9/4/2024

It’s been a very long time since I have written. Life has changed little. The days each differ, some happy and some sad. Our Beanie dog died after a long bout of cancer a year ago last March. Gertie is now 10 and Marlin and Atlas both recently celebrated their 15th birthdays. Tomorrow I celebrate my 62nd birthday. We are a house of senior citizens, living in our trailer.

Fun is a comfy sit in our recliner, the Hubs and I. A shared evening off of work and a snuggle with one of our fuzzy senior citizens. All the aches and pains are sweetened with lovely memories and a bittersweet homesickness for a place in time, surrounded by the family and friends who are no longer physically present.

Marlin and Atlas are going through difficult health issues that occasionally make us pause to think about the inevitable time when they will leave us too. Marlin has one eye that has gone hazy with cataracts and the other has gone blind from an infection. Atlas has shrunken and grown thin from illness and age. He is still vocal and affectionate and when he gets cold he will permit me to hold him.

Being old isn’t for the weak. It’s heartbreaking at times, comical at times, but it is life. We still love, we still make new make new memories, we live.