Life Update

Well, I'm back at home after working at the doc's office for about 2 months.  As usual, God's timing was perfect.  It's been a while since I've written.........we've sold the house and bought a PAID FOR double-wide.  So we are now mortgage free!!!!  Still got some debt to clear up, but that should be a lot easier now.  So, the extra work really came in handy getting all this house stuff taken care of.  The girls and I have moved our church letter to a new church, where, as of last night, BOTH boyfriends are members and saved.  They didn't have a piano player anymore, so I'm plunking it out on Sunday mornings.  My hands shake like leaves...............I should say my right hand.....I can't quite get my head together enough to play both hands!  But nobody cares, so it's just fine.  Got to take E's boyfriend and his mom and nanny to their first BAMA game a few weeks ago.  Nanny went in the hospital a week and a half after that, and is still there....3 weeks later.  She was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder and seems to be responding to the treatment, but has lots of ups and downs.  My Mama and Daddy got to come visit after WAY too long.   Wishing they would come back soon...hint, hint... but probably won't see them until Thanksgiving.  Blackjack is now an outside dog and I'm hoping to get one of his "cousins" for him.  He went from living outside, to being totally spoiled inside, to now living outside again, so I think he would like another dog around to play with.  Whiskers is enjoying the peace and quiet of the house to himself....able to walk around freely without being jumped on.  Oh yeah.....got to ride a 4-wheeler for the first time in about 25 years....wish I had one!  We'll see.........

New Year's Resolutions and Reflections

Never been much for them personally.  I have enjoyed life a lot more in the last year and I want to keep doing that.  I've realized that people aren't always what they seem, which has helped me to be more real.  I've learned that being happy is what makes YOU happy, not what you think is expected of you.  As my daughter would say...never say never.  For me, that has meant keeping an open mind...that life is not black and white...that the possibilities are never-ending.  It's a silly thing....but I said I'd never have a dog again after Boomer died because I was so heart-broken.  Don't know that I'll get a dog, 'cause my hubby doesn't want one, but I've finally reached the point where I want one...even though I still tear up when I think about Boomer...yes...I'm wiping the tears now....the point is, my heart is open to it, irregardless of whether I actually get one.  I've been reminded that young love is not stupid and that I wish it could last forever just like they do...'cause you just never know...In many ways it's the best of what us "old" people have in our own relationships.  That feeling that you can't be without somebody, everything is right when you're together, everything they do is cute and funny, you want to know everything about them, and you want them to want to know everything about you.  Maybe I put too much stock in love...my Mama always said I fell hard...and I oh so painfully remember the break ups.  But how else can you love like you're supposed to?  How does a grown-up marriage work without love like that?  Isn't love in our DNA?  We are here because God loved us and wanted to be with us.  Well, that settles it.  Love.