Monday, October 6, 2008

early thanksgiving

My mom-looking wonderful
My 'new' cousin, Kathi, husband, Gerald, and Abigail, Brittany, & Jen
My brother, Roger, rotovating my garden area
Kyle, cutting grass in front of the house
part of the front yard-awesome fall colors!
My big boy, Jayde
Sunday afternoon walk-Alyssa, Michelle, Stacey, Beth, & Anita
My sister, Vicky, my mom & dad
Beth, my mom, & Jessica
Anita, and my wondeful Husband, Del

A week has passed.......filled, of course! We have finished combining and baling straw, boys have had volleyball, Del & I have gone to work regularily, etc......... Mom had her bloodwork repeated, which looked alot better, in prep for chemo again on wednesday. Jayde spent Saturday on the field, deep-tilling. I got to work at home on Saturday, cooking and such. Regular stuff. Sunday, the Friesen family got together to celebrate Thanksgiving. My 2 oldest nephew and their families couldn't attend, but everyone else was there, along with my 'new' cousin, Kathi, her husband, Gerald, and their girls-Abigail, Brittany, & Jen. What a good time was had. Excellent food. Great visiting. Went on an awesome walk around the gravel pits.(we were at Rog & Anita's). Took alot of pictures! My dad wanted to sing together, and I have to admit I offended him by telling him some people didn't really want to sing. We listened to Alyssa play the piano, and Roger played along with the guitar. That was beautiful. I don't know what everyone else was thinking, but my thoughts went something like this: Missing Kate, pondering moms next few months, and really appreciating the family around you. Listening to music, for me, is like speaking to your inner soul. I know everyone doesn't have this feeling, but its almost universal. There is something about music that reaches deep down and touches the outer and inner aspects of you, and makes you feel and think things that you don't allow yourself to go to normally. The music that Alyssa and Rog created yesterday was like listening to heaven itself. Could you just imagine Katleyn being in on that? Her spirit of love was present. Or transcending peace to everyone. The blessing of time given. The blessing of time together. The blessing of family. Take it and hold on. Treasure it. A gift, accept it with gratefulness.




I received my package from my aunt. Last week, Del started reading the binder, and Saturday evening he finished it. My husband, the guy who has never read a book, read all 62 pages. I waited until this morning to start it. And now, I don't want to do my work at home. Once you start , you want to get to the ending. I've read half today. Now I have to get some work done in my house.




It's raining once again. I'm so glad we finished combining. What a relief. It's been a frustrating year of farming, once again. The crop proved to be below average in yield and quality. Not quite the results we were looking for with the high input cost required in putting it in the ground. Time will tell as how this will turn out.....

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