Today was a LOL (Little Old Lady) Day. Dentist appointments and shopping for our LOL’s. (Don’t be offended, they call themselves that.)
We also were rewarded with a piece of history. While sorting through items in preparation for her move, Max’s mother found this picture of Aunt Jean in McKinley Park in 1944. Since the National Park Service is working on sending a historian to collect an oral history from Aunt Jean about her time in Alaska in the 1940’s, we emailed the picture to our contacts in Denali National Park. They were thrilled to get it. Seems the Sanctuary Cabin (or at least one just like it) is still there.
Today was Max’s oral surgery. Everything went well. He, of course, has some pain and swelling but he can eat ice cream so all is well. Thanks for your prayers!
Nice day today. Not quite as hot. Looks like the rest of the week in Alabama will not be so hot either – no temperatures in the 90’s predicted for this week. Sweet!
We spent the night at Jim’s last night which allowed us to continue our visit. This morning we went back to Veranda B&B for breakfast. Wow! It was so good and there was so many choices. The eggs were perfectly cooked – which is hard for a buffet. There was bacon and chicken, biscuits, fruit, french toast, peach cobbler, hash browns and more. After that wonderful breakfast we took Jim and we met Anne’s cousin Nancy at Fayettville First UMC for worship. Then we went out for lunch. After that huge breakfast we didn’t need much, so we just had a salad. It was quite good too. After lunch it was time for goodbyes and we headed back to Alabama. It was an uneventful drive home – actually an easy drive.
When we arrive we found the driveway badly washed. Fortunately, Barry and Donna who check on our house when we are gone had already warned us about this so we were sort of prepared. Lots of rain washed the drive and then made everything grow on the sides of the drive. Double whammy. We left FRED at Helen’s and drove to the house and got the tractor to scrape the drive and fill the areas that washed. While Max was on the tractor and Anne was cutting the bushes on the edge of the drive, Donna and Barry stopped by for a short visit. Sure was good to see them. Oh well, got everything in pretty good shape and brought FRED on back to our house and started unloading. The rest will have to just wait until tomorrow. Hope everyone has a great week. Say a prayer for Max. He has some oral surgery scheduled for tomorrow.
As everybody probably already knows, it was another hot day. At least in Atlanta it was hot and we had no showers or clouds. It did seem to cool off a little shortly before dark. The forecast is looking better for some cooler days to come. Sure hope they are right.
Beautiful drive through pecan and peach trees as we were leaving Johnston
We left Randy and Debra’s house this morning in route to Senoia, Georgia where Anne’s brother, Jim, lives – about 4 hours. Anne’s sister-in-law, Marguerite, died June 4, 2017 after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Most of the family was together at that point in time but the Celebration of Life service was postponed until today because Anne’s nephew, Joseph is a Marine and was in Okinawa and could not be here until now. We arrived at Jim’s about 1:00 this afternoon and parked FRED in front of his house, but could only connect to a 20amp. We could have run the generator, but since Jim has plenty of bedrooms we decided to stay in the house with him. We didn’t think he really wanted to come home to an empty house after the service.
The service was held at the Veranda, a B&B in historical Senoia. The house was built in 1906 as the Holberg Hotel. There were lovely sitting rooms and a nice large room for the service and the meal that followed. It was a great time to be with family and close friends and offer support to each other as we shared our memories of Marguerite. It was a sad day in some ways, but a good day as well. We all know that Marguerite is waiting for us to join her in heaven one day. Rest In Peace Marguerite. Please continue to pray for Jim as he works through his horrible grief and also pray that God will give us the wisdom and words needed to be there for him.
The Veranda Bed and Breakfast
Painting of Marguerite
A poem that Jim found on Marguerite’s phone. He doesn’t know where she found it.
