Treasures

Did I say yesterday was quiet?  

Well I guess it was for about the hour while I wrote the update.  It was good to listen to the silence for a while then the afternoon kicked it up a notch.

Kim was not in pain and resting well when Gail, Becky and Cameron arrived.  Becky would be staying the night.  Kim put us on a mission.  She wanted us to find the 3 special rings that Shane had given her over the years.   One ring she took off before going to the hospital another she took off when her fingers got so thin.  The third she had not seen since her "friends trip" to the tropics.  That one would be the challenge but we were up for the treasure hunt.

It was a treasure hunt too.  We found lots of treasures.  We found the heart locket necklace that was her first gift from Shane.  She shared the story and to me that was a treasure.  

They were in high school and Shane had gone to Ardan's to buy a gift for Kim.  His sister, Cheryl thought he was a love sick fool because he was spending too much money on a girl he had not dated that long.  Shane knew what he wanted.  He wanted the heart locket and the girl.  He got both.

If you happen to have one of Kim's senior pictures, she was wearing the locket.  We opened the locket and inside was Shane's senior picture.  

We found earrings and necklaces that screamed the 80's.  We found pins that Art Whitehead made to spread holiday cheer.  She told us stories of where things came from and when and where she wore them.  We found her high school track medals.  I have forgotten so much more than I remember.  I remembered she was a thrower.  I had forgotten that she ran the hurdles.  We found her old metal, screw-in cleats.  

Liz, JJ and Jerome came while we were re-living some of those old memories.   They got in on the.. "tell me about where you got this dish" stories too.  We looked at bowls and dishes that had been passed down over the generations.  There were special champagne flutes, a gift from good friends.  There were shower and wedding gifts.  The silver that Kim's grandma gave her for a wedding present and the china that Kim earned from saving Betty Crocker box tops.  The time re-living the stories and the memories they invoked were the day’s treasures.  

All of the sudden we were approaching the dinner hour and there were guest in the house.  My grandmother would have been in the kitchen an hour before planning to feed the hungry.  It had not even crossed my mind.  I was so thankful for the angels that have provided frozen casseroles! 

It was Willie and Denise's anniversary and they wanted to spend it with a visit to Kim.  Gail and I needed to get back to Omaha so we missed seeing and wishing them many more years.  So with the front door revolving, it was out with some of the family and in with others. It was not quiet anymore.

By the way... we found the third ring.

Jan