So the month of June ended up being a month of travels!
LA:
James secured a place to live, after making
a couple more trips to LA to check things out!
June 2nd was move in day!
So Tim, James and I loaded up two cars and drove to LA!
We spent the next 4 days unloading, shopping, assembling
furniture and getting James as settled in as we could!
We enjoyed seeing a bit of the city -
and having some time at the beach
on our way to see Tim's cousin Janice in San Pedro!
Time to say goodbye!
Kinda hard to leave our boy all alone
in that great big city but we know
he's right where he's supposed to be!!!
As we were driving back to Phoenix,
I got a call from Tom saying that Dad was failing.
The next morning the hospice nurse called to say
it was time to come home.
I spent the next day making flights
and arrangements for the rest of the month.
OHIO:
On my way to the airport on June 8th,
I got the call that Dad had just died.
What a difficult call that was.
I had a connecting flight in Vegas and so did Tom -
it just "happened" that we were on the same flight!
What a blessing to be with my brother on that hard trip :(
More about Dad's funeral
here ...
It was great to be home with all my family -
difficult and so special at the same time!
Tom and I stayed on at Mom's to help her with things. I hadn't
spent so much time there for many years and it was such a blessing!
Here are some
pics of Dad's funeral and two weeks in Ohio.
My plan was to fly to Annette's on the 22nd, but was elected
to drive Dad's car down for Sam. I had a great trip! I was able
to have dinner with two high school buddies in Columbus,
then spend the night with Steve and his family in Cincinnati.
I had a beautiful drive to Nashville the next day, until I
got a block away from Annette work. Dad's car died :(
I prayed it would get me safe to Nashville and it did...
Just should have prayed for a bit more!
NASHVILLE:
Thanks to Annette's friends we got Dad's car to the shop and
proceeded to enjoy our few days together!
We were both pretty exhausted from a couple busy weeks.
Saturday morning we were going to relax with our coffee on her deck...
ready to work on her Memorial Garden.
What a blessing to Annette that these dear guys showed up and
worked so hard. We finished the smaller garden then next day.
What a great few days... Wonderful times with my big sis,
yummy things at a Sushi place, relaxing on her
beautiful deck overlooking the woods outside of Franklin,
going to a FAB concert and dancing like teenagers,
and meeting her friends at church and hanging out!
Plus ... her house is like a resort!!! I kinda want to go back!!!
BOSTON:
I flew from Nashville to Boston on the 28th.
I had had flights to go to Boston about this same time to see Beka,
since her roommate was out of town and she was alone.
Then go on to Nashville and then Ohio for my Dad birthday July 6th.
Just had to reverse plans and move them up a month...
Wow it's taking a while to tell this story -
but a month is a long time and so much happened!
Beka and I had a great time together - we went to a Red Sox game!
... Rode the Swan Boats in the Public Garden!
Rented a car through
Relay Rides and made a Costco run!
We had fun cooking and eating a couple meals in her
apartment together and just relaxing - a special time!
While Beka was working I got to hang out with
my dear high school girlfriends!
Mary Pat's mother died 2 days after my dad, so she was in Fremont, too!
I met her in Columbus and mentioned I was going to Boston.
She was retiring and decided to come, too!
We had a great time running around the city -
we actually just walked miles!
Our friend, Mary Lynn, lives outside of Boston...so she met us for dinner
one evening, we spent the night at her home,
she drove us to New Hampshire for lunch,
then met Beka and went to a Nora Jones concert at the
Bank of American Pavillion!
I got home on July 2nd .... What a full, inspiring month!
Many
pics tell the month's story pretty well...
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