Maureen left this a.m. to go home. Eileen is staying until next Wednesday to keep me company.
Thanks to Roger he's doing fine these past days. He has beginning signs of alzheimers but is still able to watch out for himself with guidance. They have a system of calling each other at same time each day just to make sure he is OK. And it seems to be working perfectly.
And I must admit that I did not shed many tears when Maureen left with Barry and Eileen for airport. I think that is due to doing what I wanted to do in the amount of time I had. With no regrets.
Have found about 3 notes left behind by my sister. She likes to hide them, and then I have fun trying to find them. Keeps me on the alert!
Linda F.-Saw pix of your hubby's birthday celebration at Rehab. Center. Glad you were able to at least be human for some time. Looking forward to seeing/meeting him when he gets out of rehab. cause I feel that I already know him.
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Hi Jane...I've been lurking and listening these past few days. Still haven’t recovered from a week in the tropics. I am continually amazed by your frame of mind, to be so focused and cognizant of the core issues before you. I’ve been victim to lapses in daydreaming while driving to and from work, and mildly agitated and irritated by what I have to endure…then I think of what you endure on a daily basis and I’m humbled and ashamed of what I consider my “travails”.
You continue to be a source of inspiration. I read your blog daily, and follow what’s happening in your life with Barry, Timmy2, Eileen, Maureen and all the other angels that flutter around you. Reading and digesting it all, I can’t help but joyfully recall those special moments when we connected so inextricably to life, and savored the journey before us. Motorcycling of course, but the metaphors are inescapable.
There was a moment while we were on Prince Edward Island one year, it was the summer Solstice and we were camped at Cavendish Park, it was almost 10:00 PM and we watched the sunset…we all looked at each other and smiled at the beauty we were witnessing…and again during a morning thunderstorm on Jane’s Island in VA, huddled in our tents as thunder, rain and lightning enveloped us, and on the ferry from Ocrakoke to Swan Quarter at 5:00 AM, watching the sun rise as a red orb on the horizon. The Adirondack’s, the Green Mountains, the White Mountains, the Blue Ridge Parkway…a lifetime of images, memories and thoughts.
Life has been good to us. These images and memories are the building blocks of life…the stories we pass to our children, which over time become more lore than fact, but nonetheless connect the dots between us. I am blessed to have shared so much with you, & Barry over that span of time. As I have said before, you and Barry are one of the cornerstones of my life, and when I’m feeling adrift and uncertain, I go back to a moment when I glanced into my bike’s rear view mirror and saw you and Barry behind me, Barry giving me a wave, and you smiling, looking over Barry’s shoulder.
…and all was right with the world at that moment.
TimBa
Timba,
I don't know you...or your relationship to Jane, but i was really moved by this post. I could vividly see you and Barry and Jane "biking".
It made me think of a favorite poem of mine. Perhaps you have read it....I'm sure many of you have. However, I feel its worth sharing again.....“Reason, Season, Lifetime”
People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
When you figure out which one it is,
you will know what to do for each person.
When someone is in your life for a REASON,
it is usually to meet a need you have expressed.
They have come to assist you through a difficulty;
to provide you with guidance and support;
to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually.
They may seem like a godsend, and they are.
They are there for the reason you need them to be.
Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time,
this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.
Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away.
Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.
What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled; their work is done.
The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.
Some people come into your life for a SEASON,
because your turn has come to share, grow or learn.
They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh.
They may teach you something you have never done.
They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.
Believe it. It is real. But only for a season.
LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons;
things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation.
Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person,
and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life.
It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.
Thank you for being a part of my life,
whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime.
— A poem by Brian Andrew "Drew" Chalker
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