It has been a very long time since I posted to this blog. That doesn't mean I haven't been grateful everyday for the blessings in my life! Sometimes it is difficult to isolate just one or two to blog about there are so many.
Today, I am grateful, as always, for my beautiful family; Sonny (Vernon), Kate and Abby and Daisy (our sweet boxer). We got to spend the weekend together. Kate and Quinn (her dog) drove down to visit overnight on Saturday. We all enjoyed catching up, watching movies and sipping on numerous cups of coffee.... kind of like the old days when she was still living at home. We had a great time Sunday afternoon at the
River Point Restaurant eating fried jalepenos, cornbread and greens, yummy shrimp, and their wonderful signature coleslaw. Food just tastes better when you are enjoying it with your loved ones. Life doesn't really get any better than this. Thank you, Lord, for blessing me with a family of such endearing people. Amen.
This last week we camped with my sister's children and grandchildren at Garner State Park for five days. It was Tanya's dying wish that her children remain bonded to one another and to their extended family members. She asked that we all go together to the place she loved so much and spread her ashes in the Frio River. We had a great time reliving once again the joys of swimming in the Frio, climbing Old Baldy and two-stepping to favorite Garner oldies. We laughed and talked and watched as her two grandchildren were initiated into the delights we've all enjoyed for the last fifty years. Our memories are bountiful, and now we have added to them this trip and the sprinkling of the ashes of our adored daughter, sister, aunt, mother and grandmother. What a special time it has been. Thank you, Tanya, for watching out for us even as you faced your own exit from this world. I love you with all my heart, my most special friend, my sister.