Happy Fourth of July! AND it's Friday Fave Fives time. Here in the US, we are celebrating a national holiday. Two hundred forty-nine years ago, we declared independence from England. So I am focusing on both our national holiday and five blessings from the past week. (The link above takes you to the blog of Susanne, our FFF host.)
1. Thank you to all the people who have visited this blog and commented about their prayers, thoughts and concerns for The Professor after his stroke last month. He is recovering so well. If you know him personally, face to face, you know that he is working hard, doing his exercises faithfully. This week, we have walked a couple of evenings-- almost a two mile walk! One thing his therapist told him to do is put together puzzles. He has done several 350 piece puzzles using his left hand to increase dexterity and strength.
2. Three hundred ninety years ago, my ancestors left London on a ship named Increase, floated across the Atlantic Ocean and landed in Boston, Massachusetts in June 1635. I am thankful that I have all the information about my ancestors (courtesy of some very dedicated great aunts and uncles who did so much research) about the people who arrived and settled here in America.
3. One morning, we drove to the local car dealer where we bought our Honda and had the usual maintenance done on it. The car's good to go. I am thankful for experienced and reliable mechanics to do all the work like oil changes.
4. The Professor's friend spent one morning with him, just talking about everything. RD is such a blessing to him and I'm thankful for that.
5. Last night, almost all our local family met at our house and then walked down to the Ohio State University campus and set up our chairs to enjoy food truck cuisine and orchestra music and fireworks. It's a yearly tradition in our town to have a huge fireworks display on July 3rd. We had a great time! We sang along with the orchestra. We snacked on popcorn. We oohed and aahed at the fireworks display.
Some photos from last night. Can you imagine all the booms and explosions?
