my aunt jackie

She brought me yellow roses on Christmas Eve.
You can see them in the picture on the last blog of 2008.
What a sweet thing to do......I love her very much.

In many ways she and I are alot alike.
We like to have fun and we like to laugh and giggle.
We like to travel and we like to eat.
She has lots of friends and plays a mean hand of cards.

I was in her wedding when I was two years old....looking very scared, but I got my job done.

She has three great kids with whom I grew up ....Trish, Mike, and Steve.
Four wonderful grandchildren.....Emily, Rusty, Ian, and Caty
And the loves of her life great grandchildren.....Nathan and Jocelyn.

Her cat "Miss Priss" is reclusive, but is her perfect pet.

I am glad she is in my life.

Yellow roses represent happiness and joy. They are the ideal way to brighten the day of someone who may be down.

That's what my Aunt Jackie is all about.......brightening people's days.

I love you, cathy

our sweet aunt dottie

She is the elder stateswoman of our family......she came to our house for Christmas dinner and we were glad that she did.

In this picture she is enjoying a joke about the lovely apron I am wearing and you can see from

her smile that she was having a good time.

I have been told by her as well as several others that she enjoys my blog. Estelle runs them off, pictures and all, and takes them to her most every day.

Estelle's computer was on the blink for several weeks and she started telling me how much she missed her "daily readings" as she calls them.

So here's to you, Aunt Dottie.......Estelle got a new computer for Christmas and hopefully the presses are rolling again.

Aunt Dottie is one example of why I write. She loves to read my writings. She looks forward to them, they brighten her lonely day. She stays informed of where our crazy lives take us.

Aunt Dottie is much loved.

Cathy

God's will in sickness

We are so mortal, so finite, so susceptible that it is amazing we last as long as we do.
The Bible says that we have seventy years.....maybe eighty if we do well.

I am blessed to be a pretty healthy girl. I always smile and say thank you Lord when the nurse tells me that my blood pressure is normal (without drugs) and that my heart is beating away faithfully in it's little place in my chest.

But, inevitably, every once in a while, something will come along and make me realise how humanly frail I am.

This time it was a bug that got itself ensconced inside of me. I kind of had some warning, but I never expected to be wracking with cough and listening to someone having conversations in my chest. Bubba can hear the wheezing from across the room.

What is God's will in sickness?

It is His way of reminding us that life is short. We will not be here forever. Don't settle in and be complacent. Seek Him, Be content, LOVE others with all that is in you.

It is His way of reminding us of who is in control in our lives. When I started hearing those people talking in my chest, it was like they were saying...."Get to the doctor now so that you can begin to feel whole again."

It is His way of getting us to stop in the midst of life and reflect on Him...At first my mind was too scrambled, but as the days have worn on I am back reading a little and reflecting on the goodness of God.

It is His way of saying, "Stay home, take your medicine, nourish yourself, be in My word and I will see you through." A good way to show love to others is to contain yourself as much as possible while contagious.

Amanda was funny this morning. She said she couldn't believe that I blogged last night after telling her earlier in the afternoon that I had pneumonia. She said, "You misspelled several words, but I was impressed that you blogged. She also said that she was calling it my "drunk on medicine" blog.

I didn't even tell her this, but I saw one of the misspellings, went back into the post to correct it, and noticed this morning that it was still misspelled. I was really out of it I guess.

Bubba has been a great nurse to me. Thank you...."in sickness and in health."

eli on christmas morning

Eli likes to wear his mommy's bedroom slippers.
I thought they looked especially nice with the red onesie and gray soks.

Back to the doctor today for me.....I have pneumonia.
God knew I needed a loy of rest.

c

jake on christmas morning

Cathy is still sick.....two days of flat on my back sick.
Can't write much but can send this picture.
If you look back a few posts you can see that I predicted this.
c

the dreaded crud......

This will be short...........Now I am sick.
I ache all over and then some more,
I am coughing my head off,
I can't stay up for longer that a few minutes at a time without feeling faint.

Yes, I went to the doctor today.
She gave meds and told me to rest all weekend.
Golly gee, I can't begin to do anything else.

Would someone please come and take down my beautiful Christmas tree?

Cathy :(

Happy New Year!!!!!

May God's richest blessings be upon you throughout the coming year.

Seek Him while He can still be found.

Do good and share for God is well pleased with such sacrifices.

Stand firm in the truth.

Be strong.

Be on the alert.

Do not grow weary of doing good.

Pray without ceasing.

Give thanks in everything.

Rejoice always.

Let your speech always be with grace.

Do not lie to one another.

Learn to be content in whatever situation you find yourself.

Let all that you do be done in love.

Pursue love...............

from cathy starting a new year of blogging, one of my favorite things.

(all admonitions above were taken from God's word.)