Day Off

This photo looks similar to Jay and Nancy's house in their Del Webb Community.

We moved into our home on William’s 1^st birthday. Next door was a family who’s son just took off for UC Berkeley and their daughter was still in high school. This was almost 30 years ago. Jay and Nancy were very private people who had a very small circle of friends.

Nancy and I began to chat while we worked in our yards. That grew to doing big yard projects together – chopping down trees and laying sod. She taught me how to make pies and set aside part of her vegetable garden for William. They would plant, water, weed and harvest together.

It was a horribly sad day when they decided to retire hours north of us where she was raised. They had family there. Often, we would visit with them or they would come to visit us. We have kept in touch though the years.

They are in their 70's now and Jay will turn 80 next year. They moved again about four years ago to be near their grandchildren and to help their daughter-in-law with their three children. Their son travels a lot for his huge job so they help out whenever possible.

Yesterday, Michael took the day off and we drove the 90-minutes to their “Del Webb Community” home. They are very happy there and it is a safe place to leave as they still travel so much each year. It is one of the warmest areas in the Bay Area and it was 89 degrees on their back patio yet didn't feel that hot. With the fan above, it was so comfortable. When we arrived home, it was wet and foggy and cold. All within 90-minutes!

They looked fantastic - very trim and loose. Jay is addicted to the treadmill and Nancy has just begun again to wrap some time of it into her morning routine. We went to lunch at a very lovely restaurant where we could hear each other and talked non-stop. Of course.

A nice day. A playing hooky day for us. Back to rehab today. Back to doctors today. Back to life today.