Friends
I was invited to a wine party last night at my friend Sarena Ebel's home. It was a wine tasting party put on by Jan of Traveling Vinyards. It was my third party. Apparently everyone knows that I like wine.
It was a small group of ladies; seven of us. We shared some wonderful food that Sarena prepared with the sole purpose of complimenting the wine. It was scrumptious! The food was good too! :)
What was even better was time spent with friends. I got to see Ginny Kleven again and gave her a big hug. She's a wonderful lady who has had some heartache recently in her life. She just lost her sister-in-law to cancer. As she was leaving she told me that her brother Mark isn't doing well. He's down in Texas at the Cancer Center and is to the point of being put in a nursing home as he isn't strong enough to make the trip back home to ND. She cried. All I could do was hold her and tell her that I was here for her whenever she needed me. I felt for her; I will keep her, her brother Mark and the entire Kartes family in my prayers.
Donna, Sarena and I went to The Buff to the farewell party of Julie Montgomery, an educator at JRCC who resigned her position as of Friday. Though I do not know the full reason for her resignation, I suspect there was a lot of internal conflict between Bismarck Central Office and the staff at JRCC. She was good and implemented a lot of good things for the inmates at JRCC. I wish her well.
Donna and I made a quick stop at IDK before I took her home and hit the road myself. For some reason I am getting free XM-Sirus radio - I believe it to be a promotional thing - and I hit on 80's on 8. A perfect way to end an enjoyable evening out with friends - the Journey song "Only The Young" hit the airwaves.
It was a small group of ladies; seven of us. We shared some wonderful food that Sarena prepared with the sole purpose of complimenting the wine. It was scrumptious! The food was good too! :)
What was even better was time spent with friends. I got to see Ginny Kleven again and gave her a big hug. She's a wonderful lady who has had some heartache recently in her life. She just lost her sister-in-law to cancer. As she was leaving she told me that her brother Mark isn't doing well. He's down in Texas at the Cancer Center and is to the point of being put in a nursing home as he isn't strong enough to make the trip back home to ND. She cried. All I could do was hold her and tell her that I was here for her whenever she needed me. I felt for her; I will keep her, her brother Mark and the entire Kartes family in my prayers.
Donna, Sarena and I went to The Buff to the farewell party of Julie Montgomery, an educator at JRCC who resigned her position as of Friday. Though I do not know the full reason for her resignation, I suspect there was a lot of internal conflict between Bismarck Central Office and the staff at JRCC. She was good and implemented a lot of good things for the inmates at JRCC. I wish her well.
Donna and I made a quick stop at IDK before I took her home and hit the road myself. For some reason I am getting free XM-Sirus radio - I believe it to be a promotional thing - and I hit on 80's on 8. A perfect way to end an enjoyable evening out with friends - the Journey song "Only The Young" hit the airwaves.
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