Worked for 20 years in Family Life Education with USDA and State land grant university. Then 16 years as Financial Advisor associate. Retired and traveling. Have 2 kids, DIL SIL and 5 grandsons.
Made contact by phone with a cousin after more than 20 yrs. We don’t know why we hadn’t been in contact. Talked for over two hours! Felt good to do a little reminiscing and catching up.
Yesterday I made contact with several of my Australian friends to check on their well-being regarding the Australian wildfires. Heard good reports from all but one, and she is no response. This particular one lives in hard hit area. Extra prayers for her safety.
Most unusual “gift” of helping neighbor. They had left the country for the holidays, they received notice from Fed Ex that package was to be delivered, we have huge Porch Pirate problem, so i ran over to grab their package as soon as it was delivered to keep it safe until they get home.
Prepared a big pot of chicken veggie soup on a dreary wet day. Will be taking a pot of soup to a girlfriend that had a hip replacement just before Christmas.
Day 2, waitress at noon was very pregnant, but kept giving us perfect service. My feet hurt in memory just watching her. We had double coupons so actual cost of our meal was tremendously reduced, gave the waitress a tip of all our coupon savings which was about $23 for 2 lunch items.
Yesterday, Dec 26 was day 1. Wrote one letter and sent 2 texts to friends I met last summer. Want to combine 29 Gifts with “Christmas All Year” program I was challenged to begin this Christmas season.