Mietzke's POST Holden Adventure

Hello friends and Family,

I have been out of the village for two weeks finishing up the last portion of my Waldorf Teacher training from which I graduated last week. The graduation was a sweet small affair and I will miss all of the beautiful women who I studied with for the last few years. Dave and the girls came up for the graduation and my Mother made the trek to Canada as well and it was so nice to be surrounded by so much love and support. I spent a week in Duncan BC doing a practicum and my mother came and spent the week with me getting some study time for herself during the day while I was at my practicum and then hanging out with me in the evenings. It was a good week.

On Wednesday of my practicum week David was changing a light bulb at the Holden Bed and Breakfast down lake and fell off a ladder breaking his ankle in two places and tearing ligaments. He had surgery on Wednesday and our friend Rachel took the girls back to the village. I had a job interview in California and my car was in Victoria Canada so I was unable to be with him for the surgery, but the village wrapped around us to help. Jaci and Linda our down lake goddesses drove Dave to and from the hospital and gave him food. My friend Rachel watched the girls in the village along with all of the other amazing friends we have here.

I got back to the Bed and Breakfast on Saturday night and came back up lake on Monday morning with Dave.

The village greeted me at the bus with a cap and gown and congratulation signs and a bar of chocolate to celebrate my graduation. They hummed a graduation song and it made me feel so loved. Then they greeted Dave with equal concern and care. It is so strange to feel so established here and to know that we will be leaving in just about ten weeks. It is possible that Dave will get his cast off the week we are leaving…It feels nice to be home and I am so thankful for all of the people who helped out during my absence and Dave’s predicament.

It is strange to adjust to the idea of leaving, but it also feels like the timing is right. I think it is going to be difficult for Dave to be here with such limited mobility, but he was already in the shop today working on some wood projects and finished my Maltese cross for Easter which turned out beautifully.

Dave made some big disks for the bottoms of his crutches, but I almost can’t bear to watch him go up and down the hill. The snow is wet and slippery and we got several inches of fresh snow last night. He seems to be taking it in stride though.

Easter is coming up fast and we are working on the plans for holy week and finishing up the decorations, and I am still in the throws of a job hunt and Dave and I are working on making life decisions. Life keeps moving right along and sometimes it is hard to keep up.