9/12/07 Warm welcome from our neighbor at camp

We left camp and drove all of 3 miles and pulled right into an RV park, we were tired from loading up, group sleeping, lugging all of our clothes and bedding and toys and cleaning the whole camp. I had laundry to do and Steve ran off to town to find internet and work for awhle.

He has found plenty of consulting work to do and a few new projects as well, so it looks like traveling and working PT from the road is not an issue at all. We still have bills, debt, house payments, etc.. and with no selling going on with our house, we have been juggling that also, even the rental market is slow. So it seems to be working out, traveling, Steve working a bit, i do most of the navagating and care of the RV, etc..

So one of the fun things at the RV parks is meeting all the doggies, there are many more dogs than kids, and so we go in search of friends. Our neighbor had a littlle dog and we played with her for a bit and the next morning the lady came over and asked if we wanted to come over to watch cartoons and have coffee. In PT travel for 6 mos and FT travel for 2.5 mos, this was a first, i was so touched. Rita was a beautiful lady, the boys watched old fashioned cartoons and she told me about her life journey, she traveled with her dad for the last 2 years of his life and showed him the country, he had never traveled. She was a widower and after nearly 15 years she had married recently another widower she was 61, he was 70. She told me it was hard to meld lives at that age but she seemed to be enjoying the challange. We talked homeschooling and she told me about her 15 yr old grandson who is her big delight, he has no dad, so she stays close and had recently bought him a drumset and his whole life had turned around. Basically she opened her heart to me, I felt it, she poured on us, and when we left, Reese gave her one of his beautiful drawings and she was so touched. She sent us a heartfelt email and i felt that we just adoped a new grandma. What a gift.

It is such a blessing when you really have those heart connections, it seems that many contacts are more on the surface and i love when the deep communion graces us. Thanks Rita for opening your heart and home to us that morning!