From Mom: My husband just reminded me that nothing has been put on the Website and January is over half gone. So..... We spent the weekdays in December reading all your good Christmas mail! Thank you to all of you who still use this tradition as a way to keep in touch with friends and family. On Christmas morning, we invited Scott to have breakfast with us and open the "Santa sock" that we had filled for him. Breakfast was eggs, sweet rolls, waffles coffee and trimmings, so I am sur...
From Mom: The news continues to be good, though not as good or as quickly as I would prefer. I have been Christmas shopping by catalog orders, made one trip to the mall with two friends and have been wrapping the orders when delivered to our home. This week, we will be mailing and sending to out of town family that we do not expect to see for the holidays. This past weekend, I was able to attend a basketball game by Shea's JV team and attend the Skeele Agency Christmas party for owner...
From Mom: It is nearly November 1st and winter will soon be upon us. (Nov 9th....It is!!!) The latest news is that we have had house guests for the last two weekends. My brother was here and spoke at our church, and I had my first meeting with his new wife, Myra. She is a sweetheart, and Dan is very happy.....so I am very happy for both of them. Then we had Steven and his family here from Houston for three days including his in-laws. After they left, I walked 1.2 miles for the Cropwalk...
From: Connie Skeele To : All the loyal website checkers I am told that the most recent entry on this site was Aug. 1st and several have wondered if that was the most recent news. There are two answers to that: The first answer is "no" --- the second answer is that there is no longer the urgency to get the news posted, because the recovery continues, slowly but surely. I have been at home to stay for about 3 months now and the healing process continues, in answer to many prayers....
Mom has reached the official senior citizen milestone....65! Everyday since the accident is another day to give thanks to God the Father, her creator. I haven't been able to see Mom much the past two months due to my injury, but the time I have brings joy seeing the progress she's making. In Texas, GW's swagger may be called walking, but in NY, Mom's bounce in her "walk" now is simply a testimony of God's grace. Then there's her left hand and fingers. There, the local family members...
Today was the annual Skeele Agency picnic for all the office personnel and families. Crochet has become a tradition at this event where Mom and I have clearly established ourselves as fierce competitors aspiring to inspire all those involved to reach their full potential in skill AND diplomacy which is half the game. Due to both our current conditions this year, we loathed having to concede our participation this year. A few witty comments from the peanut gallery watching reminded me that ...
Happy Independence Day! Mom is slowly enjoying a little more "independence" as she slowly gets stronger and wants to do more things. Mom and I had breakfast this morning at 5:45am as Dad went to help out with the Cazenovia run. We scanned the paper finding a section of 40 questions testing our aptitude of U.S. & Central NY history. After church, Mom and Dad came up to our house to celebrate Noah's birthday early since other relatives were visiting also. I want to thank you all ag...
Mom's strength is returning. She appears more alert and active overall. Steve made a surprise appearance this weekend to see MOm. There was lots of laughter and catching up with the activities going on in Houston and his family. I have an interesting story to share with you all. It reminded me of a country song with the theme of not letting "the chain of love end with you" where you continually pass on doing self sacrificing acts for others without expectation of compensation or prai...