Thank you, God!!
I think I may actually be able to get a bit of a handle on my life during this "downhill side:"
- Our boat is in the water!
Now, for many reasons, this is a real miracle!!
First or all, there were months and months of repair after a terrible accident while the boat was being shipped across the country; followed by battles with the insurance company(s); schedules and weather delays . . . need I say more? The list goes on and on!!
Our boat - renamed "Pelikan Cliff's" - was finally ready to go back into the water during "Papa's" R&R last month (October). The weather was still really nice, and thanks to a lot of effort on many a family member's part, everything worked out beautifully!
It was a beautiful time together! I thought it might be too hard this time to be together and then say good-bye again . . . and maybe it wouldn't be worth it.
But it was! It was totally worth it!