January
6, 2014 Rosenfeld News by Tina Wolfe
If ever I could have chosen a winter
to be laid up inside, this definitely is the winter for it. I’ve never liked
the bone freezing temperatures and always looked forward to going south for two
weeks. This of course isn’t happening this winter but I like the old arithmetic
in which 2 plus 2 equals four. Guaranteed we’ll have winter again next year and
due to the fact I’m not going this year, well, you get the picture.
Monday, January 06, 2014 and the
kids were supposed to go back to school after Christmas break only to be told
they could go back to bed; the buses weren’t running. I can hear some yahooing
going on in some homes and others where the kids really were ready to go back
to class and tell their friends what they received for Christmas.
Condolences
Christmas is a time for celebrating
and family gatherings but some families in the Rosenfeld area were filled with
sadness when they lost loved ones during this holiday season.
Brian and Roxanne Friesen and their
family were one of those families. Brian’s father, Ed Friesen of Winkler,
formerly of Horndean, passed away on December 16. He was 88 years old. The
funeral service was held in the Winkler Sommerfeld Church on Friday, Dec. 20
with internment at the Rosenheim Cemetery.
Another family was the Grant and
Leona Nickel’s. Grant’s mom, Helen Nickel of Altona, formerly of Weidenfeld
passed away Wednesday, Dec. 18. She was 99 years old and predeceased by her
husband, J.J. Nickel and one son. A memorial service was held on Jan. 3 at the
Altona United Church with a private family burial at the Weidenfeld Cemetery.
A dear, dear friend of mine passed
away Boxing Day, Dec. 26. Kay Lang of Altona, formerly of Rosenfeld was 94
years old. A private funeral service was held on Monday, Dec. 30 at the Wiebe
Funeral Chapel in Altona with internment at the Rosenfeld Cemetery. She was
predeceased by her husband, August and leaves three daughters and their
families to celebrate her life.
Kay and I go a long way back and shared
the love of mowing grass. I helped her out with yard work every summer for many
years; she mowed until the spring she was 91. We had many discussions about her
waiting for God to come get her and I can hear her say when she reached the
pearly gates “It’s about time.” She was one spunky lady and I’m going to miss
her very much.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to
the many families as they go through this mourning period.
Retirement
Congratulations go out to Gail
Shimenek on her retirement from her job at Red River College. From what the
little bird tells me, Gail and Percy will be doing a lot of travelling for the
first few months. We were invited to meet them in Mexico but we’ll have to take
a rain check this year.
Progress
report
Even though I had that ugly stomach
flu for two weeks, I still managed to fit in a few stretching exercises and
surprised my therapist when I went back to physio. As I stated in my last
column, my right knee can go around on the exercise bike and the left knee
bends to a 100 degree angle. My goal was 90 so I think I deserve bragging
rights. There are many challenges in my situation; some of which I would never
have given a second thought. One such challenge is drying between my toes. I
know, it sounds simple. We do it after every bath but I couldn’t put my finger
between my toes after the accident without having a lot of pain. So the other
day when I finally accomplished this feat, I was pumped. Every small step
forward is step in the right direction.
I keep myself busy reading, watching
movies, doing jigsaw puzzles, exercising and playing computer games. Friends
drop by for coffee and stay to chat even during this awful cold snap. Dave has
taken over the kitchen and I think I may allow him to stay even after I can
walk without my 4-wheeler. He makes very good pie and borscht.
Our granddaughter, Amber, is flying
in tonight (Monday) from Germany and we are celebrating her return and
Christmas tomorrow. We can hardly wait; don’t know how I’ll manage to sleep.
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