Yeah - I Did It !!!!

Okay, you see this picture - well that is one beautiful truck and trailer. I'm not braggin here, I am just saying. Today is one of those days that is all about D. Most days are, but today is really a D day. Hummmm, that's a weird saying because today is actually Armed Forces Day but I digress...

Anyway, my wonderful adopted son Daniel, who has really become one of my closest friends in the world and does things for me when no one else does. He never hesitates, he just jumps right in and says,"you need something, I'm here, let's get it done." He helps me more with task than anyone. D really knew what he was doing when he gifted me to Daniel to take care of. He knew that Daniel would take the task on without fail and with great heart. Daniel makes sure my yard gets mowed every week. When my hot water heater went out, Daniel was here to try to get the pilot light working. He is the one that I call on when the grief waves come crashing down and the roof starts falling in. The greatest thing about Daniel is Debbie and the boys. I get an entire family. They drive by the cabin to check on it and just overall have adopted me to care for. But again I digress.

It is time to go to the cabin and mow. I have been putting it off because I didn't know about loading the mower onto the trailer and hauling it to the cabin. I have pulled our traler many times, but never hooked it up by myself, backed it up, loaded and unloaded it by myself. It is very intimidating to think that I am responsible for all of this now. GUESS WHAT ??? Just mentioned it to my friend Daniel and he volunteered to help me on Sunday after church to go to the cabin and mow, trim and whatever else needs to be done. Who does that? A true friend with a servant's heart. A person who believes in you and knows how much help you really need. Someone who sees you are overwhelmed with missing your other half of your heart and wants to help anyway they can. I love Daniel. Whoops I digress again.

One of the ways I loved to helped D was to get things ready before we went to the cabin so today.....drumroll please....I hooked up the big trailer to the jeep, pulled it up to the front of the house, unhooked it, put the trailer hitch on the truck, hooked the trailer to it and then the next adventure begin. All the time I am talking to D, asking him to show me what to do, how to do this and to make sure I do it right. I really struggle with this backing up a trailer thing. It took me 20 minutes, two trips around the block, practicing on a side street and mulitiple trips to and from the neighbors driveway to get r done, but mission accomplished. I cried when it was done, lifted my arms to the sky and shouted "WHOO HOOO, I DID IT !!" - i didn't do it alone, D was right there beside me the whole time. He was not real happy about how I did some of it, but he stuck with me and made sure I finished the job. Tomorrow morning I will load the riding lawnmower and all our equipment. Ready, set, go !!

I'm learning from remembering all the things that D did all these years. He showed me how, I just have to put them into practice. I'm learning to let others help me when they offer just as D asks them to, something he put into place nine short weeks ago. I learning, growing, changing, evolving and waiting just waiting on the next adventure that GOD has in store for me.

Everyday HE grants me the wisdom to get myself out of one more jam by the memory of something wonderful D and I shared.

Now isn't that an awesome site !!!!!