It was definitely an unusual week.
President and Sister Clark were away at a Mission
President’s meeting. Of course he was
still texting and calling back and forth as needed to take care of business
here. Sister Bradshaw was at home all
week. She expects to be well enough to
return to the office at least part time on Monday. In her absence, we have learned how to
transfer calls and how to take care of the mail but would be lost trying to
make the numerous lists she creates to keep each of us informed in a customized
format that suits our particular needs.
Len was AWL (Away With Leave) from Thursday until Saturday to
attend the funeral of a nephew, Joshua O’Neil, who died unexpectedly in
Montana. Len and Whitney met up in
Seattle and flew together to Bozeman where Joshua’s ‘celebration of life’ was
held. In spite of the sad loss, it was
good to bond with family (O’Neil, Gunderson, Mattson). Whitney saw a number of family members she
hadn’t seen for decades, and they visited some of our family’s history sights (MSU
campus, Bozeman cemetery, other).
It finally rained here parts of Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. People were ecstatic. It must have rained more steadily at night
than during the day, because there were plenty of large puddles, even though we
never thought the rain amounted to much. At times there was a splatter of enormous
drops mixed in with light rain that didn’t even leave one’s shoulder wet. It was as if one could “run between the
raindrops”. I didn’t see people with
umbrellas even though the weather was expected. When I stopped at a store in the large
shopping area near us Friday evening, they had very few customers. There was a sign on the door that said the
store was closed “due to inclement weather”.
I was shocked! It was such an
ordinary evening.
I have a new challenge of providing suitable small
appliances to help a new senior couple be able to cook meals without a
stove. They will be in a very nice
apartment near Yosemite for six months.
I think it will work out quite well but has taken some effort to figure
it out. The test I set for myself was:
how could they make a Thanksgiving dinner?
I figured they’d never have a bigger challenge than that.
