Getting old sometimes means not having time for things you used to do so that's my excuse for neglecting this blog. January was uneventful and February 2-12 was spent dog sitting in Newark Ohio. We went into downtown Columbus to see the musical Come From Away about 9/11 flights being diverted to Newfoundland as Phil left us their tickets. At the end of March we spent Easter in Valpo and celebrated the 3 birthdays. April 7 we saw Moulin Rouge at the Wharton Center thanks to Jon and family for my and Jane's birthday present. Jane had appointments to prepare for her right hip surgery in May. Luke ran the Izzo Run at MSU on April 20th and Girls on the Run June 19th. May 4th we had a baby shower for Evelyn Jane at Cadgewith Farms clubhouse with most of the family attending. On Monday the 6th Jane had her hip surgery and spent the night at McClaren Hospital. She did 6 weeks of rehab twice a week at Arch through June and had no problems. June 18th I went to my 55th class reunion at Tony M's and had a good time with about 30 friends. My brother Jim turned 86 and they had a party for him at The Ridge where he was staying as his dementia became too much to be at home. He later moved to Gunnisonville Meadows Assisted Living in September. On June 6th Phil called just after midnight saying Stef had went to the Hospital and he was driving home from Findley. He called back an hour later with the tragic news that Evelyn was stillborn. Her funereal was Saturday the 8th at St. Francis DeSales in the private Chapel behind the altar. She was buried at St. Joseph Cemetary there in Newark. She is our guardian angel now and was so beautiful. July 6-12 we were in Grand Haven for our family vacation at Blue Yonder again. Jon left the boys with us for the rest of the week and they went to the Alvarado Reunion on the 13th with Simon meeting Jon to pick them up afterwards. Jane went for her colonoscopy on the 23rd only to be told they thought she's had one or two heart attacks and so no procedure after enduring all that stressful prep! She saw Dr. Brown at TCI Sparrow and he said he saw no evidence of her having a heart attack but she had to do the heart halter and an echocardiogram which will be evaluated in a week from now when she goes for her recheck. All this stress making us older only because we are getting older. Jon bought a new house in South Kouts and we all went down to help move them August 16-18. They got everything moved with help from the Gerst family and his church. It was the first time we had interacted with the Gerst's since the wedding and we were able to get along amicably. Peg moved back in her house for now as she had been living with Lori and Todd but didn't want to go in a Nursing home so is trying out living at home with numerous people coming in helping her as she cannot walk on her own. We went back to Ohio September 12-17 as Phil and Stef had a wedding in Panama to attend. We saw MJ at the Ohio Theater this time and we went to Old Bag of Nails after mass and visiting Evelyn's grave on Sunday. We are still going to the Y and I took our absentee ballots to the township office this morning proudly voting for Harris for president! Trump is an old angry man with the maturity of a 12 year old and only opinions not facts that will only cause division not any solutions! I pray for our country and my family as we deal with life and the future.
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