Pardon me for not coming up with an interesting subject for this week’s column.
Recent inclement weather and a vehicular problem have forced Jamie and me to stay cooped up in our home most of the time; thus, there was no idea for a topic.
I’m not complaining. It’s just my excuse for not having an interesting entry, column-wise. Hopefully, my future columns will be much more interesting.
I was without a car for three days when I made a trip to Union City to pick up a friend. I didn’t make it to my destination because my car just stopped running when I made a turn on the right street and practically in the middle of the street. Luckily, if needed, another car could get around it if needed.
It wouldn’t start for me so I walked up the street to my destination and made some phone calls and, within minutes, a police officer showed up as did a towing company. My mechanic was only several more blocks away anyway and I truly didn’t want to walk that far since my aching legs and knees were already bothering me (probably due to the low high temperatures).
Then, my mechanic did his magic once again and I had it back in a few days. That incident wasn’t in my plans for that day, which was Tuesday morning, but I needed to get the car fixed because it was my only means of transportation without bothering to ask anybody for help.
The car was finished late Thursday afternoon and hopefully will not have to return to the shop anytime soon unless it’s for an oil change.
The problem was a bad fuel pump. I couldn’t believe it. My car started in all of that cold weather in January when I fired it up, so I thought it was going to be an okay winter, driving-wise. Wrong.
But, I’m glad it’s back home even though this recent “storm” covered it with a few inches of snow, not to mention the ice that was predicted and occurred.
I can’t wait for life to get back to normal. All I can say, be careful traveling in all of these snowy, rainy, windy days. Who knows what’s going to happen in the next five months when spring is scheduled to arrive? Even though I don’t like to hurry time along, I can’t wait for life to get back to normal again.
Bring warmer weather on.
One thing that did amaze me this past week is the number of people we know have passed away. Both my son and I were shocked to hear of the ones we know when we received each piece of news, especially our cousin Steve Waymire.
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Jamie and I extend our condolences to the families and friends of (cousin) Steve Waymire, Chris Kelly, Roy Harrison Sr., Mark Howdieshell, Deb Hathaway, Paul Robbins Jr., Sherry Batten, Christopher Campbell, George Pierron and Delores Williams.
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Please send prayers for Scott Monnin, Roger Fleckenstein, Karon Crowell, Bob Jackson, Penny Hopkins, Renee Bergman, Sherry Lawrence, Jerry Gower, Barbara Alexander, Jim Marker, Kierra Reichert, Evelyn Manning, Becky Shultz, Tom Everhart, Kevin Schlechty, Darla Printz Whittaker, Roan Brubaker, Sandy Partin, Sandy Gunckle, Tonya Kelly, Jody Christman, Robert Christman, Mike Hopkins, Bob Christian, GraceLynn Harter, Chester Bryant, Linda Johnston, Terri Hunt, Patricia Maier, Ken Wombold, Delores Beisner, Jodi Gilpin Snyder, Charlie Bulcher, Ron Moody, Charlyee Severance, Justin Fritz, Jeremy “Jerm” Burke, DeWayne Yohey, Katrina Hoening, (cousin) Carol Byrd, Gladys Neff, Kara Didier, Carl Francis, Craig “Cheese” Thompson, Bridget Brown, Don DeBord, Otis Stewart, Slug Midlam, Bob Peters, Phyllis Brumbaugh, Judy Collins, Linda Gasper, Carol Hemmerich, Dan and Lisa Lockhart, Roberta Hall, Kelly Kelch, Mike Mayse, Steve Waymire, Nikole Baldridge, Lester Beisner, Mark Lovejoy, Judy York, Donald Booker, Dennis Leeper, Connie Stachler, Randy Heck, Ronnie Norton, Gary Eichler, David Pretzman, Clinton Randall, Ralph Byrd, Bruce Kaiser, Amanda Mote, Paul Gigandet, Doug Whittington, Neal Gray, Judie Hathaway, Randy Garrison, Kathy Gragorace, Donna Bixler, Cathy Melling and all others who are suffering from other life-altering illnesses.
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Happy birthday to:
Feb. 19 to Marvin Pierron, Larry Singer, Shawn Peters and Jarvis Thwaits.
Feb. 20 to Melissa Anderson and brother Jarrod Anderson, Dan Lenker, Bev Garrison, Brooke Muhlenkamp and Larry Hall.
Feb. 21 to Anson Phillips, Gary Moody, Joey Kunk, Kim Garber Bloom and Maegan Rismiller.
Feb. 22 to Lyn Bliss and Jay Schricker.
Feb. 24 to Jenny Riffell, Stefanie Gasper Zumbrun. Harold Rismiller, Terry Holden, Ed Huff Jr., Jessie Applegate Riffle and Clair Monnin.
Feb. 25 to Russ Reichard Jr., Amy Fulk, Angie Stewart, Linda Wappelhorst, Dr. Brad Bruns, Michelle Dickey-Black, Glenna Broomhall and Amber Godwin.
Happy anniversary to Terry and Marge Young on Feb. 20 and Gary and Judy Middleton on Feb.22.
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Think about it: “The thing about grief is that it’s very sneaky. A sound. A scent. A song. A smile becomes tears.”–Author Unknown
