fINAL ESTING PLACE

bETH AND i FLEW, WITHOUT POBLEMS  TO mAINE.  bARBARA AND ALAN INVITED ME TO STAY WITH THEM.  THEY GAVE UP THEIR BED, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT ME FALLING DOWNSTAIRS.THEY WERE GRACIOUS HOSTS.aRNOLD CAME OVER fRIDAY TO VISIT ME AND TO INVITE ME TO SENOIR LUNCH.  oF COURSE, i WENT. i LATER WENT AACROSS THE STREET TO OUT OLD HOME AND SAW HAZELS CHICKENS.eTHANK HAD MOWED THE YARD NICELY AND i WALKED ALL AROUND REMEMBERING WHEN i LIVED THERE.fRIDAY NIGHT i TOOK bARB, ALAN AND bRYCE TO DINNER AT 99'S. oUR OLD WITRESS REMEMBER ME BY NAME. bETH SLWPT IN THE CABIN WITH qUINL aRORA, AND HAZEL.  a BIG THNDER WOKE THEM IN THE NIGHT.  fRIDAY DAWNED DRY AND PLEASANT.  THE SERVICE WENT VERY WELL AND NOW tOM CAN SEE HIS OLD HOUSE FROM HIS PLACE I THE CEMETERY.  oF COURSE, HE LOOKSD ON FROM hEAVEN.

FinAl ACT

 TODAY IS aUGUST 5, 2026

bETH AND i WILL FLY TO mAINE TO PLACE tOMS' REMAINS IN THE fIELDS hILL cEMETERY, WHERE HE HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO BE.  fAMILY WILL BE THERE AND A FEW FRIENDS.  pASTOR cROFF FROM WAYSIDE bAPTIST, OUR LAST mAINE CHURCH TO DO THE SERVICE.  i AM APPREHENSIVE WITH MIXED EMOTIONS.  I KNOW tOM WILL BE WATCHING FROM hEAVEN SO i WILL FEEL CLOSE TO HIM.  i ALSO KNOW GOD WILL MAKE SURE EVERYTHING RUNS WELL           AS HE DIRECTS  THE FAMILY TO DO WHATS NEEDED.  wILL WRITE MORE WHEN i RETURN TO COLORADO.

virus fom hell

 ON Saturday night JUNe 13 I woke with bad stomach pains and started throwing up and having bad diahrea. I rang from help and paramedics came and took me to St. Mary's hospital.  I was admitted and stayed until Tuesday when I was finally well enough to come home.  It was a horror  few days and I never want to have a repeat of that time.  

Fish Tank

 This week the labby fish tank suddenly exploded.  NO one was near, so no falls.  We all have suggestion as to what made this happen.  There were two very large fish.  did they get in a fight?did they conspire to break out and crash the front of the tank together?  Or did it just break.  The big guys were saved to live in the other Solstice tank but two of the small fish didn't make it.  The flood did no real damage as the water was vacumed up quickly as Josiah was nearby and called Sam for help.  Anyway, we are without our beloved fish.

Tom

I failed to do a post when Tom passed,  so will so it now.  

ON March 1. 2026 tom went to his eternal resting place.  He had been in very poor health for many months and this was progressing after his initial fall to break a hip.  My heart was not ready to let him go, but I could no longer care for him.  He was in no pain for his final days, but it was torture to watch him wasting away. so it was actual relief when he finally gave up the fight.  I miss him terribly, but moving into the smaller apartment helped me adjust to being alone.  Our anniversary is coming up this week and I feel so alone. After the fall and two operations, he could only sit in his wheelchair and listen to stories on his recorder.  We could not actually communicate as he could no longer hear me talk and we couln't watch TV together as he couldn't see. This  was not living except he enjoyed company  and family came frequently.  Of course our Beth was  constantly at his side. I never would have survived without her.  

We had a celebration of life  at church and Beth and Charles Thomas along with Grandchildren  Ethan Ray, Molly Radwany, Heather Mauer,Great grandchildren, Aden Mauer, Autumn Mauer, Gabrielle Mauer,  Great Children, Hazel Ray, Sadie and Rosemanry Radwany were all present.  Friend and former Missionaly Ginnie Switzer Wade came for the celebration.  She was very dear to us and we spent 6 weeks in south Africa with she and her husband Rex Switzer.  

I continue to live it this independent living facility and have made many fiends, but their is a big hole in my life and I try to be brave and struggle on with Beth being my support.  I suppose I will always miss him as we were married for 70 years and the anniversary is the 21 of May which is next Thursday.

grand Mesa

 Beth took me on an adventure today up the Grand Mesa.  She also took me through the palasades to see the orchads of peach trees.  What a sight that was.  So many orchads full of trees that will be loaded with peaches this summer of the best kind to be found anywhere in the US.   Each bend in the roadbrought more awesome views of the grandure of the mesa.  It was a beautidul ride and I do have some pictures if I can get them loaded.  Beth is truly the best daughter a mother could have and it was a beautiful day, not just  the mountains, but being with your daughter was the apple of the eye.  I shall now try to load the picutres.