It seems hard to believe that it is January first of another year! Another decade is upon us. One wonders what this next year and new decade will bring. I am glad that I can trust that I am safely in my God’s hands. That does not mean, however, that my life as a caregiver is not without stress.
We have made an offer on a condo. We will close on Feb 1rst. We will not occupy, however, until a few weeks later. Because of some circumstances beyond their control the seller wants to rent from us for a few weeks. I am excited about moving from our small apartment to a place with a little more room. All the negotiating and dealing has been left to me basically alone, however. This coupled with the normal stresses of care giving has made life quite stressful. Throw in Christmas on top of that and life has certainly not been uneventful around here. The next weeks will still require me to attend to a lot of details in regards to the condo including getting a handicap ramp built for my husband before we move in.
Christmas was fun with our son from London and his family being out for Christmas. Due to a huge snow storm our son’s family from IA could not come. We did enjoy our time together with son’s family who lives near by us and our son’s family from London, however. That is we did enjoy some quality time in between various family members taking turns getting the flu. There is a bit of a sigh of relief with the quiet after Christmas also, however. Sometimes it is exhausting to try to pack in a lot of “quality time” in a short time to make up for the “quantity time” we miss when they live in London. This is especially true for the little ones. Our son from London’s family flew back yesterday.
We thought we would just have a quiet day home today, but now our son’s family who lives near by suggested we go out to eat after awhile for my husband’s birthday. Yes, my husband was a new year’s baby.
It is amazing that it is a new year and decade. I hope this year I can count my blessings more instead of concentrating on the decline I see in my husband. I hope I can worry and stress less and trust more.
Hi Sharon–Happy New Year! And, happy belated birthday to your husband. I hope your dinner out was filled with laughter. Wishing you a very trusting New Year.