Claire's Musings:
2009, January – Newsletter
Getting ready for the major move from North Carolina to Germany was tough in many ways. Even as excited as I was to retire I left school feeling down, because I felt as though I had left too many things unfinished in the library. More importantly I was leaving many good friends behind. I will certainly miss sharing times with them and especially the laughter. First Baptist Church Men's SS Class
Leaving our church that we had been members of for about ten years was hard, also. Leaving the men's Sunday school class that Lorin taught was sad because that was a very special group of men that had welcomed both of us. The couple's class where we were first in meant many more friends that we had to say goodbye to. ========================
We had a wonderful opportunity to spend time during the Thanksgiving holidays with two of the sons and their families. We were fortunate that Don, Hallie, Brittany, Preston and Trevor were able to visit along with Greg, Jennifer, Anabeth and Andrew. A lot of our furniture was already gone and they brought plenty of air mattresses and sleeping bags. It was a full house in many ways, especially in joy and happiness of just getting to spend time together. They even helped us get some of the things ready for our house to sell. =====================  I got to spend part of a day with Angie and Carrie in the Asheville area right after Christmas. We always spend a lot of time together just enjoying being together and that always means lots of laughter. I'll miss Nathan and Petey (Carrie's dog), too. Petey has been on many of our hikes with us in the mountains. I will miss those hike's and taking pictures. When it was time for the shippers to pack up all our belongings Lorin and I both were just not ready. We were amazed after all the things that we had sold or given away to others or charity at how much we still had left. Since our apartment in Germany is about half the size of our house I am already beginning to wonder where we will put all the stuff. Hopefully we will get that shipment about the first of February. We have enough household goods that have been loaned or scrounged from other places that we are doing great now. The church is growing and it is good to see friends again that we made last summer. More people are coming to the church and it is getting more exciting as time goes by. |
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