Check, Double-Check, And We’re Off!

5:00 A.M. Alarm — CHECK!

Up, bathed, coiffed — CHECK!

Aunt Rye with Banty Chicks c. 1940

Pills taken, breakfast eaten — CHECK!

Chickens fed and watered — CHECK!

Lunches made, thermos of decaf filled — CHECK!

Books for inevitable waits ready — CHECK!

Car packed  — CHECK!

7:00 a.m. off to Seattle — CHECK!

We hope and pray that this specialist has some

Oysterville Stagecoach c 1880

positive suggestions for Nyel’s “next steps.”  It sure will be worth this and every other up-and-back trip to Seattle no-matter-what-and-weather-be-damned!  Cross your fingers for us!

3 Responses to “Check, Double-Check, And We’re Off!”

  1. Diane Buttrell says:

    My heart and best hopes travel and wait with you.

  2. maggie stuckey says:

    Diane said it beautifully, and so I echo her — “My heart travels with you.”

    Stay strong, dear friends; you have a large, dedicated, vociferous cheering squad riding in the car with you and sitting beside you in the waiting rooms.

  3. Sturges says:

    Be safe. We hope for the best.

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