This past Saturday I had the pleasure of being the captain on my partner’s boat; taking a lifelong friend and his wife as well as another friend and my partner out for a four and a half-hour cruise. It was a beautiful, hot day and the waters were pretty calm. My friend brought a 360…
Author: Aaron Wilker
Things Change
And so has my mother’s health, I think. I had a video call with her this morning and she has not needed oxygen the past couple of days, which is a good thing, I guess. I was able to have a video call with her, this morning. I am grateful that her health seems to…
Giving Life
Today I am donating blood platelettes; a two and half hour process that I do not mind enduring, at least once a month. Unlike whole blood you can donate platelettes every seven days. The last time I donated was two weeks ago. Platelette donation is used to help cancer patients; I don’t know how, but…
Cooking
Back in 2020 when everyone was sequestered my partner stood in our kitchen and decided that it needed to be completely changed. So we ripped down the cupboard, threw away the sink, tore down a wall or two and began the process of rebuilding it. My partner is an excellent contractor and is doing all…
Chug-a Chug-a
One of my favorite books to read as a child was The Little Engine that Could. What a profound story with a great lesson. I am working hard every day to break past any gate, fence or obstacle that I throw in my way of success. It is not always easy and sometimes I need…
Meine Schwestern
Today I am so very grateful for my two sister’s who are in Nicaragua staying with our mother. They arrived there on Friday and spent that day and Saturday with my mom at the hospital in Managua. After having discussions with the medical staff and then a discussion with our mother they went to work…
Day number ????
Today I am grateful to be alive. Every day that the creator gives to me is a blessing and so I am grateful for each and every one of them.
What the heck?
Things happen and life continues on…until it doesn’t. One thing that I am learning, no matter how healthy you are, when it is your time, the creator will call you and take you with him. There have been several people that I know or have heard were given a clean bill of health who passed…
Never change
Here is an update on my mother, who lives in Nicaragua. She is still in the hospital and probably will be for the next few days. When she arrived in the hospital, she was incoherent and was not able to speak. Last night she was sitting up in her bed, feeding herself and shooting a…
Her name is….
This morning my siblings and I were informed that our mother, who is 86 and lives alone in Southern Nicaragua, was in an ambulance heading to a hospital in Managua. As you may imagine, there were a lot of messaging and phone calls happening. As the day went on and I had some time to…
here fishy, fishy
Today I was able to spend the afternoon on a sail boat with some great friends. We saw some manta rays jumping out of the water, a sea turtle floating and a lot of fish. We snorkeled and paddle boarded, swimming with the fish. It was a great afternoon, topped off with a fabulous dinner….
No song to sing.
These past few weeks have been a blur;so much traveling that I don’t even know what day it is. Thank goodness for my partner, Grace, for reminding me that it is Tuesday. I may not always show it but I am so very grateful for her.