First of all, thanks, Cuz, for the post last week. I was as excited to post it as you all were to read! It gave my blog some new perspective and meaning on life and living with a chronic disease. Some readers have expressed interested in hearing Mom Life perspectives so this post certainly qualified in that category as well.
Life Update
We moved. Finally. We’ve been in our house for over two weeks now, and have had (night) company for a lot of that time. Although it’s easy to focus on all the work we have ahead of us, we are so relieved to be out of town in the wide open space of our acreage. This week we’ve worked on chopping holes in the interior of the house, putting windows in the basement and finding creative ways to keep the cat outside every night. Re the Cat: he’s won every night so far. We kind of spoiled him when the little girls were here by letting him sleep with them. I know. I know. But have you ever seen anything cuter than a little girl snuggled up to a big Worange cat ?
I have our old house listed on AirBnb, and we just finished successfully hosting our fantastic first guest (fantastic because he left a good review). He stayed for nearly a week. I couldn’t believe my luck; I never imagined there were actually people looking for short term rentals in our sleepy village ! I’m also convinced it’s only beginner’s luck; I probably won’t get any more bookings, but it was a good beginning.
My Mums and two little sisters came to spend time with me (us). They stayed for a whole week, which is about 6 days longer than they usually stay. The little girls had a happy time going to Bible school, and Mums worked hard helping me with all sorts of things. We ate better when she was here than we have all summer; she even left delicious foods and ingredients in our fridge /freezer when she went home.
Memory Games
I sat beside a sil at a wedding reception the other day and tried to figure out who people were. Who’s that teenager. Whose kid is that. Who is that girl’s husband. Is this one a friend to that one. Is that guy in love with that girl. Almost every person is part of a set -a family, a friendship, a marriage, a youth group. Many people belong to several sets. A friendship and youth group. A family and a congregation. I spend my time matching people up and asking other people for hints when I can’t figure out who belongs with whom. Unlike in a real Memory Game, people are usually happy to give hints about the matched sets they know about and also ask questions of their own. Usually there’s one or two people who aren’t part of any set at all, and those ones are the most confusing. Sadly, my memory is lacking. I may have inherited some form of face blindness. If Mennonite weddings were actually a massive game of Memory, I’d lose big time.
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