To Ginger

I was reminded recently that I haven’t posted here in a while and the particular correspondent wanted to know how things were going.

We continue to move forward, taking it one day at a time, but struggle with Betsy's passing and the hole that’s in our lives. Sadly, just this morning at about 7:00 AM, dear, sweet Gginger our 15 year old Shih Tzu dog past away. Her health had been on the down slope for the past couple of months and her passing was, I believe, painless.

Through my tears I see her sitting on Betsy's lap and have to keep telling myself that no one understands God's will; we just have to accept it.

Going over to "A Shore Thing" is hard and I'm still conflicted over what I will do with it, but I continue to finish the project.

Just before hurricane Irene hit Cambridge on August 27th, I went over to button everything up up and retrieve a portable generator in case we lost power in Odenton -- which we did. As I was leaving I said to Betsy, if the place was demolished by the hurricane. I'd be OK with that--it would help me make my decision. As it turns out, Irene was way less of a storm than Isabelle was back in 2003 and the whole peninsula stayed high and dry. There was some wind damage to the carriage house roof, and I lost some trees, but that was it.

On September 10th a coworker of mine had her wedding there and just this past weekend I hosted some old high school friends for crab feast there. Already someone else has inquired about getting married there next August and I'm being asked to make the carb feast an annual event. I suppose its good to start new traditions.