6/22/25
New Beginnings
And so it is Summer, again
Summer is the season that, to me, is the worst season of the year. As I have gotten older, it's gotten worse. Summertime, in my world, is treated like winter for many. I tend to hibernate; getting all of the things I didn't get done when it is nice outside. Today, the temperature is to get close to the mid-90s. Humid, too. No thanks. 😣🙅
This past March, my youngest brother, Ken, died. It was a big blow to us all and I still miss him a lot. There was a ceremony for him in church, and one outside to add his cremains to the memory garden. He was thrilled to have granddaughters and loved them dearly. He had purchased a van to travel the country with, but never got to use it. A new place in Florida so he could be close to his son and his family ... Sadly, he only got to see “his girls “ grow for a few years .
Life has been crazy the past few months. Whoever controls my destiny threw me a proverbial curve ball that went wild. Each time I applied for a job, something went wonky and I was not hired. Talk about getting discouraged! I started feeling like I was carrying a sign that read “Do not hire”. One time, I had a job driving school vans and went to get a cursory physical and some Dr found that I had a heart murmur. She freaked out and sent a note to my GP About it. I knew that I had one, but according to her, I was going to die the next day. I was sent back to the hospital to get my heart checked out. Three big tests later, my new cardiologist said that he couldn't figure out why all the panic had happened and approved me to be good to go. Sheesh.
You'll not believe this but I was in the process of getting the form approved, testing done, and sent to the new hires section when I learned that all hiring was to stop for the location because some other company had outbid this bus company. I couldn't believe it! It never fails. So again, there was no job unless I wanted to drive a rather long distance to work.
I began to wonder what the heck was going on. Why were things happening like this? All I wanted to do was earn money so I could pay my bills. Simple, right? Not.
In the meantime, the tall guy and I were getting more serious about each other. He stayed home at Christmas so we could celebrate together… and we have been heading to each other's house weekly. All of a sudden, he started sending me houses for sale from online realty companies. ???? I was confused and figured that he was going to move. He asked me for my opinion on each one and we discussed them, bantering back and forth. I finally asked what he was thinking because I surely had no clue. He replied that he wanted to purchase a small place for us to live together
😬😮 !!!!!!!????????!!!!!!?????😲😼😮
Up to then, not a word had been spoken about anything like that. Not a word. When asked, he said that he was a man of few words…. um, well I like knowing what is going on and would he please speak the words/ thoughts out loud from now on? So the house-hunting became a team effort. I've known that if you want to get to know someone better, build something together. Now, I am adding a search for a house together. Hahahaha!
“No, that one is awful, that is a piece of land on a cliff, what is the garbage doing all over the ground?” We looked at some awful places that always needed something fixed or repaired. One house was just flat-out spooky. We drove to look at an old farmhouse that came with all of the furniture, etc. That one had two bears in it and needed to be repaired big time. The odd thing was that the backyard was full of flies. It made me think about the house in Amityville, NY. There was a movie made about the haunting.
We searched in southern Maryland, and while there were some wonderful places, they turned out to be sold in an auction setting. How miserable to see a place that was close to perfect only to find that the price was where the bidding was to begin? To, me, that whole routine seemed a little unethical. But it happens a lot. We stopped asking questions if we saw that it was being set up as an auction.
One evening my tall guy sent me a place that was listed for sale online. It was an old farmhouse all redone inside. Sadly, the “old” aspect was gone, but there were a few “old” things left. It was an acre plus a little bit more. Flat, cleared, in the country, 9 miles away from a nice-sized town. Plus an ancient one-story barn was on the property!! It was perfect and I had tears in my eyes as I looked at the photos. Perfect. I couldn't believe that this little bitty piece of land existed. Oh, it was located North of where we both live. Up till then, he wanted to live close to the water. And Ocean City. I grew up close to the Chesapeake Bay and knew what the weather is like in a southern part of the state. Hot! And humid. Exactly where I did not want to settle down again. I complained about how the heat was awful in the southern part of the state and how I didn't like it at all. That's when he found the little place in the north. Yes, the man is a keeper.🩵
We drove the two hours to get there and I would have purchased it right then. But I left it up to the man doing the paying. We decided that we both wanted to own the little farm and he kept putting off making an offer on it. This was one place I didn't want to lose, so I mentioned that fact. Also, there was a showing that Saturday; some other folks were interested in it. Finally, I just said what I had been thinking and that week, my tall guy put in an offer. It was not any time at all, that the offer was accepted and a downpayment was sent. Once again, tears on my end. I was so happy that finally perfection was ( almost ) owned and how easily it had been. As though it was “meant to be.” My whole life has happened that way. When it's the right time for something to happen, it just does. It happened when I saw Lynna in the show ring that winter many years ago when she stole my heart. It happened when I got my best dog friend, Petey. Lately, it happened when a very tall man entered my life. The best things that happened in the past have created so much happiness for me. Now this small piece of heaven.
Now I understand why those jobs never came to fruition. God must have been watching and waiting for just the right moment once again. Now I see why barriers were put in the way of me finding a job and more.
There you have it. Life up to the present. There is room for a few hens and a great place for my tall guy to work on things if wanted in the barn, Next Spring, I want to have a small veggie garden, I can start my herbs now, and a lot of wildflowers for the bees and butterflies. Plus I love wildflowers. Before I was too busy with the farm to have much of a flower garden, let alone vegetables.
For another time in my life, things are being sorted out to be perfect. Like I said, it is almost unbelievable but I know it's true and I am going to cherish each moment and the tall guy most of all.
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