November 5, 2009

Emily continues to move through her days taking care of things that need to be done - she is pretty amazing.  Every day she is confronted by things that have to be done that are reminders that Gene is no longer there.  She took care of his prescriptions and the medicine that is still there at the house the other day.  She's sorting through and reorganizing the sheds out back.  Each day it seems there is mail about his death or mail addressed to him.  Each time a reminder for her.  She said the other day that it still just doesn't seem right that he's not there.

She is beginning to get herself back into some of her regular activities.  She has gone to church a couple of times, and has attended a meeting of the women of the church.  She will soon be getting back into the meetings of the PEO group as well as the book club. 

The other day she spent most of the day working outside in the yard.  She said that the first year she retired from teaching that she spent almost the entire year outside because she had spent so much time inside during the years she had worked.  She does love to be outside, and her yard always looks beautiful.  She has such a way with flowers and landscaping. She has already gotten pansies to go into the front flower beds for the winter!