3 Positives:
friends and friendships
an outpouring of love and care
blessings

My Journey Notes:
Today’s the day. T’s eye surgery is scheduled for a little later this morning. We’re hoping and praying for a good outcome – He received a blessing last night. I’m grateful they remembered to ask for blessings for the surgical team. This surgery is only a stop gap and may slow down the progression for a while, but we are hoping for his vision to not to go any dimmer for a bit longer. I’m hoping for a year, but I’ll take even a month or two at this point. We updated his phone yesterday with a couple of “accessibility” helps. I have one more to do this morning while he is in surgery and I have control of his phone, as it is his lifeline for work and home. I’d hoped we could use his iPad for a few things for work, but it doesn’t fit into his pockets! LOL. Grateful we have a few days to make additional adjustments before he hopes to return to work.

I’m grateful that my memory issues haven’t declined much and that what we’re currently doing seems to be keeping things at a “pause” for the moment. VERY GRATEFUL that we can help each other in our unique ways during this time.

3 Positives:
family time
watching the grands play games together
church and friends

3 Positives:
catching up with a few friends
Sunday afternoon quiet
pulling a few “thinking of you” cards from my stash

3 Positives:
Happy Anniversary to us!
Looked into a couple of possible leads for finding an elusive ancestor – still just walls, but we might be getting a little closer.
Designed the “ruff” for a current paper project.

3 Positives:
push the envelope – don’t give up
looked over last year’s projects and yep, I liked what I saw for the most part
started the first “gather” project for 2026. It will likely be a year long project, but if we can find the currently missing answers, it will be worth it.

My Journey Notes:
Taking a step back on the weekends was a good choice. We’ll see if it’s something I’ll continue as a way of relaxing a little more, giving myself some grace and allowing a little more leeway on some other things. T and A picked up on the change — so it might just be what was needed to relieve some stress. Today, it’s back to what has been the normal daily routine. I’ve already checked my list for the morning and there are a couple of things that have to be checked off before spending time in the studio. We’re good, though. I’m looking forward to some studio time later today and time throughout the remainder of the week.

3 Positives:
Family time
Family time
Family time

3 Positives:
cloudy skies
warmer temps
holiday traditions

3 Positives:
T is home from the hospital and is feeling a little better
I found some extra cash – it was well hidden!
counting our blessings and there are many

3 Positives:
awesome treatment for T at the insta care (2nd trip in 5 days)
a nap
an extra hour of sleep