THANKSGIVING 2022

THANKSGIVING 2022

Each year, I try to send a special Thanksgiving message. 

I try to send something that would be a musing

about our world. Sometimes the message would be a part

of what I call "SKY WATCH", in which I  urge readers

to get outside to  see the stars and planets above. But

this year, it is hard for me to send such a message, because

of the death of my companion, Don Snyder, who lived 

in St. Louis, Missouri, and died just before Thanksgiving. 

So,when I read Margaret Renld's Column, "How to Give Thanks in 

a Messed-up World," I liked it and turned to memories of

Don.

Don and I shared a sense of adventure.  He seemed a

stickler for focus and attention to technology.  He gave

freely of his time to try to set up a computer system by

which I was able to communicate with my readers

from around the world.  But once he started to show

me something, if I was diverted he would tell me,

"No! Not now!  We have to get this done!" It is Don

that I remember as I write now.

It was because of Don that I learned about the 

beauty of  Woodworking.  It was with him that 

I attended the Saturday morning lectures on math

and physics. The turmoil which has affected so many

people had affected us as well. I left St. Louis

to come to Washington, to be close to my children.

Don sold his small house and moved into another facility

at the request of his family.  Though we were unable 

to see each other.  We were able to keep in touch 

with the technology he showed me.  Because of that 

and because of the messed-up world he and I were in.

Don died miles away from me during the Thanksgiving Season.

Then I remembered the words of Margaret Renld in her

column on November 26, "loss and love will always

belong to each other, that sorrow has always been 

joy's quiet twin." I spoke with Don's family.  And 

then I walked in my small garden.  The crisp air told me 

snow will soon come.

Beverly

beverlyrehfeld1@gmail.com

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