{"id":44015,"date":"2020-03-16T08:33:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T15:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=44015"},"modified":"2020-04-10T16:59:17","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T23:59:17","slug":"i-am-grounded-first-time-since-192","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=44015","title":{"rendered":"I Am Grounded; First Time Since 1952!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sue, No greater light illuminated my path than the love and change you brought into my life. I miss you so much.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

We loved our wine, and we were members of several wineries.\u00a0 The Laguna Winery was one of our favorites. This picture is from a barrel tasting activity.\u00a0 We got to mix and match from various barrels; it was a load of fun!<\/p>\n

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We enjoyed the barrel tapping evenings at Laguna Winery<\/p><\/div>\n

I woke up at around 6:30 AM and heard the stock market took another dump.\u00a0 While I am not worried because I do not depend upon it for income, it does bring me pause!\u00a0 I got to thinking about the Great Depression, and then I thought about my father and mother, who lived through those amazing days and survived.<\/p>\n

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Dear Dad,<\/p>\n

I thought a lot about you this morning.\u00a0 This has been a tough few weeks.\u00a0 Losing Sue, the love of my life, my rock providing stability, was devastating.\u00a0 Now our country is fighting a virus, and we are being asked to stay inside, especially if we are over 70.\u00a0 I was lonely before, and now it is even worse!\u00a0 The stock market took a hit, and I had a lot of our money in the market.\u00a0 Thank goodness I do not have to depend upon it to live.\u00a0 The market will return, but sometimes I think I should have put the money in a mattress!<\/p>\n

This morning I tried to think about how you must have felt when the Great Depression began.\u00a0 You were just 24, newly married when the Depression got underway.\u00a0 You and mom were having difficulty finding jobs.\u00a0 How did you feel?\u00a0 Was it scary?\u00a0 What went through your minds?<\/p>\n

Then a few years later, World War II broke out. You were just 34 when it began.\u00a0 How scary was that? Here I am worried (and perhaps a little scared) about the flu!<\/p>\n

I know you had strong family ties, and I know you wrote to Aunt Opal in 1932, wanting to come to California and start life again.\u00a0 How amazing you were.\u00a0 Leaving the south with very little and coming to a strange part of the country must have been difficult.\u00a0 You and mom did it and did it well.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Perhaps my age is the source of my uneasiness.\u00a0 I do not want to be a burden on the kids or grandkids. Maybe it’s just the unknown? Perhaps it is just having no one by my side during this ride.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I was taught by you not to be scared of anything, so when I get uncomfortable, I think about you and mom living through the Great Depression.<\/p>\n

Thank you for teaching me by example and demonstrating what a man must do.\u00a0 I miss you so much!<\/p>\n

Love,<\/p>\n

You Son<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I got crazy again and dashed off to Lowe’s, getting another quart of paint. This time it was a peach that I used to access the entranceway.\u00a0 Lisa, Colleen, and Irene approve, so I feel much better.\u00a0 I am bringing Sue home tomorrow, and I am picking her up at the Neptune Society around noon.\u00a0 I was happy the girls found my work acceptable.\u00a0 If they agreed, then Sue would have approved.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Imagine me ordering a peach-colored paint! What next?<\/p><\/div>
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Sherwin-Williams Powder Peach<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

I had a small steak for lunch and then took a short nap after painting so the paint would have time to dry, and I could add the wine signs.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Robin is coming to stay with me tomorrow night, so I am doing corned beef and cabbage with Irish soda bread.\u00a0 It has been a tradition at this house for over thirty years, and I don’t want to stop it.\u00a0 This time, I am cooking dinner using the pressure cooker.\u00a0 I am excited, so excited, I went out and got new green tablecloths and accessories.\u00a0 I found Irish music on the XM Radio so we should have a good time.\u00a0 I hope I can find green-pistachio ice cream at the market tomorrow.<\/p>\n

The kids all called today except for one who has chosen to be estranged.\u00a0 That’s OK.\u00a0 Robin, Michele, Colleen, Lisa, and Joe make my day with their calls.\u00a0 Jon and Zack are a bonus!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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