It is true. I have a passion for REAL mail. I love to write it and receive it in our sweet mailbox. I think that Matilda loves to write letters too…

Camp has started. It has been amazing and to be honest, just being with Matilda is a joy.

We have a camp mailbox and every day, we write notes to each other.Matilda made the mailbox and gave us instructions for the notes to kind and full of happy. (She made the box on Fathers Day and filled it with notes for Larry. We are recycling).

The mail is opened each evening. We are keeping our own mail, I will save the notes in my memory book and keep them forever.

Life is truly about the simple things in life, isn’t it?

Love you beyond the moon.

Me

There are seven days till Camp starts. I have schedules to make and dinners to plan. Activities will be different because Matilda is almost 9 years old now and her interests have changed.

Matilda is a sweetheart. Spending a week with her is always a joy.

Because we have not gone anywhere in one year, Larry is taking a vacation week during camp! I am so excited. He and Matilda have a special relationship and having the week off, he can give her undivided attention.

It is Sunday morning. Larry and I are doing chores around The Cottage and he is out in the garden , watering, spending time in the Zen Garden weeding and just being Larry.

Our church has You Tube Services now. It isn’t very personal…but there is one sweet lady from church who texts me and checks up on us. Her name is Ginger and she is much like her name. Her kindness means the world to me.

I shall say bye on this quiet Sunday Morning. Home Depot has red garden chairs for around the fire pit and don’t you think that they would be perfect for Camp Robi?

Have a wonderful Sunday.

Love you beyond the moon.

Me

I am rattling around the house alone this morning, hoping to post about my “yesterday” before I start my busy today.

Yesterday, I had to make dicisions about….drum roll….Camp Robi. Is it really time? Will there be enough activities to do with what is happening in the world today? Will I have the energy to amuse an 8 year old for one week?

With Larry’s assistance, I made decisions on this years uniform and started our schedule.

I am having to work around locations that are open. Some of our favorite places are still closed due to the Covid-19. It is making things a bit difficult/different, but we can do this and my time with my Matilda is going to be wonderful.

This is year 5 for Camp Robi. I am looking forward to new and exciting activities this year and have the feeling that Matilda is going to teach me a thing or two, for instance, she is completely in love with TiK-Tok and a video game Terraria. I don’t think it will happen, but if by chance you see me dancing on Tik-Tok….it isn’t me.

Yesterday was a blessing to me. Planning camp and spending Larry’s lunch hour shopping for camp clothes. I focused on what is good, instead of watching friends take pot shots at each other on social media.

I think that (some people) should be ashamed. They are posting and preaching about love and acceptance, but the first time someone says something that they disagree with they become confrontational, rude and filled with self righteousness. It is an interesting commentary on human nature.

Life is precious. May your today be one of love, kindness…and the Golden Rule.

Love you beyond the moon.

Me

Last night, while thinking about today’s post, only one subject stood out. The relationship between these two kept coming to mind.

I never expected any grandchildren in my lifetime, let alone such a wonderful girl.

This week, Camp Robi week, is always a special time for Larry and myself. I believe that the idea of Camp Robi was hatched by Lauren and Josh years ago….I am not exactly sure of the particulars, but it is how I remember it. {a very kind gesture, wasn’t it?}

Right this second, Matilda is sitting at the dining room table. She is on one end of the table, watching something on her tablet and eating frozen grapes. The other end of the table is cluttered by a jigsaw puzzle begging to be finished. {the jigsaw puzzle is so much fun. Look for a picture soon}

Larry is working in his office, but when he takes a break, we will be visiting a “Little Library.”

I love the idea about a little library. find out more about them here—>

https://littlefreelibrary.org/

Matilda and I must find a book or two to donate….Camp Robi awaits…..

Have a great, wonderful day.

Love you beyond the moon.

Matilda, Larry and Robi

It is early this Monday morning. Larry is working in his office and Matilda is still asleep.

The studio is quiet except for Rachmaninoff symphony 2. My thoughts are all over the place this morning. We have been doing so much and have so much to do.

I have missed blogging the past month. Perhaps I have underestimated the importance of my daily blogging. Being organized to post each day, sharing ideas, feelings, ART, love, heartbreak…perhaps it is the beautiful music playing, but I feel utterly sentimental today.

Camp Robi is interesting. Matilda being here reminds me how awesome it was having kiddos but it also reminds me that my life is a new life. I am older, Cancer treatments have made me not as strong as I once was, My heart and mind are the same but dealing with my body is frustrating and sad.

There are a few of you who read Blog every day. You have to know how much you mean to me. I have met some amazing people through blog, reconnected and even kept up with some wonderful people here too.

The weather in Texas has been very bad and this awfulness expands across the country. If you are in harms way, please know that we will be thinking “safe” thoughts for you.

This is week is going to be just like a carousel, a Camp Robi Merry Go Round. I love it so much!

The campers at Camp Robi wish you a happy day and much love.

Love you.

Matilda, Larry & Robi