The Worst of Times

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2022 has certainly been challenging. Health issues just kept piling up. Our world turned right side up or upside down depending on your perspective. 

After family therapy we are good with the Loomis Levy's and have had the kids a lot. It's been fun but exhausting. 

We made a necessary choice to be closer to our adult daughters. After searching and changing our minds, we bought a great house in an over 55 community in Monroe Township, NJ. 

Funny but we are 45 minutes away from cousin Marissa and family; too far (2 hours) from Terri and Jeff and 1 1/2 hours to Manhattan. I may have mentioned this but our daughter MD gave 3 months notice, sold her house and got a job and apartment at a hospital near Lennox Hill. 

Our furbabies turned 11 and without the beach house (We sold it and will sell the RV.) they don't run as much as they used to but they are spry and healthy.

 I'll take pics when I am in the house and hopefully find my camera in one of the 6 suitcases we packed. 





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