Here we are

We have been in Boulder with Betsey since Thursday evening, and it has been such a full time, there hasn't been a lot of opportunity for blogging. But here is the basic story:

--Betsey came home from ManorCare on Saturday. The transition went well, and she is very glad to be home. 

--Katie left this morning for Columbia, MO where she will spend the next couple of weeks packing up and emptying out the house she originally planned to live in this year before she came home last Sept. to help with her mom. 

--Rob and Ellen are the primary caregivers right now, helping Betsey with all the various personal tasks. I have found my primary role to be reading aloud to Betsey, which is relaxing for her and helps her to go to sleep. 

--Emma, daughter of Lyria, Betsey's Qi Gong healer, will start working as a helper on Tuesday. That will make it possible for Rob to spend some time each day at the office. 

--Friday evening, Rob, Katie, Ellen and I went to the university for a special performance of scenes from a new opera-in-progress by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer, based on the movie, It's A Wonderful Life. If these names are not familiar, look them up on Google-they are huge in the contemporary opera world. This was a really special event and both Heggie and Scheer testified that having three weeks to work with students on their new opera while they are still composing it was a unique and immensely rewarding experience. The opera will premier in December at Houston Grand Opera. 

--After taking Katie to the bus this morning, I went to church, and afterward did some errands. Doing errands will be another way I can help. Thank God for Ellen! 

 

                 Dinner for special guests before the opera

                         Gene Scheer and Jake Heggie