A Lifetime in 27 Years
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ll Winter long, I count down the days until Daylight Savings Time starts again!
I NEED the sunlight! When we turn our clocks forward, I literally come out of a dark tunnel!
Time for sunshine on the patio, BBQ’s and more time outside!
Then, next thing I know, Spring is finally here, so I can do my Spring cartwheels and come ALIVE!
Everyone can related to keeping up with laundry and dishes, that’s for sure!
But I can’t even keep up with my daily survival stuff of doing my physical therapy, ordering and taking my vitamins and prescriptions, getting my meals, making and going to doctor appointments, filing and straightening out insurance claims and trying to wash my hair once in a while. There is not time left for anything else!
This year our washer, dryer AND refrigerator all broke at the same time. They had been repaired before, but this time they were gonners. What a bummer as far as expenses to, but one thing I am loving is the extra space in the washer! At least I can get more clothes washed at once! Yay!!
But that doesn’t help me out with dishes. Sure, I have a dishwasher, but I have to wash the dishes before I put them in there. A lot of good that does!
We are so thankful to have spent the day with Wayne’s family! We had brunch with his dad, Russ and (step) mom, Eloise brother Wes and family and his (step) brother, Mark! Then we had dinner with his sister, Susan, 2 brothers, 
Wes and Rusty, spouses, nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews. The house was full of laughter and children running everywhere!
We missed Wayne’s brother Shawn and his family, because Shawn had to work. And we missed Wayne’s mom, Karen, who went to be with the Lord in September.
I am thankful to be in a house with lots of family again. There were many years, I could not be due to all the chemicals in fragrances. I believe people are no longer using strong fabric softeners and I have also been turning the clock back on these intolerances to chemicals.
I am not totally there yet, but making progress! And, of course, I still have Progressive Multiple Sclerosis, Late-Chronic Lyme Disease and Traumatic Brain Injury. Nevertheless, I am SO grateful to be able to be around family again! Praise God!
We are also so thankful to still have Snickers with us, though she wasn’t supposed to make it past November 22nd. Snickers needs a pacemaker, but she wouldn’t survive the surgery. She has a fatal heart condition that is not treatable by medications. She also has seizures from either a brain injury or a tumor and probable cancer. She wasn’t supposed to make it to Thanksgiving. So, we are thankful she did!