What a Rainy Day
I left home in rain this early morning for a funeral in Hutchinson. It rained so hard as I was traveling through the New Ulm area I didn’t really have a chance to concentrate of the noise of the thunder over the noise of the rain.
Of my father’s family of nine children, only one remains. Aunt Janet is 86. Uncle Kenneth’s funeral brought nieces and nephews together. Kenneth had just turned 87. There was so much visiting going on over the funeral lunch it made the head spin. Church basements are notorious for zero amount of acoustics.
I stopped at the old homestead in Boon Lake Township. I had made off with JoAnn at the funeral that I would stop in for a few minutes. Everything was greening up as the rain fell. It was a good one on one. We both celebrated the end of winter. JoAnn’s first winter on the homestead doing it solo. She did it up well. She had already had all the lawnmowers that had been used on the farm loaded up and she is awaiting a new mower to be delivered. A mower that she can operate and a mower that will have a snowblower attached to it for the next winter. For a whopping $75.00 a year, the implement dealer will put it on the unit and take it off when the last storm has passed. Great deal.
I stopped at Fairfax to see my Fairfax team. Not as much time spent there as I would have liked, but I do have to acknowledge the working couple’s hours. It worked out fine as I was feeling the need to get back home to check on Dennis. The day had been long and full. Mostly the day was rewarding.
The fields are full. The ditches are full. We had a lot of rain during this day. I know the nighttime will be foggy. I am so thankful to have had this day. Every moment of it brought rewards. I now thank my Lord for it all.