Saturday I went to the Memorial Service for a sweet lady from our chuch, and was amazed at what a legacy she left behind from the way she lived her life. Wonderful, wife, mom, gramma, leader in her community with the girl scouts. And I thought about how awsome it would be to be raised in a family like that. (Gee then I wouldn't have anyone to blame for my shortcomings). Seriously I am who I am because of things in my life.

As a wife and a mother I've tried to do the right things but still have made many mistakes, And I know that my children will be better parents because they learned from my mistakes. Today our Pastor asked what we would tell our families as a testamony to our lives if we could instead of waiting till he gave it at our service. But no matter what , I think I'd just tell them to love GOD with all their hearts and and trust In HIM with everything that comes around. And most of all have Forgiveness because no matter what, people hurt your feelings and make mistakes and If GOD can forgive them , they in turn can forgive others. One of the ditties on my face book says...The values you leave your children mean more then the valubles you leave them.

There is nothing more valuable to leave behind the a good name. Way better then silver or gold.

I have two favorite things, one is autumn and the other is watching clouds. Do you ever just take the time to watch clouds float through the sky? How amazing to watch the different shapes and colors and think about how beautiful they are instead of the scientific reason they are there.
Once I told my grandson to look at them and he started telling me the reasons they are what they are and why the do what they do. I don't care. Just lay on your back on the ground, or if your older like me sit in a chair and just enjoy them. What a stress buster that is. Even the thunderheads are beautiful. When I was a kid in Ohio that was one of the things my friends and I did for fun, Ya mean to tell me that was fun? yes! more fun then sitting there with gameboys and IPods . strapped to your body.
I took pictures from the window of a plane a few years ago of the biggest most beautiful clouds I'd ever seen and naturally it was a digetal camera and I lost the pictures. So much for me and modern tech. So one of these days if I'm gone and you want to think of me just look up and remember the joy I had with clouds, that's where I'll be.

What a wonderful weekend...

What a wonderful weekend we just had. Our friends, Judy and Ramon, from Turlock came up for a night and went to church with us on Sunday and we talked them into staying another night. The weather was great so we were able to be outside. Judy and I went for a walk.

I wrote about my friend a while back and how much stuff we did together when we had little kids. We have been friends now for 35 years. we are more like close sisters. We each had hard times growing up and have been through alot but we both realize that is what made us the people that we are and I believe that is what makes us soul-mates.

sunday our pastor talked about having real Peace, as he talked I thought that my "peace "comes from Forgiveness. My friend and I talked about our pass this weekend and we talked about how forgiveness of the ones that hurt us is the only way to get through our lives to grow . How do you look at someone who abuses you either physically or mentally and have forgiveness? Only through GOD. He tells us to let go of our hurt and give it to him and HE willl take care of it. Only then does the healing begin in our lives and we can soar with wings as Eagles.
LET IT GO AND LET GOD HAVE It!

Update on the two boys that were in the accident next to our property. that morning was so foggy you couldn't see 50 feet and they were trying to pass two vehicles when an SUV came from the other direction. they swerved back into their lane and hit the guardrail then back to the opposite side and hit that guardrail then back to the first side where they hit the rail again and finally stopped. the driver was 17 and had a provisional license which meant he wasn't suppose to have a teenager passenger. He enjured his wrist and fingers and the passenger had a cut by his eye. Think about how lucky they were. no other cars involved and no other injuries. And naturally the rubberneckers trying to see what was going on and some of them didn't have their headlights on. Dummys or what??????? Enough said.

Talked to my daughter-in-law this morning and she had a real scare. Her daughter Melissa had just drove off to go to school and not 5 minutes later Nancy heard a crash out on 44 highway. naturally thinking the worst she grabbed her shoes and keys and took off to find out. From her house you can't see the highway but coming down the little road and between the ponds and then out the drive-way takes long enough with out being in a panic. But when she got to the road found out it was two teenage boys that had wrecked into the guard rail and weren't seriously hurt. totaled the car but Thank God just a few cuts.
Just those few minutes of not knowing is enough to cause you to lose it when it comes to your child. We are never sure when our last day on this earth will be . I think of two points intersecting. or 5 mins differance and how life can change forever. Especially when your young like those two boys, thinking you'll live forever. Maybe that's why us older folks are a little more cautious cause we know more about life.
I've said before that each day is a new start to fix what we've done wrong yesterday. And to go on and do better. We never know when our last act will be our last act. So we need to do the best we can and live for each day.
I Thank God that he watched over those two boys and kept them safe for today, and that Melissa left when she did and no other cars came over the hill in the fog and where involved.
So many things to be thankful for.