I'M CLUMSEY!....DO CARRY WALKING STICK WHEN OUT OF BUILDING..
.NOW FOR MANY MONTHS I HAVE SET UP FOR A CLASS..CARRYING A HEAVY PODIUM FROM ONE ROOM TO ANOTHER AND GETTTING REGISTRATION...I SUMBLED ON STEPS SATURDAY....BROKE PODIUM TOP ON MY CHEST .STERNUM HURTS... SKINNED ARMS...NURSE DRESSING IT DAILY....
AM NOT TELLING SUE OR GOING TO m.d. SHE TOOK ME THREE TIMES LAST WEEK TO ...BLOOD, X-RAYS. HEART MD
EXCEPT FOR BREATH I'M BETTER THAN MD....I JUST MUST WALK SLOWER...LET YOUNGER PEOPLE DO THE CARRYING ETC....
NO BRACELET YET...

RELATIVE'S, FRIEND'S
I have finished all my basic preparation for the next chapter of life... with 'Susan & Jim's help.. Paper's are finished....I'll wear a bracelet FROM NOW ON..DNA
Saw my earnest Russian M.D. yesterday through daughter Susan 's help....THE DOCTOR ( even phones me...to checkup!
She says : " You are a candidate for using oxygen the rest of the way"....
ON MY WALK THIS EARLY MORNING..... I HAD TO REST SEVERAL TIMES...
In the meantime ,I LIVE LIKE A KING....TERRIFIC VIOLIN-PIANO CONCERT LAST NIGHT...Amazing food & activities.. WITH MY NEW AMAZING CAMERA...GIVEN ME BY 4 GRANDCHILDREN HERE...A" CANON"; THAT TAKES 500 PICTURES ON A POSTAGE SIZE BATTERY!.
WE CELEBRATE WITH N.Y.CITY...AT 9.P.M...THE FIRST YEAR CAROL & I WERE HERE WE HELD A WATCHNITE" SERVICE...BEFORE THE REAL MIDNITE.. WHICH WE HAVE DONE FROM BELLINGHAM DAYS,(1939)...NOW 4 PARISHES & 68 YEARS... WHOLE FAMILY'S CAME FOR:
"The Pastor's New Years Eve Party"
Often the ATTENDANCE was over 1OO... Here .....(ONLY 6 PEOPLE CAME) ON PUBLIC INVITATION...
Well,....I have had my Art Gallery Picture Show and Exhibit..(very meaningful for me & friends, to see the artifacts, Newspaper-clippings .,writings, Scores of mounted
pictures of CAROL(64) &my 93 years on exhibit.
Now most of the exhibits have been given away... or designated to others... My "cocoon" is changing in appearance...Four files will be gone before the end of January 2006.
LIFE FOR ME HAS BEEN TRULY AMAZING, SATISFYING, CHALLENGING,AND A GLORIOUS EXPERIENCE....MY CHILDREN & GRANDCHILDREN..& GREAT GRANDCHILDREN( WHOSE PICTURES ARE HERE BEFORE ME ON THE WiLL AS I WRITE. at the "beast"...Make my heart overflow with Gratitude ...I'VE ALREADY DIED TWICE WITH 7 BI-PASSES.... AND(I've already had my 9-11 ride...costing; You; & my Government $804 dollars…paid by HMO..).
HAPPY NEW YEAR AND MAY YOU HAVE FULL USE OF ALL YOUR LOANED TALENTS,IN 2006...