Another Year

Theresa and I ended 2013 quietly with dinner at Lynda and Peter's home. It was a nice way to share time with family and talk of the year in a friendly manner. We did see the events of the year troubling but also so many good things that we chose to dwell on the future. We were planning on projects and adventures and basically believe that gloom and doom were not in our chemistry

We have had many special famjams this year and because we are not going to Florida this year we feel much more involved in sharing time with our family. One achievement realized this year and completed this week was a book about my teaching career. I have named it, Restless and Inattentive to highlight the comments on my personal report cards while toiling through the public education in Cape Breton in the late forties and early fifties.

We see our grand children reaching out into the world and they are no longer kids but young adults.We look forward to watching their progress as we have during the past year and it gives us huge happiness to see the energy and diversity of their programs.

Doris turned 96 this year and is still with us and enjoying the contact with the family. Doris has lived such a varied life with her years of working and years of travelling as a reward. She shares some of her past with the young people but health has not permitted her to be very physically active and her activities remain more sedimentary We all notice that her lust for sweets has not changed one bit and her happiest moments are with the family at get togethers.

Theresa and I made a few shared resolutions and as I recall they were the same ones we made for the last few years. We look to 2014 to be a time for continued good health and close communion with our family and friends.