only yesterday

It seems like last year's September and October were only yesterday- Our world was safe and content- David was starting to have sick days but they were only a day at a time and the doctor kept referring his health to diabetes- we had gone to a throat specialist due to his lump in the throat and he did a scope and assured us that there was no cancer there- he said that David had calcium deposits on his throat probably due to silent acid reflux- that is a reflux that can sneak up on you and you don't have heart burn- so a prescription was given and taken and although it did help the lump remained- we were happy with news mainly because David had been trying to explain this lump to doctors for over a year and they generally wrote it off because they could not see it or feel it-
-David also had his eye checks by two doctors and they could not see any sign of diabetes damage in his eyes which meant that his diabetes was under good control-
so although he did not feel well we were happy with our medical news- and on sick days we used gravel as prescribed.
David was often very tired and so we stopped most of our activities and only shopped when we needed too- he still managed to volunteer a few hours a day at the church= the bath rooms were being renovated by the men- but I could see though that things were starting to pile up in his life- he was not able to complete the fall yard work and often went to bed early- again we just decided perhaps age was catching up to him and that with some rest and relaxation he would be renewed- Neither of us were too worried because we knew after the winter would come spring-

I am glad now we had that almost calm before the storm as it gave us time together just chatting and dreaming- we planned a long holiday traveling through Canada and other short trips to places we had always wanted to go- we planned some smart things and dreamed some foolish things but we still believed spring was coming-

We continued to have our week-enders (grand kids) with us but I did notice that Papa David did not have the energy for the kids so we just kept them for shorter hours-
I remember those months now as our golden months- months that we will never get back so I thank God we had them together-now it is fall again with winter close behind and I have to believe that spring will come again.

to be continued...
huggles me, Meme ( Papa's wife)