Monday, October 3, 2022

October 3, the first Monday of the month

 Here I am having did my 5 block block already and ready for what the day brings.  What the may be is perhaps a given.  Perhaps another walk, some more computer, some TV and then sitting and wondering what my life looks like in the future!!  I know:

*Our farm is way way back in the past and where our farm was is now a wheat field

*Devils Lake ND is only a memory even tho I lived there for 8 years and that is where the 3 boys were born.

So here I am I St. Paul.  Yes my 30 years of teaching here are way in the past, perhaps 15 years ago!!!

My beloved Gail is no more and I miss her greatly.

My wife Terry no I miss her as we have not been together for several weeks.  She is in FL and here I am in  Minn.

So on with my life of late

I am here in my house and a blessing is my son Travis is living with me.  Also daughter Cynthia is nearby and that is good.  

After the two strokes I am trying my best to rehab my physical being.  I do exercises every day and go on at least 2 walks a day.  Are they helping.  Well I would like to think they are but IF they are the progress is very very slow at best.  Yet I have no complains as I can do pretty much anything but do have some numbness in my left side.  It may be I have that to just keep my humble.!!   

The neighborhood has a way of bringing back many memories.  IF I sit at the computer in the early AM I kind of relive memories as I watch kids, big and small, walk to school.  The memories go all the way from walking to Wood Lake School which was a mile and a half to the big yellow bus coming and of course to sitting with special gals on the way home from football and basketball games!!!  The memories are many and for the most part GOOD.  Notice I said most part!  Of course one can NOT live on memories alone.  Live goes on and yes one needs to live for the "now" and the future and not on the past.  So what about the "now" and in the future?  Well for now Terry and I are 2000 miles apart and that is difficult but then life can be that way some times. The future is up in the air for sure.  It seems that Terry is holding her own and my health seems to be stable for now.  What tomorrow or next week or next month brings is anyones guess.  

So I choose to live one day at a time and be thankful for what is.  I know at the age of 75 and a history of 2 strokes the physical state I am in I give thanks as it is pretty good taken everything into consideration.  

I will leave things at this.  I may try to mow the lawn to get some of the leaves up today and then of course get my exercise in too.  Other than that I will take what comes and be thankful for what God has given me.  I am hoping family, friends and all are in good health and enjoying life as the days pass by.



2 comments:

  1. Carmen, will miss you in Naples. We are coming down next week. Will be interesting to see how the community looks. Hand in there. I will call you in a week or so to check in. My best!

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  2. The message was from Karl.

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