Christmas Letter 2022
Dear Family and Friends:
Well, once more we get to write a not normal Christmas letter, but
this time for good as well as bad reasons!
First the bad [well, not as bad as could have been]: Jack suffered a mini-stroke in October,
putting all sorts of plans on hold. The symptoms were mild enough that Marion
considered them within Jack’s normal range. Four days later, he was slurring
his speech at work, and so they insisted on taking him to the hospital. He
stayed in the hospital for the standard two nights. He actually took Marion’s suggestion
to take the next 3 weeks off to see if he got better. It worked. Except for
crappier typing skills everything is pretty much back to normal [as far as Jack
was ever normal].
In May, Connie got married in Minnesota, and of course we went back
for the wedding! Jack traveled by air
for the first time in decades, and got pulled aside for a TSA pat down both
directions. Marion is not sure she wants
to fly with him again. We took a day to
go to Willow River State Park in
Wisconsin.
In August, we welcomed Yasmin from Brazil, who is just delightful! She has introduced us to soccer, Brazilian
style. Which means it gets noisy during
the games as she tells the team how to play.
And “Get up because you are not hurt!” Miraculously, they somehow hear
her and take her advice. She fits very well into our family, and even
has a sister the same age as the grandsons.
She is experiencing a winter with actual snow and subfreezing
temperatures, but very much looking forward to warmer temperatures!
In January, we went to Seattle to get Deki’s port out. We decided to go a day early, which is good
because ALL FOUR ROUTES to Seattle were closed the next day: Three by snow, one by a landslide. When we went home (by way of Portland), the
passes were still closed. The landslide had cleared but we were blocked
by flooding on I-5. So ... we detoured
our detour and made it home in only nine hours.
And then, the next day, we all (Jack, me, Laurie, Chris, and all 4
grandsons). Got covid.
Through it all, we have seen God’s hand in timing
and graciously answering most prayers with a “Yes.”
Connie, Dean, and In-laws
Jack and Marion at Willow Falls, Wisconsin
Yasmin is an ice hockey fan too!
posted by Marion @ 10:31 PM
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