If I really think about life, not much of it makes sense. You grow up, get married, start living with someone almost 24/7 that you really don’t know that well til you’ve lived with them 24/7. Some make it til death do us part; some don’t.
You have children. You may raise them all close to the exact same way. Some turn out great, some . . not so great. But, as parents, we spend a huge part of our lives and resources raising children, who often grow up and have little contact with parents. Sometimes it’s because jobs take them far away, most often they have families of their own and are busy. I’m not complaining about mine . . I have to keep telling him . . NO! Don’t come yet. I’m not socializing til COVID is better.
Thursday night there was a horrible car crash not too far from us. A 23 year old young lady, an amazing person by all accounts, lost her life. Last night I learned that her inlaws live about two houses down from us . . kinda behind us and there are two houses I see but I’m not sure which one is their house. Doesn’t matter . . that young lady’s family is all hurting.
Last night a friend wrote that she had received a letter from her cousin who is nearly 100, a WW2 vet with no children. He’s recently had to go into assisted living, mainly to stay with his wife. He told my friend that she can write him in “prison” if she would like so she asked if any of her friends would like to send him a card and she was inundated with requests for his address. I have a card in the mail box now and found this little pillow I’m going to stitch and send him. It will be about 4 x 4 and even if he has no room to keep it, I’m hoping it makes him happy when he receives it and that’s enough for me.
In the last couple of days, right here in my “circle”, a young person with so much life ahead of her, had her life taken. An elderly veteran is very unhappy with his circumstances.
I keep telling Vince . . we never know how much time we have left. I hate wasting days being apart. Mostly I hate nights with no one to snuggle with.
I’ll end on a funny story. My friend’s dad was 91. Remember I told you it was near the end for him and he passed away last week. The funny part comes later.
His wife passed away . . I’m going to say two months ago but I could be wrong. Oh, good grief . . not only can I no longer do math but my timing is way off. She passed away in August, 2020. Anyway, a “lady” had been hanging around my friend’s dad so his grandson talked to him about getting into another relationship. Seems the woman was talking about marriage and had admitted it was for financial reasons. My friend’s son, who is an amazing fellow, was talking to his grandpa about not doing something stupid and the old guy said “I just need someone to keep me warm.”
Sometimes I think that’s what I want to tell Vince . . I need you here to keep me warm! 🙂 I know exactly what his response would be . . close the bedroom window when the temp drops below 30 degrees.
Teri says
OMGosh….that was funny….close the window….hahaha
By the way Jean Farish is doing a SAL mystery cross stitch…and videos to go with it…you can go to her Etsy shop and take a look.
Judy Laquidara says
I signed up for it but may or may not start it on March 1.
Teri says
It doesn’t should like it is a fast stitch she said it will go on for 6 months.and not to worry if you don’t start on time.
Helen says
Men! Rick would say that to me, too! It’s not just the body heat we need. If I didn’t have hugs from him, I would be very sad. Hope Vince gets Missouri in two shakes of a lamb’s tail!
Vivian Oaks says
The best thing my hubby does for me is: each night he gets into bed first, on my side, and warms up the sheets. When I’m ready, he slides over and i climb into a nice, warm bed!! He’s old enough now that the cold sheets bother him more than they used to, but he still tuffs it out so I have a warm bed to climb into. Isn’t that sweet?!! He’s a keeper!! 🙂
Judy Laquidara says
That is really sweet. I usually take my shower just before getting in bed so I’m warm from the shower and am asleep before I get cooled off. I have to change that schedule up a bit during the summer. If I went right from a warm shower to the bed, I’d be hot all night.
Dottie Newkirk says
You’re so right – we never know how much time we have left. Hoping it’s not long before Vince is in MO with you.
cindy says
My husband kept me warm, as long as i didn’t get my feet near his. His feet were just ice blocks and i could feel the cold from a foot away.
Judy Laquidara says
Did his feet feel cold to him? Vince is always warm . . even when he says he’s cold, he feels warm to me.
cindy says
no, they felt cold to him, too. but i don’t know if he realized just how cold they were. the rest of him was quite warm, though. just one of the many unique things about him.
Donna in KS says
The warmth, the breathing you’ve gotten use to, the “good morning” before you’re even out of bed….just a few things to miss. I can open all the windows I want to now but the bed isn’t as warm now. You do not ever know how much time you have!
Judy Laquidara says
You’re so right and I think of that more and more each day, as we get older, though age isn’t always the deciding factor. Once he’s back, I’m going to smile thinking that I could open the window any time I wanted when he was gone . . and I’ll be glad that he’s here, even if I can’t sleep with the windows open when it’s zero degrees outside.