From Dad 10/27
Good morning,
We have had a good week. Every week is a good week when it can be shared with mom. She is one of a kind. No one could ever be more true, more faithful and loyal as a friend and as a companion. She never seeks the limelight. She will consistently place herself in the wings time after time. She pushes others out into the forefront and then cheers their performance. When we play 3 to 13, her favorite game of all time, she loves to win but never at the expense of another. She always looks for ways to say, “It’s just dumb luck”. Things are kept lively with her great enthusiasm for sports. It doesn’t matter sometimes who even wins. In the World Series she knows who is playing and something about the players and the teams, but remembers most the times with her nephews Dave and Ralph and the phone calls when a favorite team was winning or losing. It was just another reason to call and say, “Hi”.
Mom continues to prod me along and encourage me day by day to find in the little things ways to do our assignments with a little more zip and flare. Everyone! Appreciates mom’s efforts in this regard. We see little changes and improvements that help us through when appointments don’t hold or interest changes. Mom has her favorites. She is a meat and potatoes girl. A meal with a nice patty of good ground beef, spuds, and a vegetable and she is completely happy. Her prayers are from the heart. They are about and for people. Our own 37 are at the top of the list. Names are specific and events or challenges are remembered. When mom teaches, people listen. Her story telling remains the favorite past time. Her sense of humor keeps us on our toes. It’s just a good life.
Early in the year of 2006 Tim Palmer began questioning where his life was going and what he should be doing about it. This was also the time when mom began staying on task to see all the paperwork and medical items were being completed to get us ready to go. Six months or a year from now always seems like a “better” time to consider going on a mission. Is it possible the Lord asked for us to come to Germany not because of any previous language training, not because of a love for the German people but because Tim Palmer needed support and encouragement in his life at a time and in a manner we were prepared through years of being a close family and having developed a love for the Lord who now could become Tim Palmer’s cheering section? Who could ever be more prepared or qualified than mom? When it came time to leave our last appointment with Tim, mom said, “We want to come more than once a week”. Our next appointment is for Tuesday. We hope the meeting with the bishop works for Wednesday night. With mom’s encouragement we will meet with Tim again Thursday or Friday and then he plans to come to Church on Sunday. How can he not go through a life changing experience with the kind of support mom has in store?
Have a great week and remember we love you and look forward to more personal weekly and daily updates at home. As much as we have enjoyed them here, there is no place like home.
Love always,
Dad
We have had a good week. Every week is a good week when it can be shared with mom. She is one of a kind. No one could ever be more true, more faithful and loyal as a friend and as a companion. She never seeks the limelight. She will consistently place herself in the wings time after time. She pushes others out into the forefront and then cheers their performance. When we play 3 to 13, her favorite game of all time, she loves to win but never at the expense of another. She always looks for ways to say, “It’s just dumb luck”. Things are kept lively with her great enthusiasm for sports. It doesn’t matter sometimes who even wins. In the World Series she knows who is playing and something about the players and the teams, but remembers most the times with her nephews Dave and Ralph and the phone calls when a favorite team was winning or losing. It was just another reason to call and say, “Hi”.
Mom continues to prod me along and encourage me day by day to find in the little things ways to do our assignments with a little more zip and flare. Everyone! Appreciates mom’s efforts in this regard. We see little changes and improvements that help us through when appointments don’t hold or interest changes. Mom has her favorites. She is a meat and potatoes girl. A meal with a nice patty of good ground beef, spuds, and a vegetable and she is completely happy. Her prayers are from the heart. They are about and for people. Our own 37 are at the top of the list. Names are specific and events or challenges are remembered. When mom teaches, people listen. Her story telling remains the favorite past time. Her sense of humor keeps us on our toes. It’s just a good life.
Early in the year of 2006 Tim Palmer began questioning where his life was going and what he should be doing about it. This was also the time when mom began staying on task to see all the paperwork and medical items were being completed to get us ready to go. Six months or a year from now always seems like a “better” time to consider going on a mission. Is it possible the Lord asked for us to come to Germany not because of any previous language training, not because of a love for the German people but because Tim Palmer needed support and encouragement in his life at a time and in a manner we were prepared through years of being a close family and having developed a love for the Lord who now could become Tim Palmer’s cheering section? Who could ever be more prepared or qualified than mom? When it came time to leave our last appointment with Tim, mom said, “We want to come more than once a week”. Our next appointment is for Tuesday. We hope the meeting with the bishop works for Wednesday night. With mom’s encouragement we will meet with Tim again Thursday or Friday and then he plans to come to Church on Sunday. How can he not go through a life changing experience with the kind of support mom has in store?
Have a great week and remember we love you and look forward to more personal weekly and daily updates at home. As much as we have enjoyed them here, there is no place like home.
Love always,
Dad
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