You Say - Sunday's song

Birthday time

I want to wish a happy birthday to my youngest granddaughter, Shelby, today. She has come a long way from that little girl who loved her binky and wore them like accessories. She had so many with sayings, but since she was a little chatterbox, this was our favorite. To this day, we still say there are times we wish we had the mute button.

She's all grown up now and today she turns 14. She will be a freshman in high school. Not sure where those years have gone but she has become a beautiful young lady who has developed a strong personality. She knows what she wants and goes after it. She loves being creative. She is so loyal to her friends and family and she's always got their back. It's been wonderful watching her personality grow over the years. She definitely marches to the beat of her own drummer. 

Happy birthday, Shelby Rayne. I hope you have an amazing day. 

It's just Around the Corner

Today my daughter found a fall leaf in her green grass at the end of July. She is a fall fanatic so she wants to know if you can count this as it being officially fall.

Then I saw on Facebook where Hocus Pocus 2 is going to make its premier on September 30th.

But what sold me on the idea that we are getting close to fall was the fact that candy corn is in a large display in Walmart. That settles it, fall is upon us.

 

Wacky Wednesday

 

Sliding into Second Base

Apr 14, 2016 — - A runner sliding into second has to make "a bona fide attempt" not just to slide into the base, but also to "remain on the base." 

Life is like sliding into second. You have to make decisions and live with the results. But whatever you choose, sometimes you always feel like you are sliding your way through. Hitting the good points and hating the rough patches.

My past seven years have been that way. I lost my husband in November 2015. Nothing was ever the same. There were times, I would have those deep middle of the night melt downs. I sometimes shed quiet tears and sometimes my body was racked with pain and I thought I would never be the same again.

Without my family, I couldn't have made it. The grandkids kept me sane and happy. My kids were always checking on me without making it look like they were checking on. I changed jobs, made new friends, took new adventures. 

Somebody said something to me recently about me being happy all the time and did I not miss him. Well, yes of course I miss him. We were married for 34 years. But I had two choices. Sink into depression and mourn for him the rest of my life or pick up the pieces and create a new path for myself.

I chose to take a new path. It's not been easy, but it's been worth it. I will forever miss him and will always have my memories tucked away. But now I have a new life. It's not better. It's not worse. It's just different. I don't have to answer to anyone. I make my own decisions. I do my own thing. I still go full speed ahead. I don't always stop at first for fear of moving ahead. I slide on into second and see where I can go from there.

Sunday Drives

 When I got my license to drive, Mommy and I would take off on Sunday after church and lunch and head out to some country road for a drive. We would just pick a road and see where it went. We had some great times and made great memories. When me and Allen got married, we did it sometimes too. And when the kids grew up and got married, we did it even more often. Between the beautiful scenery in West Virginia and in Sevier County and the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, we've seen some beautiful sites. So today, let's take a drive down some country roads. I've been on some of these and some I just discovered online and would like to travel to some day. But for today, let's head out to the country.

Just some food for thought....