Mother's Day

Another post from a Facebook friend:

Re-post this if you have a Mom in Heaven!¸¸.•*"Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ"*•.¸¸

If flowers grow in heaven Lord, then pick a bunch for me. Place them in my Mothers arms and tell her they're from me. Tell her that I love and miss her, and when she turns to smile, ( ◕‿◕｡) ღ ❤ place a kiss upon her cheek and hold her for awhile.

MLK, Jr. quote

A Friend from Facebook posted this:

"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that" -Martin Luther King, Jr

Happy Easter

Reflections of Christ Slideshow
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All 26 images from the Reflections of Christ project by Mark Mabry.

Bits and pieces

I'm happy with myself, I finally got my Shingles shot last week. Easy peasy. Since I had chickenpox as a child and my father had a nasty case, I thought it prudent.

Anyway, my arm was red for a few days where the shot was given and it itched for a couple of days, but it's all good now.

And then I chipped a back tooth, so I'm getting a crown next week.

And now it is snowing - my bulbs have been peeking out of the ground for awhile already and now it is snowing.

February has been an interesting month.

Remembering Challenger 25 Years Later

‘High Flight’ by John Gillespie Magee, Jr.

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds, – and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless falls of air...
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, nor eer eagle flew –
And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod
The high, untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.

From left are Ellison Onizuka, Mike Smith, Christa McAuliffe, Dick Scobee, Greg Jarvis, Ron McNair and Judith Resnik


President Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office of the White House from his televised address to the nation about the space shuttle Challenger explosion:

"The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God." "

Good-bye Aunt Marianne

Saturday was spent with mixed emotions. The oldest generation is all gone now that Aunt Marianne passed away on January 5th. Her service was on Saturday and the room was filled with relatives, friends, neighbors and co-workers - all telling wonderful stories.

We all enjoyed her 100th birthday in June 2010, and that is a wonderful way to remember her.

and Happy 2011, belatedly

I got caught up in my life, also my 100 yr old aunt passed away on the 5th & we've been busy with all that that entails. Her memorial service is next Saturday - January 15th.

It's been snowing here, but nothing is sticking. I need a really big snow to perk me up!

I've been cleaning out again - several trips to the recycling bin & garbage can. And, several boxes ready for charity.

Our house's foundation was worked on January 3-5, so we are now level. They raised the Southeast corner of the hour almost 4" - so now I have cracks inside that need fixing, some windows that don't want to shut, doors that do shut now...a mixed blessing. I'll post pictures of this later.

I've been cross-stitching and will post pictures of that later, too.

I hope you all have a wonderful 2011.