Life Changes

Mother's day is over. The weather has turned cooler, and is raining. We have stage 4 water restrictions in place already, so we cannot water the lawn only 3 times per week at certain hours. I wonder who got our water for free (Nest-lie?)
Pressure washing is big on my list before the May long weekend. I recruited my husband to help me yesterday. We got drenched. I know it will take at least 3 days in total to finish, and some. Our two story home will require some climbing on before we can clean the top areas, or I must call a professional. Too bad our roofer tenant is no longer here; a handyman. I even miss his dog, Brindle at times. It is interesting how people come and go in our lives, sometimes by their own choosing and other times by God removing them from our lives for whatever reason. Being human, I naturally miss them: my mom in Florida, my friends who moved on, and even familiar things and neighborhoods.
I miss the Co-op Killarney Gardens where we lived in when my children were young in East Vancouver. A lovely townhouse, with a little courtyard, playground and outdoor pool. I miss my birthplace Hungary, both the city and the country side in the east where my dad was from. I miss the warmth of the conversations in Hungarian, with the different dialects. I miss my work staff, who I worked with at Children's Hospital for 10 years; well Not Everybody! I miss genuine Hungarian cuisine that I cannot replicate, nor do I have the ability to do like Cremes, or Dobos Torta. I miss genuine fellowship of a good bible study group. Now my list has grown. I will miss Arne Bryan, who is now with the Lord, I will miss Prayer Canada as it existed here in Surrey less than a decade ago.

Thank you for all that you do, and for all that you have done for our family. For putting a smile on my face each day, sharing your wisdom, and continuing to challenge me to be a better daughter, sister, & wife. Love you very much momma! And a very Happy Mother's Day to my mother-in-law and all the special mom's out there! Proverbs 31:10-31

 

I thought I was versatile and loved change and was spontaneous, however as I am aging, I think that I am less and less so prone to engage. Yesterday, I shared with my married daughter the family congratulations card for mother's day. My husband signed it, "the most sexist woman I know", He of course thought he was spelling, sexiest. So, we had a good giggle with that. The most meaningful was a phone call from Deborah's former employer who wanted to make things right again with me. In our deep wallow of pain we have become estranged. But now, we are close once again. So many memories, so much love, so much life that we shared by being part of one girl, who is now gone, OUR DEBORAH. Life goes on, life changes.