Home sweet home...we are very thankful to my sister Beth and her family
for inviting us to share their family Christmas celebration. Our home
in Hermiston felt like a strange and
lonely place with my dad's recent passing and Loren being away. We
enjoyed excellent weather in Atascadero with good food and great
wine..kayaking, cycling and wildlife viewing. Leaving Atascadero was
hard but we drove up the coast Highway 1 enjoying the blue blue sky,
the green green hills and the blue-green sea.. Next...The Meet-up with
Robert, Yvette and Brandon, Cece and Tony,
for a late lunch on the
Santa Cruz Pier. This turned into a Camino reunion walk to see monarch
butterflies. The San Ramon Clupnys took us home and consoled our
grieving as we sat up late at night and the next day in our pajamas
until noon, drinking coffee and telling stories. Not ones to stay
still long, we bicycled through the lovely vineyards near Livermore, saw
movies, played hilarious games, ate Yvette's fabulous cooking
...laughed and cried together until our hearts were no longer heavy.
Now we are home...home sweet home...it is too quiet...we are too
still...there is a big hole in time and space that once was filled with a
dad who needed us. We did our jobs and now that page is turned and we
start a new chapter. Time to renew and regroup. A new year is on its
way.
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