July 27, 2014

July 27, 2014

Written by Maximus Peperkamp, M.S. Verbal Behaviorist

Dear Reader, 

After getting up this writer and his wife worked in their front and back yard. It was nice to do this together before the sun was getting to hot. While his wife was watering and trimming the plants this writer hand-rolled the lawn and did cut the edges. When they had first moved in, their neighbor had given them her old-fashioned lawn mower, which still works very well for their small front lawn. She also said we could use her weed-wacker, but this writer prefers the quiet and peaceful job of cutting the edges by hand, with a scissor. Once he was done, he took a broom and swept the grass and cleaned the front porch. 

Yesterday, this writer was home alone, while his wife was out shopping. He was sitting on the couch and reading a paper. From where he was sitting, he had a nice view of the living room, the kitchen and the garden.  A sense of satisfaction and gratitude came over him. He realized how fortunate he was to have this beautiful home. He remembered sitting in the same spot when they first visited this house. At that time the house still had furniture in it belonging to the old lady who used to own the house. They had the walls of the living room painted in a light blue color. This writer is very pleased with this color. 

Although it was said in the news that it was going to be a very warm day, there were many clouds in the sky and it was relatively cool. While taking out the lawn mower from the garage this writer came upon a couple of boxes which contained pictures that were taken by his beloved father in law. This reminded him he had wanted to select some of these pictures to decorate his office. After he had chosen a couple pictures, he noticed that one of the big yellow envelopes in which they were kept, had his name "WAI" on it. Most likely it was his hand writing. This writer will cut out his name and hang this on his wall. Yesterday, when this writer and his wife were having a glass of wine in the study, which has her father’s chair in it, they toasted to him. He died more than two years ago, but their love for this wonderful man has only increased over time. His beneficial influence is still with them and they like to think of him very often.