One Last Special Moment With My Aunt Theresa

Written on 10-25-17.

     I am sitting outside, and I’m the only one out here.  I am at the Abiquiu Inn again, and I’m about to have dinner on their patio.  The leaves on the cottonwoods here are at the halfway point.  The trees straight ahead of me are still mostly green, but the trees to my left are in full yellow.  The ambiance is awesome, but I miss Belinda, and I wish she was here with me.  I just sent her a text to tell her so.  My waiter just lit one of the outdoor gas heating lamps near my table.  It is dusk, and it’s cooling rapidly.

     The biggest news in our lives right now happened just this past weekend.  Belinda and I drove to Lakewood to visit Mom and Dad and Joe and Tammy, but it turned out to be something entirely different.  Just before we arrived at Foothills Elementary School for me to drop off some Time to Teach books, Dad called.  He said that my Aunt Theresa was having some real difficulties (congestive heart failure, renal failure, and non-responsive), so she was being transported to St. Anthony’s.  Theresa was born in 1960, and she had Down’s Syndrome.  
     It sounded awful.  He said to go ahead and have my meeting, though, so we stopped at the school, but the principal was out for the day, so I simply left the books for him.  Then we headed to the hospital straight away, and that was where we ended up staying for the majority of the weekend.  

     It did not appear to be as bad as what we were told.  When we saw Theresa, she was...

Incredible News Abounds

Written on 10-8-17.

The incredible news abounds today!  First, Daryl and Katie are under contract for a new home, and…they are expecting their first child!  Katie is at around 14 weeks, so that’s a good sign, especially considering she has had complications before.  The due date is April 6th.  So, we are super excited for them, and we could not be happier about those two pieces of wonderful news from the Lamberts.

Wait, there’s more.  This really was not planned or coordinated to be on the same weekend, but Emily and Carter are, as of just last evening, engaged to be married on October 6, 2018!  I immediately put the event in our calendar.  What a fantastic couple!  I know they will have a long-lasting, loving relationship.  They celebrated their six-year anniversary yesterday by getting...

Hillcrest Birdies

Written on 10-1-17.

Welcome to October!  Belinda and I are outside of Silverton, after having just driven right through downtown.  We stopped near a sign that says ALPINE LOOP, BACK COUNTRY BYWAY, and it has a map with a legend and some pictures, too.  Dave Logan is announcing the Denver Broncos game, and they are at home against the Raiders.  It’s going well.  The Broncos are ahead in the 3rd quarter.  I don’t know the score, but I think it’s 16 to 7.  It is.  Dave just updated it.  

Every few minutes, the wind where we are parked is so strong that...

Wake Me When September Ends

Written on 9-30-17.

  It’s the last day of September already, and  Belinda and I are having a memorable one together.  We’ve slept in, had a fabulous breakfast of eggs, bacon, and pancakes, attended half of a football game of the son of some good friends of ours, and run some errands in town.  We felt like it was a “pinch ourselves” kind of day, for sure.    

I just realized I missed another football game that was at 3:00 today, but we were still in town at that time.  It was a former student’s game, so I am bummed I missed it.  Maybe I can catch the next one.

When we got home, I got to watch the end of today’s action for the Presidents Cup.  America is killing the international team; the score after three days is 14.5 points to 3.5 points.  The Americans need only one more point to win it all.  

Not to jinx myself, or “it,” but I’ve been killing it in golf lately, too.  Nothing under par or anything like that, but my last two rounds, one at Hidden Valley and one at Hillcrest just two days ago, have been more what I hope for and expect.  My scores were ...