Hi Resilient Readers! Weekends go by waaaaaaay too fast don’t they?
Hopefully your weekend was just one big stress free zone!
Saturday night my son and I went to a Nationals baseball game for his upcoming birthday. A big shout out to one of my fantastic sisters and her husband for tickets and PARKING — which is even better than tickets!!! Our seats were great, third level behind home plate. Here was our primo view of the game:
Nationals Stadium in Washington, DC
It’s a beautiful stadium and it’s well run, so if you ever get a chance to visit, … Read More
I wonder what our lives would be like today if he were still alive?
This question keeps rolling over in my mind as I stand in a stationary store, browsing through the Father’s Day cards, trying to find a card to give my wonderful 87-year-old Dad but also thinking of the emptiness of the day for my son whose father died when he was thirteen years old.
Of course there is no way to know what life would be like if my husband, my son’s father, was still alive and with us, but that doesn’t stop my meandering mind from… 
This past weekend the weather in my part of the world was picture perfect and I took advantage of it by visiting my wonderful son who lives in Richmond and also helping my talented sister and friends sell their crafts at a local fair. Oh my goodness unplugged, unfiltered, unscheduled time just feeds my soul to the max!
On a bridge overlooking the James River & the city of Richmond
It was a weekend of forgetting about my usual chores and errands and just spending time with people I love and care about. My feeling is there will always be… 
It’s that time of year in my family.
Time to celebrate the birthdays of my parents who are in their 80’s. My Mom and Dad’s birthdays land on the calendar exactly a week apart so in the last few years my siblings and I have started celebrating their birthdays together in the interest of harmony, world peace and all that is holy.
We know we are blessed to have our parents still with us and we definitely don’t take it for granted. Not for one minute. But sometimes it can be tricky in making sure that each birthday receives the… 
If I live to be 92 years young, I hope I am as adventurous and free spirited as Dorothy Ellis!
She is fearless!
Dorothy was in hospice care when she told her family that she wanted to fly over her home in Kansas in a powered parachute that she had watched many times in the open sky as she gazed from her window.
Her family and her hospice nurse put their worries about her age and her health aside and to their credit they made Dorothy’s wish come true! I love her reaction at the end of the flight! Sadly,… 
