I love summertime. The grandkids are in sports and keep us very busy running to different games and juggling the schedule so they all get fair time. School is out and and some of them spend more time with us. But I see that as they grow older they are also busy and do not want to spend as much with Grandma as they used to. That is when I have to get more creative and entice them to come with promises of junk food fests. LOL.
But I love and cherish every moment I have with them. I read of families losing loved ones and kids dying from different diseases or tragedies and I am so grateful that God has kept His hand on my family.
A few weeks ago we were on our way home and saw an accident. The ambulance and rescue vehicles were there and we could see one of the autos involved was a white van and the other was gray and too mangled for us to tell what type of car it was. Our first thoughts were to call our two daughters and check on them, one of them drives a white van and the other a gray Taurus. Thankfully, they were both home safe with their families.
My second thought was , although my kids are safe someone will be getting a call that says their family member was in an accident and injured. I started praying for those families. It reminded me of the many families that are hurting because of tragedies and bad news that they get. We go about our daily business but somewhere someone is struggling just to make it through another day. Some one may be stuck , grieving for a lost loved one and can't seem to go on.
June is typically a hard month for us. My husbands mother and step dad both died in the month of June and my own mother's birthday is on June 20. But my time of grieving is past. How can I feel sad knowing my mom is no longer in pain but is in Heaven celebrating her birthday with Jesus.
Lesson Learned this week: Celebrate life, love those who are still here with us, give of ourselves to help others, rejoice in the blessing that God has given us.
Monday, June 18, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
The Backyard Escape
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