Thursday
Dear Elsie
Today was the day Granpa did the responsible thing! It’s not always easy doing things you really don’t want to do, but the medical fraternity suggest check-ups for some nasty medical issues. Early detection results in early diagnosis and treatment. If you get something early, a full recovery is common. This happened with Mike many years ago when he noticed blood in his urine and had it seen to immediately. I wrote about that here. One of the other check-ups doctors recommend as we get older is a colonoscopy. I had one about 8 years ago. Julian had one last year and today Mike went through the ordeal for the sake of doing the responsible thing. In fact, as I write, he is having it done and I’m sitting in the waiting room. I can hear a heart monitor and I am presuming the beep, beep, beep is his. We are not expecting anything to be wrong and I have a feeling that if there is no issue, he won’t ever want to go for another. At least we get the results immediately.
So, all is well! Praise the Lord. Now we need to see the doc and we can leave. We can now heave a sigh of relief and look forward to the weekend.
This morning was a busy one. Both Julian and his friends, the guests in the cottage packed up and left. Ruth came to change the linen in the Seaview apartment, clean the Little Lookout and clean the cottage. The Americans in the cottage left a lot of food and so Ruth and Courage got to take home biscuits, custard, unopened peanut butter, eggs, butter, sugar and a bunch of other things. Courage and Brian dined on left over pizza for lunch. I selected unopened rusks, strawberry jam, some milk and the balance of Amarula. I don’t like leaving alcohol for anyone. It goes to live in our apartment and may get consumed over the next few years!
My job was to wash the linen. By the time we left for the doctor this afternoon the linen was all done and drying. I managed about 4 hours of work as well.
Before I end, it was bitter sweet for me to hear this morning that Aunty Ivy passed away last night. Avril and Heather were at her bedside. She died at home surrounded by those she loved. It was a peaceful end to a full life where she kept busy right to the last weeks of her life. We will miss her as the baker of her delicious biscuits which each guest received when they came. I remember one guest in particular. Pregnant Dakota absolutely loved them and when we changed her linen each week, she loved the extra Aunty Ivy biscuits that were delivered. I still have some frozen.
When I write, “The best is yet to come – we are only passing through”, it’s at these moments, the truth of those words ring loudest.
Psalm 90:2
Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip
Gran, xx 🙂