Kept Their Eyes Open

Looking out over the second day of sunny skies, the last of the warm temperatures will be blowing away tomorrow. With a strong wind blowing out of the southwest, I got the groceries and our medicine picked up before the New Year’s Eve celebration. I Thought I’d take a moment and sit outside while I still can over here at the old place. Hadn’t heard a word from the landlord about moving out. Still we got one more week before the “hard deadline” of January 6th  comes and we’ll to be able to move.

Other than that my eyes are trying to adjust to the outside light. Being stuck in a house for ten years lite by single light bulbs hanging from the ceiling will do that to ya. Sitting here in a shirt I forgot I owned, it’s amazing what you find in a closet when you’re about to move. I mean my wife found a roasting pan we’d forgotten my late mother-in-law gave us we’d never used sitting in the box. That’s  because we haven’t had a working stove for ten years. We are a pitiful bunch I suppose so close to homelessness for so long, I’d gotten kinda used to eating the scraps off children’s plates just so I’d have something to eat.

I know I often sound like that sad sack Wheeler Family from old “Night Court”. But often that’s how hard luck follows people. My Grand used to say, “You just have to laugh at the pain, just to keep from cryin’”. And she was right, I can’t tell you how many times a good belly laugh during a tragedy lifted the spirits of the whole room. Even now while I’m not feeling too sad about my situation. That’s  because now I’m seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. My oldest daughter called me up earlier about a minor problem they were having at home. I simply told her to bring it over here and I’ll take care of it. You see that’s what friends and family do for each other, they take care of their own. Without trying to brag, that’s the example I tried to layout for my kids. And thankfully they kept their eyes open and learned the lesson.