MORGAN ABOUT TO POUNCE

A FAMILY DAY AT THE SOCCER GAME

CHRISTMAS 2008

This was an uncomplete and unedited version that was not suppose to be published.

It all began at Creation when LOVE brought beauty out of all the chaos and a great mysterious hand shaped the universe and the world into existence. Love brought unity into the dysfunction caused by the great burst of unformed energy.

This love was darkened by the evil that grew out of disagreements and selfishness and greed that thrived on power and corruption. The heart of the Creator was saddened and He sent into this world s child, a child of grace, a child of wisdom and compassion to teach the teachable the compassion of love. Some how each one of us has a purpose to fulfill in our lifetime.

Larry and I have been surrounded by the love of our family and the love of the unseen reality that created and sustains our existence. We have grown closer together. and we appreciate our family that can discuss and argue and laugh together.

This year we welcomed baby Matthew, son of Melina and Ken, brother to Jessie, Hobey , Brittany and Tyler. We were thrilled.

Our daughter Sandra and her husband Randy are in Australia visiting them. We wished we were there. We sure do miss them but hope to see them this summer.

Each of our children and our grandchildren and our great grandchildren have been a miracle and their lives bless us each day, Now the grandchildren have boyfriends and Theresa and Mikie are married and started their own family with Ben 5 , and Morgan 2. These little arms give us the most amazing hugs..

Yes, we now have more aches and pains; especially Larry who has a lot of old injuries come back to haunt him; but he would probably say the joy he had in playing hockey was worth his discomfort now. He has conquered his prostate cancer after having hormone treatment [hot flushes and all] and radiation. He has a nasty bit on his lip now but he is being treated with better care now.It would be wonderful to say that we sailed through this on the top of the world but in reality there have been days when one of us felt down and discouraged. We have found it is harder to see someone you love suffer than bearing your own pain.

I am able to go for my long walks and both Larry and I do our visiting with the elderly. I am having back pain that hopefully will go away one of these days. The back rubs from Larry are excellent!

It is harder to get enthusiastic about writing cards and planning Christmas activities. At this stage I do not know if I will be able to attend some of our Christmas parties.

We are looking forward to having Brittany and her boyfriend Byran come from Australia for Christmas. We will have Christmas dinner at Carol and Panteli’s house, and Christmas morning a brunch at our house before Brittany and Byran leave at 2 o’clock.
We will miss Rick and Ranu and Lucas ; Ken and Melina and family, and Stephan and Shawna in Edmonton , and brother Cameron in Edmonton. Rick is working in Fort McMuray challenging the Oil companies, and Leah Rick’s oldest daughter, has resumed her nursing course and lives near by in Burnaby. Chris has a good steady job and a lovely girlfriend Belinda.

Kim and Mary, and boyfriends Mike, and Michael John , are upgrading careers, and going to college. They are all very adventuresome!

We had wonderful trips to Chilliwack to see Ben play scoccer and Morgan do her ballet lessons and have a visit with Mikey too. Sadly Mikey has hurt his back and hip and will be off work for a month. Oliver should be joining us to go to Coast Guard School. in Van.

We had a lovely week end at Harrison Hot Springs that are family treated us to.

When we travel to Vancouver we always drive down to the Sylvia Hotel, a Vancouver Historic place, and sitting by the window or out on the balcony we have a great view of the ocean and all the boats coming and going. We also see all the people strolling by and we feel like we are on a holiday.

We look back at all our happy memories and our hearts are overflowing with thankfulness. I have found a place within myself, which I call me and God] where I go to feel His amazing and unconditional LOVE!