Homecoming Welcome and please stay tuned as there will be one final blog to follow this one

There were balloons on the side door and everything looked fine although the grass and flower beds are overgrown. I went next door to Lorraine’s house, said hello and got the house key. While Dave looked around inside, I went across the street to tell Boyd that we were back in town. He brought the mail in and checked the dehumidifier until his surprise stomach operation. Then his daughter Marnie and Lorraine took over. Afterward, I visited Hank and Edna who live on the other side of our house. They also watch out for any strange activity. We have all been good neighbors for 32 years. Then from the front yard I called each of our children to tell them of our safe arrival. Emily and Matthew who came over periodically to cut the grass and start the vehicles had been over last night. There were balloons all over, a fresh bouquet of flowers with Welcome and Happy Anniversary signs, chocolate covered almonds in a bowl and mixed nuts in another. There was a nice basket of tomatoes from Adam's first attempt at gardening. In the fridge there was a quiche and an apple pie made by Matthew’s Melissa and downstairs in the freezer was a Welcome Home ice cream cake. WOW ! Thanks Emily and Matthew. I had a snack and then a shower and it was strange to be back in our house. I had to think twice about where things were. Matthew and Emily with her dog, Sako, came over later and spent the evening with us. It was a great homecoming.