and I see that John/Judi have high 90s or maybe they are in MN by now.  I think John said as time goes on they leave for Mesa earlier in the fall and stay later in the spring.  As I look at Lake Park MN they are at 19 this morning so maybe they need to stay put for a while.  Don't know if I have mentioned it but we are heading north May 24th to take in a HS graduation of Terry's grandson in GA on the 25th.  Will leave GA the morning of the 27th, Terry's birthday, and then head west and north.

I had some thoughts yesterday as I sat and watched tennis.  I have now been out of tennis for 4 months and counting.  It hit me yesterday that sure guys say hi and talk a bit BUT the reality is one is out of the loop.  I thought, "The life of tennis here goes on without me and really I am not missed so much either!"  Well that can be said of life and death too.  When someone dies, they can be close or just someone you know in passing, life goes on and actually that person is not missed all that much in the everyday activities of life.  Sure if a child, spouse or someone close to you it is painful and you miss them BUT in actual life one moves on as there is no choice.  You eat, work or play, sleep and the death of someone becomes a memory to cherish but in LIFE they are not a factor.  Of course I realize they can be a factor in that someone hangs on or can not function without them BUT really life is ALL about the living and not those who have passed from our life.  I am not down playing death or the passing of someone you love but what I am talking about is everyday one wakes up and has to face life today with the people who are here.  I hope this does now sound like I think someone dies and then they are out of mind.  It is just that the sun comes up and goes down every day regardless of our life or the life around us.  My view may be not the same as others as I feel I have felt death more than some people.  Brother Ronald when I was 17, sister Janet when I was 19, Mom and Dad as they died in the 90s and Gail when I was 62.  My take on life is this: Rich or poor, successful or a failure, happy or sad, upbeat or downtrodden the sun comes up each day and we are responsible to make the most of it as God created us to be a light to the world.

My FP today was delicious and got me off on the right path.