Happiness
Sisterhood
My mom’s sister and one of her son’s were able to come celebrate my parent’s anniversary. When they were at the house today, my mom got out the beautiful scrapbook she made of her family. It included photos and stories of her parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and other relatives. My mom and her sister reminisced […]
Singing in the Car
I met some friends tonight for dinner and had a wonderful time as usual. It was almost a half an hour drive back home, so I cranked up the “Jesus Jams” on the Christian radio station. I seemed to connect with each song, one after the other. The music got louder as each new selection […]
Aunt Anticipation
My parents will be celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary in a couple of weeks. They decided to have a small party at the house and we got busy sending out invitations. My mom’s sister is the only living immediate family member for both of my parents. She lives very far away and they haven’t been […]
Fighter Plane
The other night I volunteered with the Fostering Hope Foundation at the monthly cooking events. I noticed that the young woman who organizes the event had a new tattoo of a WWII airplane. She shared the story of the unusual work of art. Her grandfather was in the Air Force and flew a fighter plane in WWII. […]
Call From the Navy
Since my nephew left for the Navy, my sister has been anxiously waiting to hear his voice and know that he is OK. She received a phone call from him this morning and called my parents and me after they hung up. She was overjoyed as she repeated the short conversation. She said he sounded […]
Similar Photos
Today my daughter-in-law’s sister shared a picture of my older grandson lying down with his little sister. It was very cute. A while into the day, I realized that I have a picture of my 2 sons that is very similar taken about 23 years ago. At that time they were also very close to […]
Simple Encounters
I was out and about running errands today. Tomorrow’s weather is supposed to be cold and icy, so I wanted to get as much done as possible and get home with dinner. There were a couple instances that made me take a step back and smile. I was going into one store and held the […]
Learning Pickleball
A couple of weeks ago, I was talking with a friend about the game “Pickleball”. It seems to be gaining popularity – especially with people in their 40’s and older. I thought it sounded like fun and perhaps it would be something I should learn. This week at the Parkinson’s support group, it was announced […]
Celebrating and Resting
Yesterday, my sisters came for the day. We celebrated one of my sister’s birthday. I really enjoy putting together events, even small family parties. I have so much fun deciding what kind of cake to make and what kind of dinner to have. After the family celebration, we went to a painting party to celebrate […]
Cheerful People
We had several errands to run today and I anticipated that there would be a lot of people out. There were. But people were very happy and helpful. My dad found an item that he had been looking for with the help of the sales clerk in the store and got some other questions answered […]
Still Finding God 