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Windows of Hope
We had a beautiful warm Nov 14th, 2025. I think it might have reached 73 degrees. I stopped in at mom's and Diane called about then so joined us by speaker phone. Mom told us she wanted to go to the Co-op play this afternoon but the wheel chair van was still in the shop. Joan lent us one of her vans and Ruth and I were sure we could make that work. As soon as I got home this morning Mark wanted to start replacing the garage light. I don't think the old light has worked since we bought the farm. To do this job he put the cage on the fork lift attachment that we had on the tractor. He went into the cage and it was my job to lift him up without dumping him out. That was nerve racking as sometimes the controls on the tractor stick a bit and I needed to keep it smooth, no jerks and no quick moves. He first needed to take down the basketball hoop.
That was thrown down and then it was time to lift him to the peak of the garage roof to remove the old light fixture.
Once that was done he installed the new light then tried it out. It worked perfectly.
Below is a video of him doing the work.
When we finished that job we took the truck over to Joan's and brought back a camper. That was put in the barn for the winter.
The next 3 campers were just put in the yard. We will move those in tomorrow with the skid steer.
It was time to clean up to get ready for the Co-op play. We left in plenty of time but did not know there was construction on Farmington Road and we were stuck for almost 40 minutes. We still made it before the play started but not by a lot. That was such a good story. The Peoria Cooperative Academy presented "Windows of Hope" The play is stories of kindness in World War II. this was co-directed by Meg Koch and Lydia Peterson. 
Act 1 was so sad and told of the internment of the Japanese Americans into camps but the play focused on how the librarian Miss Breed helped the children by sending books and presents. Act 2 was the "North Platte Canteen" an d was based on "once upon a Town by Bob Greene. Act 2 had us laughing but also pulled on the heart strings on how hard it was for some of the soldiers. Act 3 was "Tucky Jo and Little Heart" by Patricia Polocco. We all gave hem a standing ovation at the end. The actors and actresses really did a wonderful job telling the stories of kindness. Below is just a tease.
