It's been too long! A lot has happened in the past month.
We were down in the San Antonio, Texas area. And our daughter, Hannah, got married! The wedding day started off with blue skies and midday we all gathered and at the end of the day good food, and a swim in the hot tub. I have so many photos. Hannah made goodie bags with Korean tea, coffee and other delectables for all. Our new son-in-law is great. He fed our little Elijah with chopsticks, I have a few photos of that. Elijah adores him. A visit to the airport where YunJae teaches, Landa park, walking around the historic Alamo, feeding the koi fish, the city streets, Mexican vendors (I bought a beautifully embroidered dress), La Panaderia bakery, an outdoor Christmas market, a few cafes. The time with all our immediate family, Olivia flew in from Cincinnati, plus her Godmother, my sister, and another sister and 4 of her kids, my aunt, met YunJae's brother and some of their friends. Also, the warmer weather, palm trees, flowers + the Riverwalk there is lovely. We stocked up on groceries at Trader Joe's. I have missed living just 2 miles from one, the nearest is 1 hour 15 min. by car now. But really, our daughter now has a husband who I can tell really loves and cares for her and I trust them to build a good life together.
All that made for a fantastic trip, even though we found out that George didn't just sprain his ankle, but fractured his tibia, a buckle fracture which isn't awful, but he was unable to walk for a week. Overall, we had such a great time together.
We had the stomach bug, possibly norovirus, but are back to health, thank God. Some friends of ours have had great struggles recently. Most of all is Deacon Jorge, who is in his 40s and has had brain cancer and serious surgery, his nose removed years ago + so many more little things. His wife has become a good friend to me. I hope I can be a good friend to her, because she and her dear husband deserve all the best.
It snowed this morning. We have had quite a white fall and winter so far in upstate New York and I love it. We went hiking in the state park near us this morning. Looking forward to celebrating old calendar Nativity in 6 more days!
