Turning the page, starting a new chapter in life (in spite of Covid)
The last few months, since July, have been really busy and full of changes and difficult decisions. My husband and I had been married almost 36 years. The last twenty years his health had slowly declined from his ability to walk upright, to being confined to a wheelchair. We both contacted the Covid virus toward the end of those years and had moved several times during the 36 years. But the last 20 were in the same home. John and I traveled a lot early in our marriage in the western side of the U.S. and in central america. We served on mission trips Mexico and Costa Rica. In my first marriage, I did not get to enjoy those kinds of things, and I really enjoyed the adventure and am grateful for the experiences. The last few years before John passed I stayed more at home rather than leave him alone,and become a 24 hour care taker. In reality I could see a decline in John's condition, but looking back, don't believe I was fully acknowledging the seriousness of it all. My e...