Suddenly, hurricanes are on my radar.
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| Google Maps Storm Track |
There is a rather big one, Dorian, threatening the east coast. It has already hit the southeast and is now creeping up. People are evacuating if they can "further up and further in" to get out of the path. We not near the projected landfall, and for that I am grateful.
When it rains, it pours (hurricanes?).
This week I started my part-time job at the college library in Albany! It is really nice to be back in the library environment. The smallness of it allows for all of the staff to work on everything: archives, reference, inventory, collection management, inter library loans, metadata. It will be a wonderful learning opportunity and I am glad to be there.
Friday was quite the day over here at our house.
Friday was the day that both of our cars became officially New York registered and inspected. They are sporting some shiny new yellow plates. Interestingly enough, they are issuing a new design in April. Apparently, this is a very hot topic involving a lot of feelings.
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| Current Design |
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| New Design effective in April |
Friday was our 4th wedding anniversary-- I am so glad to be married to M! He is a wonderful man who seeks God, aims to do the right thing (even in the face of seemingly punitive bureaucracy), gets giddy over exploring Creation, and very supportive. I am so grateful for our four years together and look forward to many more.
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| M+D and "Grandma" R on our wedding day |
Unfortunately, it was not for a nice visit with the B family, rather it is a much sadder occasion.
M's adoptive "Grandma" R went home to be with the Lord on August 30th after a few weeks of being ill.
We felt it was important for him to go and be there for the visitation and funeral.
Even as logistics kept me here, I wish I could be there this weekend.
Therefore, I wanted to share a little about this lovely person.
M would tell you that the B family friend, "Grandma R", was always there for him and his brothers growing up. She went to recitals, games, 4-H competitions. She had them over for dinner and cooked as many hot dogs as three teenage boys could eat (let me tell you, that's a lot) with her special "hot dog sauce". She was there for Thanksgiving and Christmas, birthdays and weddings. When I met her, she showed me nothing but kindness and love as one of the B family. Her witty and entertaining personality made you feel right at home. She will be greatly missed by her own sons and grandchildren, as well as by my in-laws and our family. We were glad to see her in June when we were visiting the B family. After visiting her in the morning at her house, we later ran into her perusing the sweets at Jim's Apple Farm. Little did we know that would be the last time we saw her.
Would you please take a minute to pray for R's family (biological and "adoptive") as they wrestle with a world that no longer has Grandma R in it?
The grief in losing R, combined with M being out of town, and continued "new state" shock has made this a tough weekend. Fortunately, I have free, unlimited phone calls and have talked to my mom (there is a study about mother's voices and their ability to calm their children... you should look it up) who reminds me that God will never leave us nor forsake us, no matter where or when or how we are.
Current life goal: Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, " I will never leave you; never will I forsake you." --Hebrews 13:5
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