Fear Not, Go Forth in Hope, Peace, Joy and Love in 2015 –
We actually were awake when 2015 entered our world. It took us 74 and 77 years to get here; WOW! – 1940’s – 1950′-that was then – in our impetuous youth; now here we are at the winter of our life caught by surprise, wondering how did we get here so fast, where did the years and our youth go?
I, Ray,have been thinking about times past and wondering why stupidity seems to be increasing. For instance, a local airport has been receiving complaints from passengers about the lack of cabs at certain times, even though the airport has an “open” policy to allow any cab company to service passengers. Their brilliant decision. Put the service up for bids and allow just one cab company to service the passengers. Let’s see now. If 5 cab companies can’t properly service the airport passengers, one most certainly can. Is this the new math? Also, at the hospital recently for a CT scan I sat and waited for 3 hours. On inquiring if I had been forgotten I was advised by the imaging supervisor that the lab computers were down so the lab couldn’t send the results of my blood work to the imaging department and therefore they couldn’t start the CT scan. I wonder if they ever heard of paper and pencil? And walking that paper to the imaging department. I walked that distance in under 4 minutes. But as I said, I’ve been thinking about times past and remembered 4 guys driving back home after late nite bowling, when one looked out the back window and noticed flames following the car. After stopping to investigate, it was found that the whole underneath of the car was on fire. Maybe that’s why I laugh at one scene from the movie “Planes, Trains and Automobiles”. Anyhow, since all 4 guys were firemen, the driver was instructed to drive like he was qualifing for the Indy 500, to the nearest fire station where we would find fire extinguishers. You can use your imagination to make the ending. But you might want to ask to see my burn scars on my left shoulder. So now I don’t want to think about stupidity.
*things to remember* in 2014
a train trip to Niagara Falls NY. We were privileged to meet people along the way, met with siblings and spouses at a B&B where we were treated royally by our hosts, awed by the powerful splendor of the Falls. We are still savoring the memories!
An endovascular aortic aneurysm repair; excellent Dr. and nursing care, short hospital stay. Recovery continues at home. We are still savoring the experience.
Other than that our 2014 was “vanilla”
*looking ahead*
-grandson wedding -Dan Smith
-family reunion in the states.
Expect the remainder of 2015 will continue to be “vanilla” ; that is a good thing!
I am back to genealogy; working on compiling data to bring up to date the ancestory of Aaron Levi and Mary Ann Short/Yoder, Ray’s maternal grandparents, hoping to leave an historical legacy for future generations. I can gather information from Ancestry.com, it gives info for people who are no longer living. Other than that I gather data from Ray’s first cousins – like I did from all of William Oswald’s grandchildren. Information is slow coming.
We had an abundance of snow late 2014, so much so we were running out of places to put it. Our neighbor was kind enough to use his snow blower to take down our bank when it got difficult for us to shovel over our heads. Since then temperatures hover at +/- freezing that creates shush, ice and uneven sidewalks and streets. So we are pretty much left with that scenario until spring. YIKES! Since we have had so many days of unseasonable warm temperatures, I suggested to Ray that maybe our cold snowy weather is over for this winter. He just rolled his eyes, as of last night’s snowfall, he is right. Our world is all white again.
Hope to see you all in SD in June for W.Oswald reunion.
Hope all is going well with you, take good care of yourself.
Few things in our life can top the blessing of a loving family and friends. We’re blessed to have you in our life; you make our world a better place to live. Thank-You for loving us.
Ray and Betty Good