I met a new friend yesterday and immediately like her and her family. She lives in a ritzy section of town along with many very expensive houses and less friendly people. To say she got her fingers burned is a mild way of saying she was snubbed by those around her.
You see, my new friend is a born again Christian, she bakes her own bread, grinds her own oats and wheat and many other things that most of us do not do because of time or other reasons. She has seven children, does home schooling, raises pygmy goats, chickens, and gardens only vegetables and things they can can freeze, etc. She is an original back to earth girl and is as friendly as they come.
She has a little vegetable stand at the end of the driveway which somehow looks out of place. It caught our eye as we drove by the other day and we pulled up to the house and made a purchase. Yesterday I went back and bought freshly made whole wheat bread and a dozen eggs. Because they have different kinds of chickens, the eggs were different colored also. I was delighted to find two green ones in there and immediately thought of the book, Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Suess.
We talked for awhile and I offered to do crafts with the children on a day when they had time to do something fun and creative. Fran was all for it as were the children. It will give me something to look forward to also since I am alone so much and I have so many supplies for crafts and no longer have the young grandchildren to do them with. I'm in luck, finally.
Last night we cut into Fran's bread and it was delicious. I will have to be very careful how much I consume because it is addictive. She uses Aguave for sweetener and I had never heard of it before. I have an idea that won't be the only thing I will learn from the wise and hard working Fran.
It's Sunday morning and the neighbor is cutting down trees for his firewood for the winter. It's too early for that as people are still sleeping so I've shut my windows and put on soothing music to drown his noise out and give hubby a little bit of sleep time. He was up late with our oldest grandson who just lost his best friend and is not coping too well. The wake and funeral will be Tuesday and he and his brother are to be pall bearers.
I hate to see them go though this at so young an age. You just never expect a young friend to go so quickly. I gave him some books to read that I thought might help him, but this is something we can't fix for him. He will learn to deal with it his own way and we will be here for him. That is all we can do.
I'm sitting here with ice cold fingers and feet and guess my body is telling me it's time to shower and dress. Nights and mornings are pretty cold now and it's still only August. So it's off to the shower and nice warm water to take the chill off.
It's sunny and pretty out so maybe I'll then hop in the car for a quick drive to see the country side. I intend to have a good day and wish the same for everyone who reads this.
