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LIVE LIFE FOR TODAY

                                              



Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets.
So love the people who treat you right, forgive the ones who don't and believe that everything happens for a reason.
If it changes your life, Let it.
Nobody said it would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.

                                                               -----Dr. Seuss-----

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SOMETIMES TIME AND LIFE GETS AWAY FROM YOU!

         
   I guess we were lucky we only lost our Walnut Tree.



A new month!  Where does time go....I had to put new tires on my car yesterday!  I opted to buy all weather tires, instead of putting on new winter ones.  I only travel locally by car, I do not drive over mountain passes, etc. would rather use other means of transportation other than having to drive myself!

The summer went by quickly!  It was too hot....now it has changed to winter!  It has skipped the usual beautiful fall, that we usually have.  We had about 4 inches of new  (very wet) snow overnight.  It was a nightmare to shovel, as it was sooooooo wet!  We live on a main route, so the plow and sand trucks inundate out driveway when they are plowing  I was out there before 5:00 am, to clear my driveway.  They promise us, that more snow is on the way! 

It has been a busy time in general.  We never had a chance to rake all the leaves before the snow.  They are still on the trees.  We had a big wind storm a couple of weeks ago and our walnut tree broke in half, so that is still laying on the lawn.  We are waiting for a tree company to come and cut it up and haul it away.  We were lucky it did not land on the house!  Other people were not so lucky.  Depending on the weather, if they manage to get her to fix it up!

In the  meantime,  I will try to get all the other things done that need doing.  There never seems to be enough hours in the day, to get everything done.  How I managed when  I was working, I have no idea!

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Summer in the Okanagan Valley!

          Well, it is fall here, again.  It has been a long dry hot summer.   Lots of forest fires in the province.  Loss of a lot of good timber.     It has been a busy time, for me, as I have had my daughter, her husband and two children visiting for five weeks.  It was great having them around.
There was about a week....then we went on holiday!                                                                                             


                                                                                                                Fruit season:  They have picked some of the earlier apples.  There are still plenty to come.  They are also picking pears, and the peaches are nearly over.  we are so lucky to have all the fresh fruit and vegetables1

COPING WITH OUR GRIEF AND LOSS OF A LOVED ONE

In 2005 I lost a  dear friend.  We had been a couple for 6 years.  Everyone handles their grief differently.  We only need to be able to live with it in our normal lives.

I used a journal to sort my thoughts and feelings.  When I felt low, I would choose a page, (any page) and I would write down how I was feeling.  I would write about how sad I felt or how angry I felt, at being left here alone.   I would also write about the happy things that had happened when we were together, and things that I had liked about this person.  I have never reread any of these entries.  But, I do feel that it helped me to work through that troubling time.

We never forget the people that we lost...but we do need to look to the future, and learn from our past experiences.