Thoughts....

As I sit here checking mail and having a few quiet minutes before a dog barks or a wet nose nudges me in the side, I’ve got lots of thoughts continuing to invade my mind. It’s been a tough week for Lee and I trying to help kids and a parent through some rough situations. Have we done enough? What more can we do to help the transitions take place? Will things remain the same?… No, I think not. Sometimes you just need to sit on the sidelines and try to listen and sometime you need to jump in with both feet. In at least one of these situations I think we’ll be jumping in soon.

We’ve really been soul searching the last few weeks, since our retirement seminar has ended. Where do we want to be in the next 5 years? Time goes by so quickly and we want try to plan for our last decades as best as possible. We think we’re on the right track to be able to spend our last years having fun and then be at peace with where life takes us. You never know what life will throw your way, so we need to be prepared to throw something back. It’s a busy time right now, and really, I’d rather be busy than any of the alternatives.

So.. hopefully we’ll be able to resolve some of these issues in time and get back to just enjoying one another. I really want that….

Moms

Happy Mother's Day to all the beautiful women and Mom's in my life.... I love you all.

I got this from a friend and thought it was worth sharing...

Why are you crying, Mom?

"Why are you crying?" he asked his Mom. "Because I'm a
woman" she told him. "I don't understand," he said. His
Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will"..........

Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does mother
seem to cry for no reason? "All women cry for no reason"
was all his dad could say........

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering
why women cry...

Finally he put in a call to GOD; when GOD got on the phone
the man said, "GOD, why do women cry so easily?"
and GOD said.......

When I made woman, she had to be special. I made her
shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the World;
yet, gentle enough to give comfort....

I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the
rejection that many times comes from her children......

I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when
everyone else gives up and take care of her family through
sickness and fatigue without complaining......

I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and
all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very
badly...

This same sensitivity helps her to make a child's boo-boo
feel better and shares in their teenagers anxieties and
fears.......

I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults
and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.....

I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts
his wife, but, sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve
to stand beside him unfalteringly.....

I gave her tears to shed. They are hers to use whenever she
needs them. They are her secret strength. They make her
more like ME.....
Author Unknown

Spring

We've been home in MA the last couple of weekends realizing all the spring chores that need to be done. We started with a list and we able to whittle it down as the days went by. Last weekend we had rain, so we did indoor chores. This weekend turned out to be great to be outdoors so we:

uncovered the camper, built a raised garden for some vegetable plants, pulled out dead bushes from our front yard and transplanted some that were too big, and brought the rest of our firewood into the garage.

I'm so glad that it's Monday and we have a week to rest up for the things on the list for next weekend... well... if you don't include going to the gym, running, walking dogs, agility class, running errands, grocery shopping etc... :) After that it's on to Maine with a new list....