A Day
Sunday,
1/28/18
Hey
Nate, here comes my first letter of the year. This is scary. I so
want to get along with you and not offend. Can we make a deal right
up front? When we are offended we will make note, and then when we
feel safe we will share. That is my proposal. There are all degrees
of being put off, feeling put down, feeling misunderstood, feeling
ignored, feeling hurt and offended. Since I am an old science teacher
I like to measure everything. I love to measure! 2nd part
of the proposal would be to rate the offense on a scale of 1-10.
Little offenses would be a 1 and devastating offenses would be a 10!
Gayelinn
leaves me a voicemail or two each month. She left me 19 minutes the
day after Mistelle's bday. She was worried she was going to die so
she wrote her will. I haven't written a will yet, have you? I just
listened to her vmail today. I usually leave her 10, 20 or 30 minutes
a day. She says she loves them. So we have become quite close.
She
has such a pleasant voice to listen to and she tells the best
stories. I pride myself on being a good story teller as well.
I
have 3 sisters and 3 brothers. One sister and one brother won't speak
to us but the rest of us have begun a chat channel/ group texting
spot. It started about 5 months ago. I like to think I was the prime
instigator. I would include them all in my texts to my children and I
voice mailed all of them regularly. I retired from teaching Jr. High
Science 5 years ago this month and after 32 years of making my living
by talking and teaching everyday you can probably imagine that I
usually have something to say!
I
noticed lots of Facebook posts on your homepage. Man do you process a
ton of stuff! I don't Facebook much. I used to spend all my extra
time writing my inmate friend Brandon Perry Smith. And you know that
you can read or skim any of that stuff on adventurebill1.
One
of my most fascinating experiences has been to type in a search in
google and find one of my blog entries listed with my picture by the
side! What? That's me!
How
about if we give each other a brief outline of our day? I did 5 years
of psychotherapy and Mark Clayton taught me to try and pay attention
to my feelings. So if you notice me including feelings you can
applaud.
I
have been feeling bereft and cast off since Brandon's last letter. It
has been a week of processing and in my mind and heart I have been
telling myself that Heavenly Father will give me something else to
accomplish, fulfill, work on. No commitment is necessary but having
you be receptive to this blogging idea was a thrill.
We
are encouraged to be a light and not a judge. My letters to Brandon
were a way for me to be a light and not a judge. And since I blogged
them all I figured that HF could guide anyone else who might benefit
there, so they could read and evolve as well.
I
have a wonderful packaged, complete, all done, chore over, calling
ended feeling by starting this new blog. It might not work out but if
it does I could be on to my next chapter.
The
only way I knew to contact you yesterday was by Facebook messenger.
One interesting thing about Facebook messenger is that every dialogue
is saved.
While
I was hunting for you I noticed an ad for our 45+ Singles group going
on a hike at 11am. I took Molly and off we went. The first person to
introduce herself to me was Barbara. She later confessed she has lost
100 pounds this last year. I weighed in at 269lbs this morning. I
could bear to lose 100 lbs as well. She swims everyday and walks 3
miles everyday. But when we got to Shinob Kibe (pronounced
Shih-NO-bee KY-bee) which included a 600 foot elevation climb in 0.5
miles up a steep cliff she felt incapable/ overwhelmed. When she
turned around to go back down because it was too steep I was a good
sport and escorted her.
I
brought Molly home and then I drove over to FamilySearch in Saint
George to join my foreign language cohorts indexing in rm A. I only
indexed for an hour but when you are single getting together with
friends is a treat.
I
had a neighbor knock and visit with me about buying my Nisson 240SX,
1989. He was hoping I would give it away for free.
One
of the Stakes had an apostle come down for their Stake conference,
Elder Rasband. My daughter Sandra'85 had lined me up to babysit her
two kids so she and Brice could attend the adult session last night.
I babysat from 7-9pm.
I
returned 4 books to the library after hours depository and picked up
a gallon of vinegar from Smith's before coming home.
Last
night I started a new Modesitt book and I always end my day by
reading myself to sleep at night.
I
did listen to one conference talk in the morning. Paul H Dunn Oct77
got me inspired.
I
have another daughter, Karen'87 who has 4 kids, who lives in town. On
January 1st I researched Where's Waldo and ordered a
number of those editions on line. I made a deal with her on Thursday
that she can return any they don't like or want. I dropped those
books and a bottle of oriental hot mustard powder off at her front
porch before coming home last night.
So
that was my Saturday. How about telling me about yours or your Friday
or Sunday?
Til
Later,
Vern
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