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the reunion with the family




Good morning! :)

I am back lol. So... I slept in a bit today, woke up after nine! WOW.
That is very unusual for me... But I have the flu.
Yesterday we had the party!  YaY! 

Remember the song from The Little Mermaid? "Part of your world"? I love that song. I have sometimes thought that the world which I would love to be a part of would be this one, I mean here in the USA and with all my friends through the years who have served in Finland as missionaries. They are my people <3 I have always loved the missionaries. 

One of the "golden oldies" who arrived at the end of the party: Sisar Clayton (nowadays Campbell), she was the first sister I was friends with in Tampere, she and I went teaching together, I was helping the sisters doing missionary work. It was in 1994! WOAH. I was 14... It was 30 years ago! WOAH.

The journey has been long. But it has been worth it. I have probably spent more time with all the missionaries, if you string all the times together, than with the "regular" members... No wonder my English is "good" lol. I consider myself a trilingual person... Swedish from my mom, Finnish from my dad and English from the missionaries! (Of course school and the University as well).

But my blessing I got when I was young, does mention the missionaries two times! 

That's two more times than it mentions that I would become a mom and have kids. 

SO, I was not made to be a mom. But it's completely fine. I need to stay sane.

The family "mess" we had from the beginning of 2023 was quite interesting and I don't give it enough credit,  I mean I have forgotten how great our family was back then... We were a little wild. And special. We had six missionaries back then and the older couple: The Cardon's, whom hosted the party yesterday. We had SO much fun yesterday.

I happen to have a good memory and I could recount stories and fill in where others didn't remember.

Most of that family was present and accounted for.

I am so happy. Friends are the salt of the Earth and mean a lot to me.

One elder who left before this wild group, also saw that we have been a little crazy.. I mean, it's not hard to see lol. :D I remember it pretty well... I knitted scarves for two of the elders: Frantz and Watson. (Watson couldn't make it to the party). I remember the panic when I needed to finish them before they left Tampere. I hope they like their scarves. I knitted at times night and day lol haha.

I must say that my current medicine and my well-balanced mind and circumstances are pretty good for me and I am a lot healthier both physically and mentally... I have released 44 pounds, I think. Like 20 kilos. I can walk without my walker, even though it still hurts bad. But I can make it work. 

FYI: this is the blog about what happens on this side of the "pond", the missionary blog is:

https://swefinnmissionarybonusmom.blogspot.com/

Yeah. I am almost ready to shut that one down... Let me know if you want to keep it around...

Well, that's as much as I can squeeze out my head right now.

More later! :) 



 

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