April 21, 2009

• More happiness……….

  Adam is out of Iraq and back in the US.  Last week on Wednesday he called and asked me whether I would rather pick him up on Thursday morning at 9:30 or on Friday night at 11:30.  Now, all you mothers out there are thinking what I was thinking, “That’s a stupid question!”  So, Thursday morning off to the Airport I went to get my son.  Three weeks of having him home is the best medicine that any mother can think of.

  

  After we left the airport we went to Morrisville to surprise MK.  She practically decked him in her enthusiasm.  She chatted with him and showed him where she lives in Honor House.  Then we drove to Deansboro to surprise Doug.  They were both happy to see him home and it was great to be able to give them that kind of gift. 

  

  Then he had a nice warm reunion with his canine friend.  Lupus is overjoyed to see her master home again.

  

  There is no better sight than a boy, oops, a man and his dog enjoying a romp in the yard.

  

  There is a peculiar characteristic of all of my men.  They split wood.  No matter what time of year it is, they split wood.  Thankfully, we heat with wood and there is usually a pile that is perpetually in need of splitting.

  

  We have some friends who live a few miles from here who also heat with wood.  Before Adam went into the Navy he would run up to their house, split wood for them while one of their girls stacked it, then he would run home.  Their way of paying him for his services, baking some of the best chocolate chip cookies that he has ever had.    Splitting wood is also infectious here.  Whenever one gets the go-devil out and starts, it gets another one going.  It’s like a contest.  I don’t know if they are trying to see who can split the most, split the fastest, or who is the strongest.  But they get infected and they get going, one after the other.  I like it too.  I enjoy watching them and listening to their conversation while they are splitting wood and stacking it.  I also enjoy the sight of the pile of split and stacked wood growing ever taller.

  

  There aren’t many jobs to be had in this area.  Even the fast food joints aren’t hiring.  The pickings are slim especially for high school kids.  So Matthew was delighted when the neighbor down the road hired him to do some work digging holes to put in posts.  Then he called him back to do some backhoe work.  Now he says that he is going to need Matthew’s help this summer doing some big landscaping jobs in the area.  The Lord does indeed provide.

   

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