32 this morning, clear all day, high about 54. So nice that I had the doors open.
This evening we had a beautiful red sunset, a good harbinger for tomorrow, when it will be even warmer. Larry was outside almost all day, putting an engine block heater on the tractor. This tractor, which we bought a couple years ago, burns diesel instead of gas, and is hard to start in cold weather. Larry finally broke down and bought a heater thingie that should help.
I spent the day inside, getting back to work on booth pricing and eBay work. I also started packing away Christmas decorations. This is early for me, but I was beginning to feel claustrophobic and just wanted to start clearing things up. Not the tree though. It will stay until after the 1st. No sense inviting bad luck, right?
Yesterday we went to lunch with a friend, who was so sad as a good friend of hers just went into hospice. I think we cheered her up at least a little. Then we ran errands--isn't it surprising how many errands we can have? Here i was thinking we had no need to go out, and yet we had to go to the post office, the drugstore, grocery store, feed store and since we were out we stopped at the antique mall and did a little work there.
In the evening we dropped off fruit and vegetable platters for the neighbor whose wife passed away. He wasn't home so we took them to his sister, and visited a bit with her. This unexpected loss has hit the family so hard.
Friday I will go to two funerals. It will be a difficult day, I am afraid.
Yet with all this sadness, there was the sky this evening, radiant red in the west with the moon rising in the east. I was trying to read when I noticed the pink glow in the window, so of course I put down my book and went out to take it in.
I remember after my son's death, I was indifferent or even angry when there were pretty sunsets. Why right had the the sky to look so beautiful when all I could see was dark and gray! Yet with time I learned to see again. Not healed, no. But grief took its place in the whole circle of my life; eventually I found balance again. I am praying that the grieving families of these friends who have passed will find their way as I did. It is no easy path.
Yes, our emotions do tint whatever beauty is around us. Sorry to hear of so many losses.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colour in the sky. Running errands can be quite the thing and when you go through a list, more stuff seems to be added and then the day comes to an end, Where ever it went is still unknown to me. :)
ReplyDeleteGrief at any time of the year is hard but at Christmas it feels so much harder. We learn to live with it rather than get over it, don't we?
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