SEPTEMBER 26, 2026

Palmyra, New York

Hello again,

Back in December 2025, I celebrated my eleven years of life bonus as a result of having the Angio Sarcoma surgery in December 2014.  Remember, I had asked the Boston doctors what I would gain if I went ahead with the life-saving surgery, and they had predicted a normal life expectancy.  In my mind, I calculated that my Mom had lived to be 90 years and 6 months.  Daddy on the other hand had lived 71 years and 9 months.  Since I was 78 at the time, I let myself defer to Mom's life length versus Daddy's, and chose to have the surgery.  It has paid off without a doubt.  Here I am, just 68 days from my 90th birthday with Russ and our great grandson, Aiden.

Life had been eventful since my last posting.  It has included a second event regarding my heart and caused me to spend seven days at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York where I had a Pacemaker installed.  Its job is to keep my heart chambers pumping steadily at the same rate.  On July 16th my pulse dropped dangerously low and continued to be a concern until the pacemaker was installed.  Since that time, I have been taking it easy until I began Cardiac Rehab on September 14th.   I will continue them twice a week for a total of 36 sessions.  

In the meantime, I have written a Snapbook book entitled HOSPITAL ABC's for preschool age children using photographs I took while in the hospital and have already published it.  It won a 3rd place gold ribbon at the Wayne County Fair.

I am also working on completing the third edition of Grandma Rita Remembers and have even began thinking about Volume four.  

 Hello Again!

Rita here on Sunday, February 15, 2026.

Thanks to the miraculous Angiosarcoma surgery in December 2014, I have continued to live out my "normal life expectancy."  Our life has been full and active.  So much so, that I have seldom thought to post here.  In case you wonder what we have been doing:

We continued to RV until stopped cold by Covid.  It sat still all of 2020, and most of 2021 season.  We only attended two Bluegrass Festivals that year, so we sold it in September 2021.  We sold the truck and RV as a set, so we were down to one car until November 2024 when we purchased a 2014 Subaru.  We inherited a cat from our granddaughter and found ourselves very content to stay home with our happy companion.    

Rita has published Volume Two of Grandma Rita Remembers and expects to publish Volume Three this year.  She takes pictures almost daily and is active on https://www.pixoto.com/ritagoebert.