Monday July 13, 2015  I REMEMBERED IT IS MONDAY!

 

So, what does one write on a travel log night after night when one is not traveling?  I guess that makes no sense.  I have a column titled Travel Log.  Perhaps I should have one titled Home Log.  As long as no one complains I’ll keep it as is.  Besides even if someone did complain I do not have open forum so no one else ever need know.

However, I am planning in the future to have another blog.  I do think I wrote of it once in the months past.  My son gave me the idea.  I’ll repeat myself here and let you know I am repeating myself so you won’t think it is my old age catching up with me.  I know some have joined this blog later than others and per chance they did not read that particular blog wo I will reiterate.

When I asked my son what I should name the blog I was planning to write while on my trip he QUICKLY responded with “THE OPINION YOU DIDN’T ASK FOR”.  Hmmm…that was a bit too quick of a response.  Makes me think he might think I give my opinion too often!  So…I looked up the domain and it was taken and could only be used by a paying blogger.  Well, if I can get it without costing something I’d rather do that.  So I googled the domain name “THE OPINION YOU DID NOT ASK FOR” through wordpress and it was available so I gobbled it up.  It sits there waiting for me to start work on it.  Until my life situation settles down a bit it will be on the back burner.  But…I really do look forward to working on it.  I plan to have an open forum and bring up some controversial opinions contrary to the popular secular world.  I would love to get some discussions going.  When I finally have time I just hope I can still remember what I want to do.  Oh well, I like dreaming, and thinking, and planning.  My son asked me what I was going to put on the bog.  “MY OPINIONS OF COURSE”, I responded.  I hope I still have some opinions when the time comes.  Life is getting shorter by the day.  I may have only 30 or 40 years left!  However many years I have left I sure do enjoy living each moment of them.

Today consisted of two doctor appointments with Dave, one workout session with myself, laundry, and just the normal everyday tasks, fixing meals, eating meals, cleaning up.  What more can I say.  Life goes on even after a four month trip.  But there is a lot of catching up to do.  And my poem arises from my depths.

 

LIFE HAS A WAY

By Kathleen Martens

July 13, 2015

 

When you live a dream

It begins to feel real.

And then something happens

To break the deal.

 

Time marches on

One moment at a time

And the days number on

And time flies by.

 

And all that you do

And all that you see

Is tucked in your heart

As neat as can be.

 

And all that happened

In those days of yore

Becomes the dream

That is no more.

 

For life has a way

To fill the space

Of each day that passes

In such a race.

 

The dream that was lived

Is like a borrowed treasure

To bring out and admire

And give you pleasure.

 

The reality is gone

But the memory lives

And so much joy

To the heart it gives.

 

And that which is precious,

The everyday task

Is where life is lived

And questions asked.

 

The simple and ordinary

Are the special things.

The everyday of life

Simple joys bring.

 

To be home again

The normal becomes

The precious moments

When you’re on the run.

 

And through ups and downs

God puts a smile on your face

For even the hardships

Are lived with grace.

 

When you love life

Regardless what you do

You love where you are

And whatever you ensue.

 

Today when Dave and I went to one of his appointments he was seen by a Physician’s Assistant.  At the end of his appointment I asked her what was the best wisdom she had for us if she could tell us one thing.  This is what  P.A., Joanna told us.

Joanna’s wisdom:  “Eat Clean”.

Two simple words.  The very same words that was on the top of an article that Dave and I were reading out loud at lunch before we went to see her.  And what is interesting to me is that just yesterday Dave and I were talking about food and I told him the best way to eat was to eat clean.  He asked me what that meant.  I explained that it was eating foods in their natural state, the foods I like to eat.  And then the next day (today) we have two confirmations of exactly what it does mean by both a PA and an article written by a nutritionist.  I think that was good confirmation.

I have just returned from a journey of my own.   Dave is now embarking on a new journey of his own.   He is a very private person, and that is difficult when you’re married to me.  But, this is, and will be his journey and I will not be writing much about it after this blog.  If he says I can write some milestones and landmarks I will do so but other than that you’ll just have to wait and see where his journey takes him.  Maybe when he gets farther down the road he will open up and share.  All I will tell you here is that my husband is one of the greatest men I know and is worth everything I can do to help him as he goes down a new path as he enters into retirement.  After living with him for 42 years I can truthfully say that there is not another man alive that I have ever met has the integrity that he has.  Can you tell I’m still in love with him?

Good night, my husband is going to bed and so am I.  It is only 9:20 p.m.  Yeah!  Another early night.  I’ll go get my beauty sleep.  I heard once that the best sleep your body can get is the accumulative sleep you get before midnight.  I have nothing to base it on except that it  is  what someone told me.  Believe what you want.  I choose to believe it!

Good night and sweet dreams.