I never realized just what a Grandchild could do to a normal level headed human being, until my 34 year old daughter gave me my first grandchild six months ago...He of course is georgeous.. Smart, and really has been smiling since he was 3 weeks old. A real Mr. Personality. Thinking of him, and the love I have for him brought to mind just how I had felt when my first child, my daughter was born. I remember feeling so content, and fulfilled for the first time in my life.

On July 23, l971 I tried to put into words just what I felt:

DEAR DAUGHTER:

THE RAINS HAVE GONE,
THE AIR IS CLEAR,
AND HERE I SIT
WITH MY BABY SO DEAR...

SHE LOOKS UP AT ME
AND SMILES SO SWEET,
I LOWER MY HEAD
AND KISS HER CHEEK...

IF WE NEVER HAD TO MOVE,
I COULD BE PERFECTLY CONTENT,

JUST TO SET HERE AND DREAM,
AND THANK GOD FOR WHAT HE SENT..

MY BABY SO PERFECT,
SO SWEET AND TRUE,

WITH ALITTLE POINTED
CHIN, AND EYES SO BLUE.....

A LITTLE BROWN CURL
ON TOP OF HER HEAD....
AND A GREAT BIG CRY
WHEN ITS TIME FOR BED....

MY DARLING LITTLE GIRL,
I LOVE YOU SO....
I PRAY SOMEDAY YOU'RE
OWN BABY TO HOLD....

LOVE, MOMMY

Early this morning as I was watering my flowers in my back yard, thoughts of years gone by entered my little mind.

In the early 80's I was asked to write a poem in memory of the Ladies of our Church who had passed away..For years they had become a vital part of our Church, especially for our younger women.

DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN,

EVEN THO YOU KNEW THEM LONGER,
THEY WERE OUR FRIENDS AS WELL..

WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR LIVES,
THE MEMORIES ON WHICH WE DWELL...

EACH ONE IS MISSED IN A WAY
WE CANNOT DESCRIBE,

WE REALIZE THEY ARE HAPPIER,
FOR IT IS WITH YOU, THEY RESIDE...

YOU KNEW WE WOULD LEARN
BY OBSERVING THEM EACH DAY,

AS THEY GREW STRONGER IN FAITH,
THEIR LIVES DWINDLING AWAY....

THEY ALWAYS HAD A SMILE,
THEY NEVER SEEMED TO DISPAIR..

OH, THE MANY HOURS YOU
TALKED WITH THEM IN PRAYER....

THEY SHOWED US HOW TO LIVE,
TO LOVE, AND FACE DEATH.....

FOR THEY TRULY KEPT THEIR FAITH,
RIGHT UP TO THEIR LAST BREATH....

THANK YOU DEAR LORD, FOR THESE
SISTERS SO KIND,

FOR THE CROSS OF CALVERY,
GAVE THEM PEACE OF MIND!

I'm so thankful I was blessed to know these Spiritual Women....

I thank my God upon every remembrace of you, Phil: 1:3

Friendship is something that raised us almost above humanity. This love, free from instinct, free from all duties but those which love has freely assumed, almost wholly free from jealousy, and free without qualification from the need to be needed, is eminently spiritual. It is the sort of love one can imagine between angels.
C.S. Lewis

Today, I checked out some of your favorite blogs, and found many of the posts no longer exists.
Many bloggers last post said that they no longer needed to blog, as their illness was over or their depression was much better, or they spent too much time blogging, had gotten thru a divorce or a death....
But whatever their reason for stopping, they all were sad to leave you, and happy to have known you........Many of you gave them friendship at a crucial time in their lives...
They all called you friends, and named some you by your given name....
Some had a hard time expressing their feelings toward people they had met on line..People that cared about them, and prayed for them, and kept them in their hearts and minds during their difficult times............
But they all had in common the fact that You Were Their Friend..........

I love the weekends, and can't remember when they were not special. Even as an oldie they are still very special.........I do look forward to the weekends.......

I tend to reflect on my week, when the weekend approaches, and this weekend is no exception......

This past week, I have been blogging..... ...I have been entertained by some very talented people...I have to admit, I am better because of these people...... They have taken me to some beautiful places, and I have seen scenery I would never have dreamed of seeing.......I have read stories that made me cry, and think, and laugh, and that is GOOD......

Each day, I can't wait to read their new posts, or see their new pictures... Some are so great, I feel quite intimidated.......How Blessed I have been this past week..........It is GOOD when you find something that makes you feel humble...........

I ran to town today, and passed as I have done a million times, our Funeral Home, located in an old, old beautiful stately home.... As I do everytime I pass it, I checked to see if the Porch Lite was on.....If it is, that means someone has passed away, and are ready for viewing..........

Can you imagine a town, where people start their day, by asking "who died"? Depending of course, if the Porch Lite is on....

This got me to thinking...
Do people forget that someday the lite will come on for them?

Will they be ready when the Lite Comes on for them?

I am, but I am going to be cremated...so the lite will not come on for me.....

To an outsider, this has to be alittle strange.....

Hey Bubba, the lite is on at the Funeral Home....Who died?

Will you be ready when the lite comes on for you?