What Really Matters In Life

St. John was a fog and rain out but the place I stayed in was nice.

My next place is a special one. I’m staying with my cousin Karen and her husband Gary for the night. I make it to their place in Whites Cove, New Brunswick. They have a wonderful place with tons of land by the water. I am warmly welcomed by both of them and we quickly catch up on family stuff. We talk about my trip and what I have seen and where I’ve been. I show them the book from my Greece blog and they love the idea of turning these blogs into books. The memories last forever and are easily read and re-read. Gary BBQ’s up some steaks and we sit down for a great dinner.

After dinner Karen asks if I want to go to the club. Club? Out here in the middle of nowhere? Sure! We hop in her car and off we go. It seems that Gary has a MC club that he belongs to and they have a club house nearby. I am graciously welcomed by Tony (the barkeep for the night) when I walk in. I’m introduced around and we settle in for a night of socializing. Karen’s daughter Tara joins us, along with Gary and a few others. (Names escape me as I write this.) We enjoy a few drinks, chit chat and great company.

There is a warm feeling that envelops you (no, not from the whiskey!) when you are made to feel like you belong in the group, even though you just arrived. That is the power of family. You don’t have to see them everyday but when you do time just evaporates and your one unit again. We head back to the house and finish the evening with some pie and wine. I head up to bed and sleep like a baby.

The next morning I get up and Gary makes me a coffee. He has to set out early to pick up some parts in another town. Gary owns an auto shop. Karen gets up and we just sit talking away while having our coffee and me doing my knitting. I head up to get dressed and I come down to find breakfast waiting for me. I could get used to being treated like royalty.

We have a bite to eat and then head off to see Steven’s house. (I’m getting a whirl wind visit cause I only have one day). Steven moved down here a little while ago and has bought a house with his partner. They are in the middle of renovating it. It sits on about 20 acres of bush. Once again, beautiful. The work they are doing is marvelous. It is great to see young people putting their stamp on where they live. The care and hard work show in the finished results. The gardens and the front deck look very nice and Steven fills us in on what they plan to do next. After coffee we head down to The Boot in Gagetown for some lunch. Karen, Steven and I enjoy a nice lunch while catching up and just visiting in general.

We get back to the house and Gary has a surprise for me. He fixed my back windshield wiper. The spring was lose and would not clean the whole window. So while he was in town getting the other parts he bought me a new assembly and installed it while I was out and about this morning. Isn’t he just the best???!!!

I get packed up and am ready to head out. Karen has stocked me up with one box of wine and one box of wine coolers all made by herself! Well, don’t I just feel special. These two have a way of making you feel like you really are special. They are just hard working, real people who don’t put on airs and don’t care what you have or don’t have. They look at who you are and whether you have a good heart.

Well, I’m going to miss all of them! I’ll have to come back next year for a week. Who knows, maybe I’ll move down here in the future.Meer informatie