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18 Thursday Jul 2024

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it was twelve years ago today that I had surgery for a hernia and a hysterectomy… it took a while to get organized as two different surgeons were required to work together so that both issues could be taken care of at the same time…

it was particularly difficult because it was the first time I went through a serious health issue without my beloved there to support and look after me…

thinking back to that time, I realize how far I have come and how well I am doing now…

I still miss him every single day…

thirty-two…

15 Saturday Jun 2024

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the other day I counted thirty-two poppy buds…

since then twenty-six have opened… I go out every morning to take pictures and count them, lol…

they look so beautiful weaving back and forth in the breeze…

they were one of my beloved’s favourite flowers… maybe because they signalled the beginning of summer…

they decide where they will pop up and I am always so happy when they turn up each year… this time they are in the front of the garden;-)…

pivot…

27 Wednesday Mar 2024

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this month commemorated the twelfth anniversary of my beloved’s passing…

it is always a reminder of how one’s life can change in the blink of an eye… mine certainly did at that time and again when I was diagnosed with cancer, and later diabetes…

the thing I have learned is that we can pivot and move forward, even if in a slightly different direction…

I have spent time remembering what a wonderful life we had together and how blessed I have been been and continue to be…

thinking of those who are at that pivot point in their journey…

documentation…

08 Friday Mar 2024

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have spent time over the last week gathering and preparing all of the information required to complete my 2023 taxes…

getting the documentation ready always reminds me of how difficult doing this work was for my beloved… he really disliked getting the bits and pieces collected…

for the last few years of his life we had others complete the paperwork, although it was still a problem to put it together…

it still surprises me how simple it is for me now… for the first few years after he died, I would gather up paper bits and courier them to my amazing accountant, who would then process everything…

then she connected me to this great technology where I was able to upload all the information and they complete and submit it all online…

it still takes a bit of work to scan, save, and upload everything, but I am getting better at it each year…

and, it is done;-)…

passing…

06 Wednesday Mar 2024

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went for a walk on Sunday morning… the front steps were covered with slippery ice pellets, so we walked carefully…

the temperature was around 0°C and it felt like -8°C… not bad and the wind was behind us as we walked towards Portage…

we arrived at the “A” and had a lovely breakfast…

it has been many months since I’ve been there and it was a nice treat…

breakfast here used to be one of our regular activities on the weekends… I would walk over and my beloved would drive… after breakfast we would head out in the car to do errands or take a drive…

it was nice to eat here this week as we come to the anniversary of his passing…

I sure do miss him…

phalaenopsis…

04 Sunday Feb 2024

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I’ve been waiting patiently for this phalaenopsis orchid to open…

here it was on Friday…

Saturday…

and today…

it is beautiful and different from the other one that has been open for awhile…

in my mind I was thinking they might turn out to be the same, lol… but not;-)…

whenever I look at my orchids I always think of my beloved, who brought them to me all the time…

touched…

02 Friday Feb 2024

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first thing I did on Thursday was put the heart wreath on the front door…

a little later, I brought down the rest of the love items and set them around the house…

that was fun;-)…

February is Heart and Stroke month and a time when I make a donation to the Heart and Stroke Foundation in memory of my beloved and those who have been touched by heart disease…

lots to think about…

bandages…

28 Thursday Dec 2023

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one of my gifts was a cool screwdriver…

as I was trying to remove it from the packaging before bed, I cut my finger… it bled quite a bit so I put a bandage on it…

it reminded me of my beloved;-)…

he had bandages everywhere in the house, garage, the car, his pockets…

and that was because he was always injuring himself as he worked away at whatever project was happening…

memories;-)…

viper…

04 Monday Dec 2023

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tonight we had supper with my son-in-law in Ottawa… earlier today my daughter, on vacation in Europe, texted me that she’d had a burger for her lunch, in memory of her dad;-)…

we tried a new app called Viper, and it worked great… think I will use it again…

burgers were had by all… ours came from one of my beloved’s favourite burger places… and we even shared a chocolate milkshake here… it was delicious…

birthdays often seem hard, but coming together to share a meal is a lovely tradition to remember him…

and it is always such a delight when the technology works, lol…

day-to-day…

02 Saturday Dec 2023

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yesterday, WordPress sent me congratulations on my blog, which turned eleven…

since then I have posted 4031 blogs, which is slightly over one per day…

the blog began 271 days after I lost my beloved, and many of the first ones covered the complications of moving forward as a widow… a lonely business…

sometimes I have deep thoughts, although most of the time they are just about what is happening around me and in my day-to-day life…

it is still fun to think of something to write about…

eleven years…