As with everyone in the family, I am saddened by the death of Katie. Sad for me, sad for her family, sad for her friends, but not sad for Katie. She is free of pain and healthy again. How thankful I am for this knowledge and the knowledge that I will see her again.
I am also sad that I wasn't able to attend her funeral. The weather was awful and I didn't feel brave enough to battle the road conditions. I haven't had my car during winter months, so really didn't know how it would perform on slippery, snow covered roads, so I made the decision not to chance it. I asked Kaye if she would put her phone on speaker phone so that maybe I would be able to hear the services. She called me right as the meeting began and I was able to faintly hear the speakers--for the first 20 minutes, then the connection was lost. I got as far as Darcee, Andi and Danna were telling about how Katie met Dennis. I am eagerly awaiting the audio recording that was made to hear the rest of the story!
Later that evening, my doorbell rang. I opened it to find Kendi on my doorstep begging for a place to sleep on my floor! What a wonderful surprise to have the opportunity to visit with her for the rest of the evening and to give her a bed before she left early Thanksgiving morning to return to her family in North Dakota. We had fun catching up on what has been happening in our lives. After I talked her ear off, Alison and Vaughn arrived; and they talked her other ear off before finally going to bed. I am sure she was ready for a nap when she finally got on the airplane.
Since Kaye is here from Puerto Rico, I invited her to come for Thanksgiving and bring Mom. I am so glad she didn't have any plans yet and said she would love to come. Chip and Breana, Ron, Heaven and Weston were also here. It was a wonderful day filled with plenty of food, good company and feelings of thankfulness.
Of course, the day was spent making plans; after all, the paper was filled with enticing bargains in every store and available at any hour you wanted to shop. Needless to say, Friday and Saturday were very tiring. This was really my first year for going out so early. But when you wake up early naturally, the next logical step is to get dressed and get going! Kaye and I bounced right out of bed, but poor Alison had to be dragged out the door (but then she hit her stride).
Well, look at me ramble on. I am just sitting here thinking I could go on and on, but should probably cut this off. Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
