Missing Two Years!

It's hard to believe I have not posted to this blog for two years. Yikes! The last post was the beginning of 2012. So much has happened during these two years, I can't believe I didn't take the time to put down in words all my thoughts and actions.

Really, no one is missing much!  I do have another blog that I kept during my Mother's living with us. I finished that one when my Mother passed away during 2012. It is still available to read if anyone needs a way to fill their time. I think it's a good read!

During the past two years a few things have changed. We were able to sell Mother's house in Alexandria this past summer. That was a burden I was glad to be released from.  The house will always have a place in our memories, but since none of the children lived in Alexandria, it was hard to care for it.  Every time it rained, snowed, or just had windy weather, I would worry about the roof, the trees, the contents of the house... and would wonder if the neighbors would be calling to tell us bad news. So, selling it was the only option.  It was emotional to take the house down. All of us gathered to claim the pieces of mom's life that meant something to us and the rest went to Salvation Army or the trash pile. It was not hard to say goodbye, but it was tearful.

 So, life goes on... Harry and I stay busy with the children still living at home. Just tonight, we celebrated Melissa's birthday. Our second child is thirty seven!

Stephanie and Kara still live at home and we are the care givers to Kara after school and holidays/summer.

Our other grand babies are grown having children of their own. Meegan just had her third child this past October. A beautiful baby girl named Hannah joined her sister, Brooklyn and brother, Bryson. Heather has two, Bayleigh and Kolten; and James has two, Madelyn and Kadin.

Deanna, our firstborn, is a grandmother of seven! That makes me a great-grandmother of seven!

We all have aches and pains that have to be dealt with on a daily basis. Some of the physical issues are more serious than others, but we persevere in Christ, amen?

Now that I have restarted this blog, I will be adding much more in the coming year. I have lots of stuff rolling around in my head that I am sure is worthwhile reading about, ha! Read it or not, I don't care. This is for my mental well being. I need to release this stuff to the written page and move on!

I figure if I can remember how to log on in the coming years, reading these blogs will be like visiting old friends, or not... Anyway, we'll see...