Welcome to the first installment of what I hope to be a revival of a blog that I used to write almost 20 years ago. We used to go to my sister-in-laws on Sunday who was caring for my Mother-in-law and disabled brother in her home to give her a little moral support and a break if she needed run errands or something. Most of the time I was there supporting my wife and she had internet and we did not. I had a CSA member who offered to set up a website and maintain it for me, hence the blog was born as a way to keep my CSA members informed, as well as anyone else interested. When my Mother-in-law passed the Sunday trips stopped and so did my internet connection so the blog stopped. We just got fiber optic cable in our rural community thus reviving my opportunity to resume my posting. A lot of water has passed under the bridge in the last 20 years and so I see the focus of my postings to be different. This first post may be a little long as I try to explain my motivation for even attempting this endeavor. The rest I am going to try to keep short and sweet that I hope will add something to your day when you read it.

The purpose I have for doing this is two fold. The first is to maybe ask questions about things around us that make you think. I don’t pretend to have all the answers so I’m not going to try to provide them, I am just going to ask the questions. I hope you’ll find my wacky way at looking at things entertaining if nothing else.

The second is tell our story as we have traveled down the road of life dealing with this rare illness. My Mother-in-law used to tell me I should write a book about all the crazy circumstances we have encountered. And since I’ll probably never get that done I thought this might be a suitable avenue. My purpose in telling our story is not to extricate sympathy for us because we have had a wonderful life, but rather to comfort others going some major trial or illness in their life. As a Christian I believe God had a purpose for allowing this illness into our lives, not just to make our lives “interesting” and I don’t want to miss that purpose. I know sometimes when we are going through a difficult time we sometimes feel as if we are all alone. I think it helps to hear of someone else’s trials even though different than our own and how they handled them. As a song I once heard said,” If I can lighten someone else’s life along the way then my living shall not be in vain.” I hope we can do just that and maybe bring a smile or two along the way.

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