I never thought we’d sell this house. If you know me, you know I have loved this pretty place.

It’s given me amazing gardens…one year 168 quarts of green beans. My elbow still hurts from breaking beans. Tons of canned tomatoes and spaghetti sauce. The best corn I’ve ever tasted. If you know, you know. It’s always best when it comes from the back yard.

It’s where I learned to can…which has been useful so many times. During COVID I had to figure out how to make something similar to Bush beans which were not available. These turned out pretty well.

Made a few of these…each quilt is my “baby!”

And enjoyed so many pets. Many of them are now gone. But not all! Tippy likes putting together those pretty blocks, too! Always on hand to help.

As I said, I never dreamed we’d sell. But I also never imagined myself at 70 and my husband at 77, yet here we are! The picture below where I’m drinking a margarita was taken when we lived near ‘DC. I was not even 40. The close friends with us have since passed.

My focus in this picture was probably on a future vacation, going to see a play, clothes, decorating a house, doing Jazzercise. Having fun.More and More. I wasn’t exactly a deep thinker or reflective. That’s improved with age and I’m grateful. When I hear people talk about how selfish the younger generation is, I understand that. I was that person for many years. In my faith walk, while I was a Believer, I wasn’t a Follower.

The realization today is that we are not young. Reality. We’ve gotten older. Maybe old!

Yet, I’m not sad. I’m looking forward to the future. In this life, I feel that when you stop dreaming, you just stop. And when you just stop, well, that’s it.

I’m still dreaming. Hope you are, too!