TERRY
As I write it is 8:20 AM and Terry is sound asleep. She has been sleeping in most days now but she is doing Ok. She ate more yesterday which I was happy about. AND it was the hot dish that I made so it made me proud!!! Another day of "one day at a time!"
I think sister Janet would have been 83 today
We lost her to heaven in the winter of 1966. I think Esther's granddaughters look like her.
I have posted about Janet before so will not say a lot but oh my goodness she was and is missed so much. As one can see she was an attractive and popular gal as we saw John fall hook, line and sinker for our sister while in college. A wonderful mother, an expert seamstress and much more. As I have said in the past when Ronald or Janet came to visit it was almost like a holiday as they were so special. Being 11 years younger than Ronald and 9 years younger than Janet they were super big sister and brother.
So here I am with not a whole lot to write about today. It is Saturday so there will be no tennis today and tomorrow. Several of the guys do play a round robin kind of thing on Saturday but I usually choose to not be part of that. A funny idea popped into my head this morning. We have a microwave above the stove in the kitchen. It has a button on that you can press for a 30 second time. I put my last cup of FP in and pressed the 30 second button twice. As the timer got close to the end I put my hand up on the button. Standing there I suddenly stared at the hand! I thought oh my goodness that is the hand of an old man. Then the thought popped into my head, "That must be me!!!"
I had thoughts about family this morning. There were 6 of us kids and the age range was Ronald at the oldest and Helen fourteen years younger as #6. Ronald went off to college when I was 7, Janet off when I was 9 and then Joan followed going off to Fargo and Dave leaving home in 1962. So much of my growing up revolved around brothers or sisters coming home for a visit. One of the things I remember is Dad would get in his "moods" and it was like there was nobody else in the world including Mom. Well during those times I would actually pray that Ronald, Janet, Dave or Joan would come for a visit because as soon as they drove into the yard Dad was a happy man!!! I know that Mom would get so excited and happy if she knew Janet or Joan were coming home for the weekend. Of course she loved it when Ronald or Dave came too but the girls were special to her in ways boys could not be.
Then there were the many times we would drive to Ellendale where Ronald and Janet were going to college. Mom would pack a picnic lunch and we would go to a park to eat. Often Ronald would have a friend or two there as well. I do not remember so much of Joan or Dave coming home as by the time they left I was older and they were close so it seemed that often we would go visit them in Fargo or Jamestown. I remember it was special when we would stop at the "Bowler" in Fargo where Joan and Ron spent time. Dad would even buy us lunch sometimes!
Well that is enough of "times past" for today. It does seem so so long ago yet so close when we would go to Klum to visit John/Janet and Glorine/Ronald. I remember the time that we found out that John was enlisting in the army and therefore would no longer be in Klum. I remember being sad and wondering what would be next to disappoint me!
So here I am pretty much finished writing for the day and it is close to 9:00. Terry is still sleeping as I sign off and I still have some FP left in my big cup with the picture of son John on it that I think Liam drew. Another Saturday and a day closer to Thanksgiving and then Christmas.
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