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Saturday, November 10, 2012

Bringing an IN Tradition to FL

We are enjoying a Friday night firepit in our Florida backyard.

Roasting marshmallows while we discuss recent events & events yet to come.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Florida Fall Foliage

This is the view from our back door this fall.

I am truly enjoying the Florida fall foliage!!

Saturday, September 29, 2012

SISTER LAMPS

While I have been "back home again in Indiana" I have made some special memories.

For about three weeks my two sisters & I shared the family home with mom & dad. All the girls had one of these small lamps on our night stands. I called them the "sister lamps."

It started out as just a neat thing to do each night. We turned on our "sister lamps" as we got ready for bed & prepared to help mom with her bedtime snack & getting her ready for bed.

I quickly realized there would never be a time like this again. My sisters & I will never again be living in the family home with our parents! That realization was bittersweet.

I started thinking about taking the "sister lamp" home & planning where I would put it in my new home. I was pleasantly surprised when my sisters shared that they had thought the same thing.

One "sister lamp" is already back home with Sherry in Texas. Another "sister lamp" is on the way to Florida with Dennise's husband Tom. My "sister lamp" will be going back to Florida with me next Saturday.

Thank you, Lord, for sisters and for memories!

Thursday, September 27, 2012

UNIQUE PROPOSAL

I saw this a few days ago when I was walking around Shadyside Lake in Anderson, Indiana.

An Anderson University student was wading in the water and standing up rocks. When I passed by I stopped to ask him if there was a purpose to what he was doing. He said, "I'm proposing tonight."

Do you think she said YES?

Sunday, August 19, 2012

COMING TO INDIANA

We are coming back to Indiana this week!

It has been almost one year ago that we moved to Florida. Jim was about ready to retire & I wanted to be closer to my mom & dad because of their health concerns.

My mom & dad still have a house in Anderson, IN. They need to clear out the contents & get it ready for sale. All my brothers & sisters will be in Anderson during the month of September to help mom & dad with this task. Mom & dad have not been to IN for two years, since my mom was diagnosed with multiple myloma (cancer). It will be great to see so many relatives & friends while in Indiana, but it will be a sad time also.

I will really miss the Florida sunshine & warm temperatures!! I have adapted very quickly to my new environment.

These are a few pictures from our Florida Botanical Garden tour in May.

Sunday, July 22, 2012

In Memory of Thor -- Rainbow Bridge

March 30, 2000 - July 19, 2012

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

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