17 September, 2020 - New Technology & Looking Forward to Sunday

 Dear, Mom -

Hooray! We are supposed to have rain tonight. I could smell it when I took Elsa out to go potty before bed. The bit I could smell in the air brought me hope. I’m sure it is bringing many people hope in this city and this state. So many forest fires are still burning and we need a good, hard rain to help put them out. The rain will also help to clear the remainder of smoke from the sky, or at least thin it out considerably. As I sit here typing to you, I can hear and feel the rumble of thunder above as the rain prepare to fall within the hour. I’ve always been one to take sun over rain, but I am literally excited to hear the rain falling and to be able to sleep with the windows open as the fresh air comes in. These are things we take for granted. I have to remember every day that we are very fortunate. We have food on our tables, fresh clothes to wear every day, comfy beds in warm rooms. We have access to a bathroom, a fridge, a faucet, a washer and dryer, etc. Every night I need to be gracious and thankful for these things. I am also very grateful that during these times, there are gentle, loving folk who are able to look after you and give you all the things you need since I cannot currently. It is my dream to have you with me every day and some day we may be able to fulfill that dream. We’ll keep hoping that we will have the way and means to do it in the near future. I don’t like not being able to come see you, but it is what we have to succumb to right now until certain changes are made and our world is safer again. It will be. It just may take a bit more time. 

I am sorry that Joy and I had such a hard time getting the computers and phones to work today so that we could talk via the video chat. It was nice to hear you over the phone anyway, so I wasn’t disappointed. We will also talk again on Sunday and hopefully we will be able to see each other that day. We can always be hopeful, Mom. It is what we have right now; hope.

Stella, the neighbor dog, looking out with hope for a rabbit to cross the yard.

I am going to go through my room and the kitchen this weekend to sort out some stuff I don’t need to give to a couple that lost everything in a house fire. They are relatives of some friends of Paula. I had boxed up a lot of my shirts for the Goodwill, so instead I will just pass them on to this couple. I am also going to go through the kitchen cupboards to give away some of the cooking utensils, pots/pans, containers, etc that we don’t tend to use and could be used by people in need. 

I am very much looking forward to our chat on Sunday, Mom. Here are a couple of pictures I took for you today. I was actually able to take Elsa for a bit longer walk because the air was slightly lighter and cleaner today. 

Tea Rose

Dahlia

The sun behind the smoke and clouds

Holly Hock coming out of its bud

Vibrant Trumpet Vine

✨🌈🌦 WE LOVE YOU!🌦🌈✨

I apologize that my letter is a little on the light side. I didn’t get up to doing much today. I hope you can catch up with some of the ones from the past that haven’t been read yet. I love writing to you every night. It always give me something to look forward to.

❤️Night, Mama. I love you with all my heart. Big HUG and a big KISS. Your Daughter, —-Sally Ann❤️