What a wonderful time of year to reflect on all our blessings. IF we can get Lauren home from the hospital by Thanksgiving what a blessing that will be! But we are thankful for many things as we go into the holiday season. Since I mentioned Lauren we will reflect on our blessings with Jean's family first. As we watch the process that Jean and Jeff have gone thru to find and help solve the problem of Lauren's not eating, we have learned, more than ever, how thankful we are to have the doctors and nurses at Chapel Hill UNC. Their pure love and service to Lauren and to Jean has been a marvelous thing to watch! And on last Friday a week ago, because of a nurse who went the extra mile, she saved Lauren's life!! For that I will be eternally grateful!
My heart is full as I look at Jeff and Jean and their family and watch as they work together to keep sanity in their family as they have gone so long being separated from one another!They truly serve one another in love! Lauren is so brave in all her suffering and so full of courage, I am thankful for her example. I am thankful each Sunday as I watch Michael pass the Sacrament with such love and Emily as she goes to Seminary and studies daily her scriptures, I love her resolve to live the gospel each day and always put the Master first.
I watch as Floyd and Laurel go about doing for all of us! I watch the tender way that Floyd serves his Dad and Dibbie. So much to be thankful for! I am thankful for Katie and the loving and kind young woman she is. Her great desire to save the world reminds me of someone I knew long ago.
I am grateful for Libbi and Pete and the great love they give their family, for Pete and his quiet strength and their willingness to always go the extra mile. I am excited as I learn of Peter and Ellen and how they are continuing to develop such strong testimonies of the gospel, and I am thankful how the Lord continues to send us such marvelous
additions to our family like Ellen, Steven, Rob, Kristin and Brittany. I am thankful for our new addition that will be here in April and I cannot wait to see what wonderful parents that LaNelle and Steven will be. My LaNelle has waited so long and each day I pray all will go well. I am thankful to have Heather so close to us. She and Kyle are wonderful parents ! Andrew and Patti are such fun! and Sarah Beth and Conner are so loving!
Jerry Edwards loves being Granddaddy Edwards and I am so thankful for he and Kim and their family. As I was able to spend a little time with Beth, Rob and their children this summer, it was wonderful to be with them and get to know their little personalities! Chloe is so precious as is her Momma and Daddy, I am thankful they came to visit Jacob and Brittany and I got to spend time with them too! Jakey and Brittany are still honeymooning and we don't see them much, but what joy it gives to know that young love is still alive and well! Will is the best of all of us but I am not forgetting my two baby boys, David who is growing so wise and good looking and my Noah who watches over his family! My cup runneth over and my joy is full and this
Thanksgiving I must give thanks for each of you for I am blest beyond anything I could ever have imagined, and I am grateful to have lived to see another thanksgiving day and I must not close without expressing my thanks to my wonderful
better half, who indeed has a "ticket" for putting up with me all these thanksgivings.
and must I not forget I am thankful for my 2 beautiful readheads and Jakey I know you will give me my third readhead!!!
I love you each one!
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Family Ties
So many wonderful things have happened since I last wrote in this blog! Spring has come and gone and summer is here and with it- all the wonderful "family" happenings of this year. First we had Peter's graduation at Clemson! Then to be married to such a wonderful girl as Ellen with so many family there to enjoy it. Thanks to Libbi I was able to enjoy her family for those days prior to the wedding! It was great being with LaNelle and Steven and Andrew, they live out west and we don't get to see them as much! And I was excited to see my Katie bug! And Jared, Kristin and my cute Chloe!
Now, there is soon to be a baptism, congratulations, Ellen, we are all so excited! The first time I saw you I was so impressed with your honesty! An honest heart is what the Lord loves!
I just sat and marveled at all my beautiful children and grandchildren and great-grand babies!How grateful I am to have lived to see so many, and I hope to see many more! Heather and Beth with the redheads just thrills my soul! I was so afraid that I would not live to see a redhead!
We then had a wonderful week at the beach(thank you Kim for letting us stay with you and Bishop Edwards and my precious David!) Floyd and Laurel treated us to the Japanese steak house and thank you Jeff and Jean for having us at the campsite!
Now we await Jacob and Brittany's wedding and again we will see lots of family and feel such joy as they go to the Temple! Gramps and I have loved being able to watch this romance unfold. Jacob reminds me so much of Jean when she found Jeff!
I am blessed beyond anything I could ever expected, surely my cup runneth over, but I could not think of blessings without thinking of how Michael will soon be passing the Sacrament and how grateful we are for this blessing in our life!
At each of these family gatherings, as I look around with such thankfulness, I seem to feel a little tug at my heart and hear a little whisper "I go with you Grandma" and I know one day I will whisper "I go with you, Noah" but until that that day I pray the Lord will give Gramps and I the joy of continuing to take part in all your lives. I love you, each one! What an honor to have such a wonderful family here on earth and in Heaven too!!
Now, there is soon to be a baptism, congratulations, Ellen, we are all so excited! The first time I saw you I was so impressed with your honesty! An honest heart is what the Lord loves!
I just sat and marveled at all my beautiful children and grandchildren and great-grand babies!How grateful I am to have lived to see so many, and I hope to see many more! Heather and Beth with the redheads just thrills my soul! I was so afraid that I would not live to see a redhead!
We then had a wonderful week at the beach(thank you Kim for letting us stay with you and Bishop Edwards and my precious David!) Floyd and Laurel treated us to the Japanese steak house and thank you Jeff and Jean for having us at the campsite!
Now we await Jacob and Brittany's wedding and again we will see lots of family and feel such joy as they go to the Temple! Gramps and I have loved being able to watch this romance unfold. Jacob reminds me so much of Jean when she found Jeff!
I am blessed beyond anything I could ever expected, surely my cup runneth over, but I could not think of blessings without thinking of how Michael will soon be passing the Sacrament and how grateful we are for this blessing in our life!
At each of these family gatherings, as I look around with such thankfulness, I seem to feel a little tug at my heart and hear a little whisper "I go with you Grandma" and I know one day I will whisper "I go with you, Noah" but until that that day I pray the Lord will give Gramps and I the joy of continuing to take part in all your lives. I love you, each one! What an honor to have such a wonderful family here on earth and in Heaven too!!
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
SNOWMEN
Today I rode my friend Chris by the cemetary and looked as a little windmill with a Santa was blowing in the wind and I looked at the snowmen in a little arrangement and wished I could hold that one little snowman named Noah once again; but I know that he is watching over all of us this Christmas, especially his mommy and daddy and that he is busy about his father's business. But I sure do miss that big smile and everytime I see a snowman this Christmas with big brown eyes I will think of my special baby boy watching over us. I love you, Noah and we all miss you!!
CHRISTMAS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!
December is here and with it all the fun of Christmas! Christmas for me always begins just as Thanksgiving is over. This year Emily came and decorated for me the day before Thanksgiving and even tho my decorations are meager by some standards, I think it makes my house so festive! The thing I love the most is decorating my tree with pictures of all our grandchildren and now, my greats with 4 new pictures this year. Chloe(Jared and Kristin's precious one), Austin(Gramps's Tiffany's little one in Tucker, Ga) Nolan(Heather n Kyles's wee one) and our latest Little Alle(Beth and Rob's newest bundle of joy) how precious each new life is and how I love them each one.
We loved all the "bargins" of black Friday and so it continues!
I have had a wonderful Christmas already, for I got to go by train to Columbia last week (the night before I left, we had a wonderful RS program; it sat the stage for the rest of December!) I got to spend time with Connor and Sarah Beth,got to visit them at lunch at their school and that night saw Sarah Beth in her skit about Christmas around the world, what fun it was and how handsome Connor looked in his basketball uniform! they are growing up so fast! And I had a chance to study spelling again!! Lib and Pete look so "at home" in their new home, it thilled me so!I enjoyed my time with Patti(we slipped off for lunch and she is such a joy to be around, what fun I had with her)
On Friday I spent the day with the Baileys and with little Chloe and her pretty mom! An added bonus was seeing Jared on his lunch hour and Will right after his work!
Beth looks great and Rob is as sweet as ever. My arms were full of precious cargo for 2 days, now tell me what could I want more for Christmas!(only to see them more often) I would watch them and close my eyes and make a wonderful memory of each moment! Carolyn and I played beauty shop and I left that night with a lovely manicure and sparkles in my hair and a lovely facial, i was a new woman!!
Seth is such a young gentleman and so kind and sweet! The twins are so much fun, Katlyn so sweet and serious and Natalie so busy and funny and Chloe so adorable and little Alee, so beautiful and good for such a little newborn! And did I mention Beth's homeade pizza, it was yummy!
Did I say Christmas was just around the corner, it is in every corner that I see! As I watch these precious ones living the gospel, as I watched Katlyn "playing" the piano and singing I am a child of God, as I listened as Seth (really) played a beautiful piece, I was so grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ and the joy it has
brought to each of us! I was grateful to see Lauren well enough to go to Sacrament Sunday and hear Emily and Jean bear testimony of what Christmas really is, family and love! I look at Mikey who will in a few short months pass the Sacrament, what joys lie ahead. I am thankful for Jacob for brings me home and the fact that we see him often now. But I guess I should be thankful for beautiful Brittany who guides him this way! Thank you all for sharing your greatest gifts with me! I love you each one
Soon during this season, I will see LaNelle and Steven and Peter and Ellen and Andrew and Floyd and Laurel and Katie and Jr. then Kim and Jerry and my David!
Gramps and I have all the Christmas gifts in the world, our precious family and the gospel of Jesus Christ and our wonderful friends, indeed Christmas is in every corner that we see! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!
We loved all the "bargins" of black Friday and so it continues!
I have had a wonderful Christmas already, for I got to go by train to Columbia last week (the night before I left, we had a wonderful RS program; it sat the stage for the rest of December!) I got to spend time with Connor and Sarah Beth,got to visit them at lunch at their school and that night saw Sarah Beth in her skit about Christmas around the world, what fun it was and how handsome Connor looked in his basketball uniform! they are growing up so fast! And I had a chance to study spelling again!! Lib and Pete look so "at home" in their new home, it thilled me so!I enjoyed my time with Patti(we slipped off for lunch and she is such a joy to be around, what fun I had with her)
On Friday I spent the day with the Baileys and with little Chloe and her pretty mom! An added bonus was seeing Jared on his lunch hour and Will right after his work!
Beth looks great and Rob is as sweet as ever. My arms were full of precious cargo for 2 days, now tell me what could I want more for Christmas!(only to see them more often) I would watch them and close my eyes and make a wonderful memory of each moment! Carolyn and I played beauty shop and I left that night with a lovely manicure and sparkles in my hair and a lovely facial, i was a new woman!!
Seth is such a young gentleman and so kind and sweet! The twins are so much fun, Katlyn so sweet and serious and Natalie so busy and funny and Chloe so adorable and little Alee, so beautiful and good for such a little newborn! And did I mention Beth's homeade pizza, it was yummy!
Did I say Christmas was just around the corner, it is in every corner that I see! As I watch these precious ones living the gospel, as I watched Katlyn "playing" the piano and singing I am a child of God, as I listened as Seth (really) played a beautiful piece, I was so grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ and the joy it has
brought to each of us! I was grateful to see Lauren well enough to go to Sacrament Sunday and hear Emily and Jean bear testimony of what Christmas really is, family and love! I look at Mikey who will in a few short months pass the Sacrament, what joys lie ahead. I am thankful for Jacob for brings me home and the fact that we see him often now. But I guess I should be thankful for beautiful Brittany who guides him this way! Thank you all for sharing your greatest gifts with me! I love you each one
Soon during this season, I will see LaNelle and Steven and Peter and Ellen and Andrew and Floyd and Laurel and Katie and Jr. then Kim and Jerry and my David!
Gramps and I have all the Christmas gifts in the world, our precious family and the gospel of Jesus Christ and our wonderful friends, indeed Christmas is in every corner that we see! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!
Friday, October 23, 2009
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIBBI!!!
49 Years ago on an early Monday morning in Manning, SC in the delivery room, Dr. Kellar looked at his nurse Mary Nell and said "this baby is stubborn," this baby started 1 hour and 45 minutes ago, a very short labor and now she won't come, this must be a determined child! Then as if on cue, Libbi came out and greeted the world! She came out yelling and has been talking ever since! What a wonderful day for our family! She was our first little girl, did I say little? She weighed over 9 lbs and was just beautiful! she was the only girl in the nursery and even then she knew that she would make her place in this world and she has!
Throughout your life, Libbi, you have made a difference in everything you have tackled! and you have excelled in all! Do I sound like a proud(grateful is a better word) Mom? Well I am so proud of the many wonderful things you have accomplished in your field of nursing, but I am more proud of your compassion for those you serve, the world is a better because you serve the sick!
I am grateful for your choice in a husband, one of my wise men, and I am so happy you chose to have a family and choose to serve the Lord in your decisions in your life! I am thankful you came to me! I love you, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Throughout your life, Libbi, you have made a difference in everything you have tackled! and you have excelled in all! Do I sound like a proud(grateful is a better word) Mom? Well I am so proud of the many wonderful things you have accomplished in your field of nursing, but I am more proud of your compassion for those you serve, the world is a better because you serve the sick!
I am grateful for your choice in a husband, one of my wise men, and I am so happy you chose to have a family and choose to serve the Lord in your decisions in your life! I am thankful you came to me! I love you, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
autumn leaves
The smell of fall is in the air! Cool crisp mornings are wonderful and I love them. And with the autumn leaves comes a great time to reflect my many blessings!
Each day I get up is a blessing and as I look around I see the beautiful world that I live in and love I am so thankful for it. (at our age, you do begin to count the days-ha) When I see all the "tea parties and town hall meetings" I know how blest I am to live in a country where people can speak their mind and voice their views and I am thankful for this! I am thankful for an eternal companion who allows me to be me! He gos about quietly doing things that make my life easier and always is happy when I am! He asks very little in this life, a piece of Kim's pound cake, or Jean's chocolate chip cookies, or Libb's lasagna and he's good to go! I see my blessings when I go down my hall and see my picture of my family, my wonderful children, grand and greats!! What great joy this brings me as I pray for their safety each day! I think of them early in the morning, going to work, school, or seminary and think how blest I am for such a wonderful family. I count my blessings when I go to the cemetary to carry flowers for Noah and think of the joy he brouught to all of us in a such a short time, and to know that I will see him again! I am blest to be able to get up and go to work 2 days a week! I am thankful that my mind is still fairly sharp(no comments please) and I still love to read the scriptures and enjoy reading a good book, what great blessings I have and as I watch the leaves begin to fall, I think of them all!!
I love you all!
Each day I get up is a blessing and as I look around I see the beautiful world that I live in and love I am so thankful for it. (at our age, you do begin to count the days-ha) When I see all the "tea parties and town hall meetings" I know how blest I am to live in a country where people can speak their mind and voice their views and I am thankful for this! I am thankful for an eternal companion who allows me to be me! He gos about quietly doing things that make my life easier and always is happy when I am! He asks very little in this life, a piece of Kim's pound cake, or Jean's chocolate chip cookies, or Libb's lasagna and he's good to go! I see my blessings when I go down my hall and see my picture of my family, my wonderful children, grand and greats!! What great joy this brings me as I pray for their safety each day! I think of them early in the morning, going to work, school, or seminary and think how blest I am for such a wonderful family. I count my blessings when I go to the cemetary to carry flowers for Noah and think of the joy he brouught to all of us in a such a short time, and to know that I will see him again! I am blest to be able to get up and go to work 2 days a week! I am thankful that my mind is still fairly sharp(no comments please) and I still love to read the scriptures and enjoy reading a good book, what great blessings I have and as I watch the leaves begin to fall, I think of them all!!
I love you all!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
July, the beach and family
What a wonderful vacation that Gramps and I had after a rocky start with his auto accident.
The beach was beautiful, ( even tho the condo -was not as clean as I would have liked in the beginning)
How wonderful it was to be with almost all our family! That was a gift within itself, but added to that was the wonderful picture that Lib gave us of all our family! Katie, Jacob, Jared and family, and Noah were missing but I have a plan to put them in when I have it framed! Every night was just a little bit of Heaven as we ate together and then as Gramps and I watched as the cousins and brothers and sisters got to have fun just being together!
I know that some of you came as a great sacrafice and for that I am grateful.(Like the hard sofa that Kim and Jerry and Laurel and Floyd endured)
There was news to share, with new babies on the way, and Lib and Pete getting a house, and welcoming Ellen to soon be our newest family member, congradulations on yours and Peter's engagement! We love her already and she and Peter make a perfect match! Honey, you saw all of us ; now you know what you are getting into!
I know Lib and Pete was so glad to have all of their family together for a few days! No greater joy than this!
Getting to spend time with our great grandchildren was an added bonus! It is so fun to watch Lib and Kim as grandparents! What fun it was to see them all.
Also Gramps and i got to spend a few special hours alone with Steven and LaNelle as we traveled that Sunday to the beach and then got to see them the Saturday after they left the beach!(They came by for lunch on their way back to Utah!) It was such fun to learn of all LaNelle's accomplishments as she embarks on her career in teaching! Those kids are sure lucky to have her! And she's lucky to have that precious Steven! And now Patti is going to pursue teaching, how exciting!!
We watched as Little sassy Sarah Beth became a world traveler, off to Utah with LaLa! And thank you Andrew for coming on our week, that meant so much to Gramps and me. Andrew, the accountant in the making! Seeing Will for more than a minute was a thrill, we have not gotton to be with him since his mission, his wonderful spirit has not changed but become more so! and my faithful Jacob makes me laugh! It was so good to have David with us (the soon to be tallest Edwards boy!) Connor is so good with Kalib, I love to watch them together!
Getting to be with the Bailey bunch for more than an hour was fun, how blest I am to have lived long enough to have a redhead! Seth is a little Rob and Carolyn is a little Beth and Katlyn is a little Kim and Natalie is a little mess!! What a ham!
Seeing Jean happy at the beach, seeing Jeff happy watching Jean be happy, and seeing their kids have fun with everyone was wonderful !
And we all need an Uncle Floyd and an Aunt Laurel! How dull life be like without them, what fun they bring to everything! Thank you for all you do, you bring joy to us all!
Now July is fading and with it comes a birthday for Michael and so today we enjoyed his birthday by eating 8 lbs. of french fries and Jeff's wonderful hamburgers and seeing lots of family again, my cup runneth over as I take it all in.
Close in my heart is a little boy with a little rainbow shirt and a big grin who constantly reminds me of how precious and fragile life is and how important each day is and how I want each one of you to know how much I love each you and how grateful I am for each memories we share together, even the silly string!! Thank you one and all. I love you. Momma
The beach was beautiful, ( even tho the condo -was not as clean as I would have liked in the beginning)
How wonderful it was to be with almost all our family! That was a gift within itself, but added to that was the wonderful picture that Lib gave us of all our family! Katie, Jacob, Jared and family, and Noah were missing but I have a plan to put them in when I have it framed! Every night was just a little bit of Heaven as we ate together and then as Gramps and I watched as the cousins and brothers and sisters got to have fun just being together!
I know that some of you came as a great sacrafice and for that I am grateful.(Like the hard sofa that Kim and Jerry and Laurel and Floyd endured)
There was news to share, with new babies on the way, and Lib and Pete getting a house, and welcoming Ellen to soon be our newest family member, congradulations on yours and Peter's engagement! We love her already and she and Peter make a perfect match! Honey, you saw all of us ; now you know what you are getting into!
I know Lib and Pete was so glad to have all of their family together for a few days! No greater joy than this!
Getting to spend time with our great grandchildren was an added bonus! It is so fun to watch Lib and Kim as grandparents! What fun it was to see them all.
Also Gramps and i got to spend a few special hours alone with Steven and LaNelle as we traveled that Sunday to the beach and then got to see them the Saturday after they left the beach!(They came by for lunch on their way back to Utah!) It was such fun to learn of all LaNelle's accomplishments as she embarks on her career in teaching! Those kids are sure lucky to have her! And she's lucky to have that precious Steven! And now Patti is going to pursue teaching, how exciting!!
We watched as Little sassy Sarah Beth became a world traveler, off to Utah with LaLa! And thank you Andrew for coming on our week, that meant so much to Gramps and me. Andrew, the accountant in the making! Seeing Will for more than a minute was a thrill, we have not gotton to be with him since his mission, his wonderful spirit has not changed but become more so! and my faithful Jacob makes me laugh! It was so good to have David with us (the soon to be tallest Edwards boy!) Connor is so good with Kalib, I love to watch them together!
Getting to be with the Bailey bunch for more than an hour was fun, how blest I am to have lived long enough to have a redhead! Seth is a little Rob and Carolyn is a little Beth and Katlyn is a little Kim and Natalie is a little mess!! What a ham!
Seeing Jean happy at the beach, seeing Jeff happy watching Jean be happy, and seeing their kids have fun with everyone was wonderful !
And we all need an Uncle Floyd and an Aunt Laurel! How dull life be like without them, what fun they bring to everything! Thank you for all you do, you bring joy to us all!
Now July is fading and with it comes a birthday for Michael and so today we enjoyed his birthday by eating 8 lbs. of french fries and Jeff's wonderful hamburgers and seeing lots of family again, my cup runneth over as I take it all in.
Close in my heart is a little boy with a little rainbow shirt and a big grin who constantly reminds me of how precious and fragile life is and how important each day is and how I want each one of you to know how much I love each you and how grateful I am for each memories we share together, even the silly string!! Thank you one and all. I love you. Momma
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