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We went to our eldest great-grandchild’s birthday party at the skating rink yesterday. What a hoot! There were a whole bunch of littles there and more kids were just running around chasing each other on the skate floor than were actually skating. That’s because they were five. They could move a lot faster without wheels!
There were a couple of prepubescent boys there, obviously trying out skates for the first time. Mr. FixIt watched them, then share with me his “first time skating” story. It was a date with a girl. She asked him to go skating with her and he told he he’d never been on skates in his life. She assured him it was really easy and he’d do great.
He didn’t.
He fell…a lot! It was no time till she left him sitting there out of embarrassment. Pretty soon, a mutual friend of ours came along and asked him if he needed some help. She managed to help him up, and with a lot of support and laughter, it wasn’t too long till he was able to make it around the rink. The girl’s boyfriend was made because she had her arm around another guy. And Mr. FixIt’s girlfriend was mad because he was hanging out onto another girl. That was the last time he went out with that girl. Unfortunately, our friend went on to marry the other fellow and other than her beautiful children, it didn’t end happily I’m afraid.
When we got home, I warmed up some chili and afterwards I took a nap under the electric blanket. What a wonderful treat that was!
My step-daughter called me last evening just to tell me how nice I looked yesterday and that she loved my outfit and my hair. What a sweet thing to say. It made me feel all warm and cheesy inside, as Daughter #2 used to say. We had a long conversation about the decisions we’ve made in life and how we wish we could go back and do some things differently.
I told her I didn’t. I wouldn’t be the person I am today, doing what I’m doing, married to the sweetest guy on the planet if I’d made one different choice. Any one thing would have sent me down an entirely different path than the one I chose and the results would have been entirely different. Would things have been better? Who knows? Maybe they would have been worse…far worse.
You know who knew what my path should be? God. God set me on a path and He gave me free will and asked me to use it. He asked me love as He loves. He asked me to turn the other cheek. He asked lots and lots of things of me and ohhhhh, how I messed up. But He asked me to keep trying and that I did. And here we are.
Is my life perfect? It’s perfect for ME. God has given me a partner to work with, to love and be loved by, to grow and learn beside, and to share this ride with its many ups and downs. There is something to be said for contentment. To sit in a seat of comfort and joy is more than I deserve sometimes. And I don’t know how I merited my man, but I’m sure glad God led us together for this…the final act of our lives.
We got our flu shots yesterday afternoon. In a couple of weeks we’ll get our Covid booster. Today I go to get the title work done on the camper at the DMV. I’ll take my knitting. We’ll seal the underside of the wheel wells to try to keep water out of the area under the sink. Then we head out camping again on Wednesday. Ohhhhh…it’s going to get cold later this week! The low on Friday night is predicted to be 36°! If it doesn’t warm up the last couple of weeks in October, this just might be the last trip of the year.
When you put the camper away, that means summer is officially over. Fortunately, I can still enjoy it all winter here on our property. Just not as often. On the warmer days, I can sneak out and read, write, or knit. On the colder, snowier days, I can snuggle under the electric blanket and take a nap. I’ll be able to make a cup of tea and stare out the windows. I love that I don’t have to haul her somewhere and leave her there till spring.
Indeed…I am so very blessed.
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“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.”
James 1:17 ESV