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Pancakes For dinner

Husband made us pancakes for dinner last. Best late Valentines present ever. He even made bacon! Joyful tummies here!

I use to hate New Years. This is not the case this year. I have always felt like a failure. This year, I know I have had amazing successes, experiences that I never thought possible and many, many, take my breath away, happy experiences! This year, I’m looking forward to the New Year. I wantContinue reading “Happy New Year”

Confirmation Today

Oh my. We had confirmation at church today and the Bishop was there. I had helped the class a bit. In any case, mass started and a candle tips over into a vase of roses. Bishop Brenen was speaking, I look around for a more adult to do something but no one moves. I rushContinue reading “Confirmation Today”

Saturday Night

Saturday night is, normally, date night at home for husband and I. Tonight Anna is home so it’s a family night. Still a joyful evening. Pups are snuggled in. Life is good.

Survival

Someone asked me the other day how I survived with mom and my answer is simple; my dad’s aunts, Uncle Ben and Aunt Evelyn and my beloved Aunt Dot. Today, though, I was thinking of Uncle Ben. I wasn’t allowed to meet him until I was seven or eight and then we would go outContinue reading “Survival”

Struggling

Today would have been my biological mom’s 82nd birthday. With my mom by love having just moved and leaving our kids and grandkids behind and the former roommate back in the area, I’m an emotional mess. Further, I am with my husband whom I can’t go to for emotional support. It could be a longContinue reading “Struggling”

Heading home tomorrow!

We are headed home in the morning. It has been a good trip. Got to help family get ready for a move. Had time with the grandkids. Husband and I only had a couple of tense moments. One was because he is perfect and once because he let the former roommate back into our lives.Continue reading “Heading home tomorrow!”