It’s a fact: Christmas is our favorite time of the year. We love a cozy fireplace, traditional Christmas decorations, carols playing in the background, trays full of goodies, remembering wonderful friends and loved ones and celebrating the birth of our Savior.
Earlier this year we spent several months at our Palm Springs condominium. We’ve owned our own place since 2000 and enjoyed being there during winter months. When we arrived in February we decided it was time to sell our condo. Miracle of miracles, our place sold quickly and we spent a good portion of March packing up our personal belongings. Our daughter, Susan, was visiting at the time and drove us back home. She ultimately took care of the coordination of the sale and move which was finalized exactly 12 years from the date of purchase on July 19, 2012.
Our first picture shows us having a delightful meal at Spencer’s in Palm Springs. You enjoy the experience in an outdoor setting with birds were singing, palm trees swaying and it’s a very romantic setting. We will miss some of these experiences, but feel the timing was right for the sale and are happy with our decision.
Our second photo is taken at our Southern Utah home where we feel we are in heaven. "Why would anyone ever want to leave here?" This is where we’re staying even in cooler weather.
While we were in Palm Springs and for two or three months after we returned, Sterling complained a bit of a painful stomach ache. We finally got him to a doctor and because of an alarmingly high white blood count he was immediately hospitalized. He was diagnosed with diverticulitis. A colonoscopy revealed an abscess and a perforation on his colon. He was treated with antibiotics and then had a series of coming home, then going back to the hospital, then residing in an Acute Rehabilitation Center, where he had a terrible reaction to an antibiotic. Back to the hospital, and then more time in another rehabilitation center. He was so thrilled to finally come home in June after six weeks of problems.
We had a pretty good July and August, but in September Sterling fell. Paramedics took him to the hospital where it was discovered he had an Urinary Tract Infection. He spent some time in a local rehabilitation center.
Our family has been blessed with a new great granddaughter in Colorado at the end of June, grandchildren purchasing and furnishing new homes, a celebration in Greece/Italy for a 10 year wedding anniversary of our oldest granddaughter, and a great grandchild starting Kindergarten. Our two children are very involved and we love hearing about their travels and other momentous occasions. It is life at its finest and we feel privileged to live it. We pray 2013 will be a great year for you. May you be blessed with good health, and all of the needful things in life. We send our love as always.
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