Spring is Coming...

Hope you had a wonderful first day of March.Spring is just around the corner!“This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, ...courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.”   Author Unknown  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

My Forever............

You are my forever............

Forever Young in My Eyes

My mama &dad and with two of my children

Have you ever thought about how parents and grandparents appear to look the same and never seem to age  the older you get?? I thought about this the other day I was watching home movies you know the 8mm.reel to reel kind with no sound and everyone has their eyes almost closed shut from the big bright lights shinning in their  face.While watching the movies,and yes crying a little..It seemed as though my parents and grandparents ages have stayed the same over the years.When I look at them nothing seems to change,It's as though they have stood still in time.Not getting any younger and not getting any older just the right age for the right time....                          

When I see my parents and grandparents I see all the wisdom in their faces the accomplishments,love and joy that has made them who they are today.I wonder, how my own children see me? Do they see me in the same way?Wondering regarding to my own children and grandchildren...What age of time will they most remember me in ? Will they see the wisdom of a older much wiser mom and grandparent? The older they get...It amazes me that the more things change the more they seem to stay the same..

My papa Arnold praying

 Sometimes the clock may seem to have stopped but the calendar is always racing ahead.The youthful smiles and laughs are etched into the deep groves on their faces...And for that they will forever in my heart be young...."Holding on to some people no matter how old they get,never lose their beauty..They merely move it from their faces into their hearts" (Martin Buxbaum)

The best pancake maker ever!!

I love my parents and grandparents and in my heart they will forever be young... "There are days of oldness,and then one gets young again".(Katherine Butler)

My mom's dad & mom(Grandma & Papa Williams)

My dad's dad & mom(Grandma & Papa Lesley)

My grandma Lucy I will forever remember her at this age....

Grateful to My Self/Me

When you reach the ripe old age of 52 like I have you start to feel a little OLD and LAZY,EMOTIONAL TIED and AFRAID...So here's to Me/Self a letter...To remind me to feel grateful to myself...
            Dear Self, 
                      O.k. Self/Me I love you. I love you for who you have made me out to be..Not everyone loves their self and not everyone loves you self/me but that's o.k I love your brown/black/going gray hair that has a mind of it's own and those Cow Barn eyes (deep brown) that can shed a tear when required.I love those long arms that stretch to the sky and loves to give big strong hugs.Also for those long fingers and toes (that in reality favor a monkeys).I love, believe it or not, the facial hair that I have now acquired.(I Dub Thee Tracy as my official hair plucker when home from college a job I know she will feel honored to have..lol Self, I love the fact that you are almost always several inches taller than most and for your working thinking mind and the fact that most do not understand your way of thinking.Ha,Ha..I love your fun spirit and how you make others laugh, for the beating heart that was given you that loves beyond measure.Oh and the fact that you can still move this somewhat healthy body Running,Walking, Jumping and Bending now that was a workout! I love that you have a style all your own not so sure how that will work for you when you are 70..We will have to see how that goes....                                                                                                      
                      I know you have done some hard and amazing things since we have been together and the satisfaction that those hard things have brought, one of which, was giving birth"WHEW"now that is Love....I love that you chose to marry the most amazing man on earth.Not always seeing eye to eye on things but knowing he loves me and he knows Me/Self better than anyone almost more than I know myself..                                                                 
                       Self,you do need to do some much needed work on the way you take things out on the Sweetest man that has worked so hard for you.Thank-You in advance for working on that.I love that most of the time you are fun loving and just laid back,well most of the time. lol I find you could be a little bit nicer at times and not be to hard on others,and again you do need to try to work on that.I am amazed that you have a heavenly father who does know you and loves you for who you are and that makes you feel so very important. I love that you have a strong faith although you do need to work on being more diligently to studying the bible and yes praying..I know you're wanting to start working on that as well..  SOON!!                          

                          Loving the fact that you have family and friends.I love that you have a giving heart toward others.I don't like that you expect too much out of people.You got to stop doing that and you need to appreciate who they are and what they do.Even though they do not always see and do things your way...Self/me you are a wife,mom and Mimi and I love all the love you  hold  in your heart for those who have been placed in your life.Self you did  a Awesome job at choosing them to love.The love you have for family and friends and the love they have for you..Your love never ending..So looking back Self/Me you have done alright with what you have been giving..Feeling ever so GRATEFUL!!! I love you and thank you for giving of yourself..Remember,Self/Me  you are fearfully and wonderfully made...And don't ever forget it.............

My Beautiful Brown Babies......

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. Albert Einstein. Skin color is not skin deep. It is less than skin deep. Of the 30,000 or so genes embedded in human DNA, only a very few have anything to do with skin color. All races are basically alike in mental, emotional and physical make up. Skin color is only cosmetic. I am a very Proud Mimi of two precious little Brown Babies that I love with all my heart..They are bright,beautiful and loving little ones..It saddens me and breaks my heart to think about how people can be toward someone who is different not only in color but with handicaps..I pray one day that all this hate will fade away..I pray that the girls will grow up to be God fearing,God loving young women..And color will  matter no more...What a Wonderful World it Would Be!! I Love you my SWEET little Brown babies with all my Heart!! Happy Martin Luther King Day

True Meaning of Happiness

My baby girl EriRose

My Sweet,Sweet Sydney lou..

My little Ty-Man...

Ty

Eri

After playtime at Mimi's

The true meaning of HAPPINESS is taught to me by my grandchildren.I think the reason I Love my grandchildren and cherish the relationship I have with them is because they bring a sense of innocence into my life...Most of the time I run around and seem to never take the time to grasp hold of the simple things.The old saying" never taking time to smell the roses" but when I get those babies for a day or for a overnight Mimi sleepover they have a way of making me drop everything and realize how fast they grow up.And how they have this pure innocence about them that is so heart stirring and really puts things into perspective.I have found out that it is not always about working and letting all the stress of everyday life get to you.To take your focus off of what is really important in life.Who cares if they crash your house and you can't take a step across the floor without tripping over the toys.It is about the simple things the simple pleasures they bring into your life the way they see things for the first time.The way they feel things and especially the way they can say things that can really put you in your place and it's a place that I sometimes need to be to make me realize that this world does not revolve around me, that it revolves around a sense of being a sense of belonging of giving and sense of growing.The unconditional LOVE they give.I have found that I take all of this for granted.To take ME out of the picture.And I believe with all my heart that these things I have mentioned are a true sense of happiness that we all need in our life.To take hold of the innocence they bring to us and the unconditional LOVE they so freely give..Thank you for showing Mimi the true meaning of HAPPINESS....I Love you my sweet babies and forever in my heart you will be...

Sydney

"~TO YOU WHO ARE MY "HEART": THIS {"MY PLACE", AND ALL OF THE CONTENTS HERE WITHIN-THE PHOTOS, JOURNALING, ALL OF IT}IS DEDICATED TO "YOU", THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN MY LIFE, MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. ~"YOU ARE MY HEART!" ~LOVE MOM & GRAND-MA"

"~TO YOU WHO ARE MY "HEART":

THIS {"MY PLACE", AND ALL OF THE CONTENTS HERE WITHIN-THE PHOTOS, JOURNALING, ALL OF IT}IS DEDICATED TO "YOU", THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN MY LIFE, MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. ~"YOU ARE MY HEART!" ~LOVE MOM & GRAND-MA"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glorious Messes...

I ran across this quote and it really hit home for me, for all those who know me, know that I am somewhat of a clean freak.I for one have always jumped right in to clean up the mess that was made on Christmas Day.The never ending shreds of wrapping paper and the boxes and bows scattered about,but for some reason this year I woke up the day after Christmas and found things pretty much how we had left it after our family Christmas Day celebration.I think this is all part of the magic of Christmas.You only have so many years of your life left to enjoy the simple moments that take place during Christmas.The surprises found that morning left by Santa, gathering around the table for a home cooked breakfast with those you love..And then the shaking of gifts trying to guess what is inside a beautifully wrapped package.The Ohs and Awe's, the little ones surprised look when they finally get to see what their gift was after pulling one little piece of paper off at a time.The smiles and laughter...And for one split second adults who become childlike once again.So for the first time in a while I DECIDED TO HOLD OFF ON THE PROCESS OF JUMPING RIGHT IN AND CLEANING UP, TO LET THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS LINGER AWHILE LONGER..To enjoy family and friends filling us with LOVE and JOY..Yep, I am so Blessed to have had that GLORIOUS MESS!!! 

Our Christmas Tree and the gifts just waiting to be opened...