Fall and Family

Where once I use to dread the Fall season, in the past few years I've come to like it better. One reason is because I've pleasant memories from Fall that sustain me. On this, the 29th Anniversary of our wedding, I'm bewildered by how quickly the time has passed. A bit disjointed, finding my place anew, and wondering, like all of us, what the future holds. But in the midst of this, and while living in these now very precarious times, I have snapshots of joy and happiness. Different than mere pleasure, joy and happiness sustain and uphold. Not euphorically, but even-keeled.

An unexpected SKYPE session with our oldest daughter and her family was fun. We were there just last month, and loved being with them and the beauty of the area where they live, harvesting wild Oregon blackberries & returning to the Portland Rose Gardens, and playing with our granddaughter was just great fun! Living this far away isn't preferable, but technology allows us to see, hear, and experience our lives in real time. I like that a lot.

It's been wonderful having one of our daughters and son in law home with us. On an afternoon drive up the canyon we found a humorous scene: a smaller dog was teasing a tethered larger dog by taking the water dish in his mouth, and running away, taunting and teasing. It was fun to watch.

Last night we played CLUE around the kitchen table, as we did when the kids were at home, getting beaten by this same daughter yet another time, laughing, eating RazzleBerry Pie and Ice Cream after attending the Priesthood Session with my newest son in law, it was a good day. Good meals, sitting together around the table, extremely enjoyable and fulfilling to me.
Be Well. Do Good.