Tuesday and Wednesday

Tuesday morning I was able to ride along with our friend, Bob R., to the airport to pick up Lois.  I've driven her and picked her up in Flint, but not in Detroit.  It has changed so much since we used to fly from there, which wasn't often anyway.  Lois' plane landed at 11:17, we got her luggage, drove to my house, put her luggage in my van, she changed dresses, and I drove her to the funeral home.  Family viewing was from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.  I dropped her off at EXACTLY 1:00 p.m.  Only God could have done that.  I still don't know how it happened.  Considering times and how far she had to come, she should have been late.

I drove home, picked up Jon, took Lois' luggage to her Mom's, went for lunch, came home and changed clothes and went back to the funeral home.  When we left we drove to Debbie's to pick up Jess because Debbie had an earlier appointment at home and took Jess there with her, so we could spend a little while at the funeral home. (Thanks so much, friend!)   By the time we got home, changed clothes and fixed dinner, I was done for the night.  Thus, no blog.

Today, Wednesday, I attended Wes' funeral/life celebration. It was very nice, but it was hard for me.  It felt like I lost another piece of Bill.  Wes was very important in our lives, especially Bill's, and the loss weighed heavy on me today.  I looked around at all the people that were there today and knew that Bill would have enjoyed being there and visiting with all the "old" Romeo Baptist family, as well as the Beadle families and friends.  Instead, I'm sure Bill and Wes were spending time together.  Maybe watching today's activities.  Maybe they were just too excited to care about us here, being in the presence of Jesus.  Who knows?  I just know that I miss them both.

When I got home I was too tired to do anything but sit and take a short nap.  Little Caeser's got a visit from me for dinner.  Then I went back to church to hear the Kingswood University Chorale.  What a wonderful concert.  Kingswood is a Wesleyan University located way up in Canada somewhere I can't remember.  The Chorale is on a 10-day US tour.  It was so good to see Peter Torres as part of this group.  I got a hug from him from his mom, Doreen, and I sent one back via Peter. 

I know that Wes would have been so pleased to know that a few short hours after his funeral, our auditoriuim (gym) was filled with 40 voices singing praises to Jesus.  I could almost hear him say, "Now, wasn't that just grand?"

Another Monday

I had a lot of "running around" to do and I did half before 1:00 when Debbie left and the other half with Jessie after our lunch out (with Debbie today! Yah!).  I was hoping to do some yard work, but instead enjoyed sitting on my nice, clean deck in the late afternoon reading a book.  I did do one load of wash and folded it.  Does that count for work? 

The Deck Is Ready For Warmer Weather

Thanks to my BFF's, Julie, Kylee and Lynzee, the deck siding and floor has been scrubbed and all furniture washed and the deck set up for summer. Just a short sentence and a half, yet hours of hard work was done by these gals.  I would have posted a picture of their tired bodies sitting on a deck couch, but my internet kept shutting down when I tried to upload the picture.  Many thanks, my friends!  Before they left to go home, I treated them to dinner at the Garden.  That was an experience, and it added laughter to our night. 

You Will Be Missed, "Grandpa" Beadle

 

 

Late yesterday afternoon, while napping in his chair, our very dear friend, Wes Beadle, and "Grandpa" to our kids, woke up in Heaven!  We are very saddened that we have lost a wonderful friend, but we know he was tired of his body not cooperating and I'm sure he was ready to meet Jesus. 

 

Bill grew up with Wes' kids and was very close to Wes.  Wes was even in our wedding party!  He was also an honorary pall bearer for Bill's funeral.

 

After I was told of his death, I told Jessie that "Grandpa Beadle died today."  She looked up with a shocked look on her face and said, "Sorry!"  I told her that we were all sorry that he was gone and that we wouldn't see him again, BUT, guess what?  "Daddy and Grandpa Beadle are together in Heaven!"  That made her happy.   Now, not only does daddy have "a new home", so does Grandpa Beadle!

 

Please remember the entire Beadle family as they grieve the loss of a husband, father, grandpa, friend, etc.  Also, please pray for the safe travels of several out of state/country (Lois) family members that need to be here for the viewing on Tuesday and funeral on Wednesday. 

 

We loved you, Wes!

 

 



A Long Week

For some unknown reason, this week has been a very long week.  Yesterday felt like a Saturday.  Today like Saturday, too.  Debbie took Jess to meet Kelly for breakfast then they shopped at Walmart.  Jon and I went to another restaurant for breakfast then Home Depot for more mulch and some decorative white stones.  When we got back we worked in the back yard for over 3 hours.  I was exhausted.  I took many breaks; every time I felt like I had over done it for my back, I would sit down for a bit.  By the time I finished and came in the house, I could barely walk. I took pain medicine, took a shower and sat down for about an hour before dinner and feel much better now.  Jon and I just got back inside from going and taking a stroll around the yard to see all our progress.  We're both very pleased with ourselves and the work we accomplished. 

First Planting and Night Out

Jon was out working in his garden before I even got out of bed this morning.  It is such an impressive looking garden, don't you think?  He did his first planting the other day (potatoes) and today added more vegetable plants that are early crops.  Now I need to get busy and read up on how to can and freeze all the vegetables we'll most likely have.  I worked about an hour in my flower garden this afternoon.  That was about all I could do because my back hurt so much. 

It was GREAT having Debbie back today.  We missed her.  She took Jess to Meijer's and Jessie was really good today and they both enjoyed themselves. 

Tonight I went to dinner with the Down Syndrome Alumni Moms. We met at Ichaban's (Hayes and Hall Road).  I have not been to a Japanese Restaurant in at least 20 years or more.  There were only 7 of us, but we all had a fun time.  They are a nice bunch of ladies.  Unfortunately, my pictures came out with black borders again and what you should be seeing in the above picture is a flaming onion volcano.  You can just see the tip of it because of the black.  My other pictures didn't do this the other day, why again?  Sorry. 

Tuesday and Wednesday

When I woke this morning, the first thing that ran through my mind was: "I didn't blog last night!"  I couldn't believe that I forgot, because I had a sketch in my mind already of what I was going to blog about earlier in the day.  Oh, well.  At least I didn't forget to do payroll.  Now, that would have been really bad.  How do I know I didn't forget?  I double checked my sent box just a few minutes ago.

Yesterday and today Debbie has been sick with a very bad headache, so she did not come to work.  Jess and I spent the past 2 days out and about running errands.  Yesterday it was in the pouring rain - today it was finally with sunshine and warm weather.  We've actually had 2 good days together. I've enjoyed having her with me as we ran errands. 

One of our errands was to pick up Memphis' new royal purple vest that says "JESSIE'S HELPER" on both sides.  My hope is that when he wears it, he knows he's working and needs to obey Jess and not get distracted with people and animals.  Now, I need to train Jess to walk him on a leash.  We did a little today.  It's going to take awhile. 

I had Stephen Ministry tonight and I'm back on-board as a Leader again.  I'm very happy about that.  I have a passion for this ministry and I am thankful that God can use my abilities as a Leader and Small Group Facilitator.  I have also been given the "green light" to begin a SM Ladies Ministry, where the ladies will get together once a month to get to know one another better, make new friends, have fun, but also to pray for one another.  To empower each other in Christ.  I'm excited about this new ministry.