So Monday afternoon we walked down to the post office (just 2 blocks from home) a walk that usually takes me around 3 minutes, took us 15, but we made it, from there she wanted to walk a little more so we walked another block to the little general store (the only store in the village) I bought her an iced tea and we walked home , (20 minutes from the store to our home).
That walk, her first in 5 months, was a little too much for my wife and she has been paying for it since, she is ever so tired and run down and has spent the last 2 days napping at various times throughout the day. I have gently told her that her next walk will only be to the end of the road and back, or perhaps over to our friends Wayne & Karen’s house for a visit and tea ( about a half a block walk) until she gets more strength back. She’s okay with that plan, she just doesn’t want to be house bound in the summer.
So our little family got another huge surprise from the community/village we live in, this Saturday they are holding the first annual Celebration of Life Day , they have organized quite a few events, a parade ( they even recruited a Cadet troop from Regina to come out and march), a vintage/muscle car car show and shine , a community BBQ, a slow pitch tourney, a small casino, beer gardens and silent auction, and a meet and greet as well as a few other events, all this is being done for my wife Pauline, to show community support and to help her celebrate life, all the proceeds are going to her.
To say that we are overwhelmed is a drastic understatement, I just found all this out yesterday, when I was talking to Dewy ( a neighbor) his son took over the family farm and donated a brand new swather for the silent auction ! I nearly passed out when I found this out.
So I have been coaxing my wife to get plenty of rest between now and Saturday as she has a spot on the town float to sit comfortably as the Queen for a day , she will be busy Saturday talking to folks and partaking in some events, the one she is most excited about is the car show, like me she loves cars, especially classic cars & trucks, and of course our son “Hammy” will be in the parade as there is a bicycle decorating party friday night for the parade saturday, I will get lots of photos and post them here on my blog(s) .
This little village continues to amaze us, 6 years ago we moved out here to start a new life away from the cities and the crime, we were unsure how we would be received as we are not your usual mainstream family, we were met with open arms and a welcome to our community potluck gathering and we were given the 50 cent tour of the village and school, someone had even hand drawn a map of the back roads (grids) showing where they went, whose farm was where and where the local dump was located ( I still got lost as the map wasn’t 100% accurate), we were the token lesbian couple and the village seemed to take a strange kinda pride in that fact.
Fast forward 6 years, we have become a big part of the community, volunteering our time and sometimes resources to what ever event pops up, letting weary travellers park their camper for a day or two on our property , sometimes even running power and water out to them, setting aside an old shed and a couple trees for the village kids to use as forts and build tree houses in ( at last count we have 5 tree houses in various stages of completion back there), my wife faithfully has taken part in a community cooking bee in the fall (harvest) where the ladies auxiliary cook and bake up a storm and take their goods out to the farmers around the clock at harvest time.
I usually hire a couple young teens every summer to work at my lawn& yard maintenance business, and can be found in my work shop with a couple kids teaching them the basics of woodworking/construction 101 or what not, so it’s not like we keep to ourselves out here, we are blessed to live in a small community that accepts us as we are flaws and all, I can’t imagine living anywhere else , and the support we have from the community really drives home the sense of belonging .
guess that’s all for now, remember to express your love often, don’t take tomorrow for granted and be kind to others , Peace
Butch
easy wood projects to build
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