Vicariously enjoying the balloons on my way to the airport coming home... I did it, finally. I signed up to take a hot air balloon ride a few weeks ago while in AZ. I'd wanted to do this the last couple of years, but health stuff got in the way. Two years ago a hip …
Tag: Aging from a Recent Widow's Perspective
Life at 82: A is for Aging
Participating in the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge Write along with me! What does aging mean to you? In general, aging means the process of getting older. Duh! In this Blogging from A to Z April Challenge, I will be writing about my own life at 82. Thinking about aging, I’ve complained a …
Marv Taking Charge (in AZ)
With Marv at Desert Palms Presbyterian Church - 2/11/2018, days after his diagnosis When I'm in AZ at my son's home, I still attend the church that Marv and I found online when we were in this area before: Desert Palms Presbyterian Church in Sun City West. A few weeks ago, with an invitation and …
April Blogging from A to Z Theme Reveal, 2024
As you read a day or two ago, I've decided to do the A to Z Challenge again. I do it for fun, not necessarily to educate as has been my life's work! If you feel smarter after reading my posts, so be it! If you can nod in agreement or get a chuckle, that …
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A Winter Horizontal Greeting…
I am at my winter place in AZ. I am eating brownies made and frozen by my daughter-in-law. I'm sure I read somewhere that they are curative for a cold. I hope you did not miss that article. It is chilly here for this time. In the 50s and 60s with several days of rain. …
Bookcase Quilt: Tangible Memories of My Late Husband
My late husband, Marv Roelofs, became famous over our 55+ years of marriage for making bookshelves for me. His first wall-to-wall lives on in our first home, a now run-down townhouse in IL that my son found recently on a realtor site. Marv's last wall-to-wall, of course, lives on in his last home, my current …
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Are you ready…
To let God make a new life in you? This question was a recent challenge from my pastor at the end of a sermon. He always finishes his sermons with a challenge. So I always leave church with my head buzzing. Which is probably his intent. But the wording of this challenge has hit hard. …
A “Supernatural ” Moment of Grief and Joy
My late husband, Marv Roelofs, showed up last week and sang to me. I was sitting at a church concert listening to a pianist play a medley of old hymns. When he fluidly moved into “In the Garden,” Marv’s favorite hymn, I suddenly heard Marv’s voice singing the melody his usual octave lower next to …
Growing Older: What road are you on today? And what lies ahead?
I am in AZ, far from the snowstorms in my home state. It's tranquil here and almost eerily quiet. I have time to simply stare at the sun-soaked landscape and dream. When I took this photo yesterday, I thought of Robert Frost's poem The Road Not Taken. Rather than look back at what roads I've …
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