It’s New Year’s Eve in the year of our Lord, 2012. Not only can I not believe it’s going to be
2013 but I can’t believe this year is almost over. It has gone by so very quickly.
I came out to Fort Worth on
December 9th of 2011. I was
supposed to stay about 30 days, return to Florida for a couple of weeks and
then come back to Fort Worth with my belongings, planning to stay
permanently. As it turned out things
happened that caused those plans to change…
for the better. The property
manager for the home I was renting called in the first week of January and said
they had found new renters for the house.
These renters wanted to move in on January 16th. That meant I had to head back early to clean
out the house.
Arden took a few days off and went
with me and with the exception of three days this year when she attended
beading retreat with her friends (to which I wasn’t invited), we have been
together continuously since that December 9th. I couldn’t be happier. Being with Arden has been a blessing for
which I waited a long, long time.
The time has flown by. Even though I’m still not working, I find
plenty of things to do and the days disappear far too quickly. Arden and I have traveled to San Antonio a
couple of times this year. We’ve been to
Ohio twice, Oklahoma once and Arkansas once.
We would have travelled to Harlingen, Texas, for Christmas except this
year her parents decided to come North.
But we’re supposed to go there in April.
I had to say good-by to my father
this year. After nearly 12 years of
slow, continuous physical deterioration, he finally succumbed to his weakened
condition and went to be with the God he served for so long during his
life. I believe he is now whole and enjoying
time with my mother and my son and for that I’m happy. I miss you, Pop, very much. But I’m glad you’re not suffering any more.
I finally found a publisher for my
book and its projected release date is April.
It’s been interesting working with the editors and just the other day I
communicated with the graphic designer about the front and back covers and
submitted my ideas. There are a lot of
details in getting a book published. One
of them is tracking down and obtaining copyright permission(s) to use quotes
from poems or song lyrics – something I didn’t really think of when I was
writing. But I don’t want to take them
out because they became an integral part of the book.
2013 will be a fun and exciting
year for us. Not only with the
publication of my book but our first wedding anniversary will be in August and
I plan to make it special. When you’re
in your mid 50s and newlywed you’ve got to take advantage of every
opportunity. Regardless of where we go
it will be wonderful to just get away together alone for a few days. We got to do that for our honeymoon and we
had such a good time we didn’t want to come back. Anyone have any suggestions?
I want to thank all of you who
read my ramblings for your support and loyalty.
In November I had over 800 page views and as of this writing my total
for December is 939. So thank you to
all. I appreciate you taking the time to
read what I post, particularly since you don’t have to.
Arden and I would like to extend
our wishes to each and every one of you for a prosperous and fun-filled new
year. Things are rather uncertain right
now in this country and the world and 2013 may not start out to be the best
year ever. All we can do is keep working
toward positive and reasonable solutions to our problems and try to find common
ground as best we can. But common ground
means no extremes in either direction.
May God bless you all in these
trying times. He and He alone controls
the future and it’s up to us to follow His will rather than trying to dictate
our own. As the old saying goes…. “If you want to hear God laugh – tell Him
your plans.”
Happy New Year everyone.
Very nice Glen; you do write very well : )
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