2023 Life Logs, Day 255: Seven Years
Date: Monday, September 11, 2023
Weather: Mostly Cloudy, Humid, A Little Rain; High 75, Low 68 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue, Falmouth, MA
Seven years ago tonight, Mark left us, but he is still with me every day. If I had to make a list of the things that Mark did for me, I wouldn’t know where to begin. But I guess the main thing is that he opened my eyes to a world of possibilities that I never knew existed. We dreamed together and then made those dreams come true. My life will never be the same without him, but I live each day as Mark would want me to … looking to the future, dreaming of what comes next, and making plans to make sure those dreams come true.
Kevin and Claire dedicated their day to checking things off my to do list. And I am so grateful. They fixed clocks that haven’t worked for a couple of years, got the leaf on my dining room table properly attached, put up cup hooks under my cabinets that I just couldn’t do, and best of all, fixed the bedroom closet door that the flooring installers broke before I moved in here.
It was one of four folding doors and finding a match to replace it seemed impossible. But with Claire’s stash of odds and ends that included the exact screw we needed, a stick from the yard, some epoxy, a drill, and a lot of ingenuity, that door is now up and working. This evening, Lynda, the friend that owns this house I live in, stopped by to get her mail after a week away. She was delighted that the closet door was finally fixed. She stayed and visited a bit and Kevin and Claire told her the story of how we met. Before Lynda left, I made sure she went into the garden to pick her ripe tomatoes in our garden.
She beamed like a little kid in a candy shop. It seems my living here is a win-win for both of us.
Kevin, Claire, and I spent our evening talking about the Voyage of Windbird, my favorite topic. They had never seen my PowerPoint Presentation, so we went through that and then they gave me suggestions for things I can do to improve it. In November, I am giving that presentation to the Falmouth Newcomers for the third time in seven years. There are new members, but I really wanted input on how to change it up to still engage those who have seen it before. Their main suggestion was to tell stories that exemplify the closeness of the cruising community. In a world so divided, that suggestion makes all the sense in the world. And I have some wonderful stories to share.
