It's Funny How Often Things Continue to Come Up

     This week has been busy trying to get things done in the Parents home so we can move Terri and her family in. We've made Dad's office/library into a more user friendly place; it's a work in progress and may be for some time. For now it looks really good. I continue to come across pictures, letters etc. of things I haven't seen before. We took the long table out of the library and almost got to the point of pulling Dad's old desk in there. This will make the rest of the room into a family room of sorts for Terri. I'll figure out how to post pictures when we're closer to being finished.

     Dad sometimes comes downstairs while we're working. I often wonder if he does it because he wants to see what we're doing and visit, or if he wants to make sure we aren't tossing things with reckless abandon. We have tossed a lot of stuff but so far it's been pamphlets, odd papers and things that should have been thrown away YEARS ago. So much of what he used to use in lecturing and counseling is still relevant but the documentation of such is not. There has been so much newer information in the last 15-20 years and those looking to follow his footsteps won't use the old information as references.

     Well, today was one of those days. He came downstairs and sat in the only good chair that currently occupies the room. Terri and I are working with piles of books, phonograph records and loose "ash 'n trash" on the desk and surrounding area. Sitting there he says, "you know, with this area's German heritage (some Coffmans mostly), I wonder if the museum might be interested in the beer stein collection".  Holy moly!! How many times is this going to come up? "No, Dad. David gets the steins. We've all talked about it and for a number of reasons he wants them and gets them. The only rule is that he has to come get them, we're not going to mail anything." "Well, that makes sense - there's no time like the present. When is he coming this way?"

     As far as his "condition" is...it's getting much better. The home-healthcare nurse said it would still take some time but it was improving. Currently, we are without scheduled appointments until the 17th of September for a follow-up.