THOUGHTS ON NEW YEARS EVE........

          THIS HAPPY NEW YEAR WISH SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE UNSURE WHICH WAY TO GO.......WHICH SEEMS TO BE HE WAY THE WORLD IS TODAY.....OBAMA FIGHTING FOR HIS LAST WEEKS IN OFFICE AND TRUMP ALREADY MOVING IN.....SEEMS STRANGE.  THE WORLD IS IN A COMPLETE MESS!!!!!!
          I AM SITTING AT HOME ALONE THIS NEW YEAR'S EVE.......AS MANY OF THE PAST YEARS I HAVE......WATCHING ANDERSON COOPER AND KATHY INSULT EACH OTHER UNTIL THE BIG BALL FALLS AT NEW YEARS.......IF I CAN STAY AWAKE THAT LONG....THEN I CAN LEGALLY SAY I WATCHED THE NEW YEARS COME IN.....EVEN IF THEY ARE TWO HOURS AHEAD OF SALT LAKE!!!!
          AS I LOOK BACK OVER THIS YEAR WITH IT'S UPS AND DOWNS......GOOD AND BAD......I CAN'T REALLY COMPLAIN.....I WOULD LOVE TO BE WITH MY LITTLE SISTER TONIGHT AS I JUST FEEL LIKE I NEED SUPPORT FROM THAT PART OF MY FAMILY......I KNOW MY KIDS ARE ALL BUSY DOING THEIR THING AND DON'T NEED ME ANYMORE.......PAM DID INVITE ME TO GO WITH THEM TO ST GEORGE AND MIKE INVITED ME TO RIDE DOWN WITH HE AND ANDREA TO SEE LESLIE.......BUT TRAVELING GETS HARDER AND HARDER ......ESPECIALLY IN THIS BAD WEATHER......
SOOOO I WILL TAKE MY BAG OF POTATO CHIPS AND COKE AND GET IN BED TO WATCH THE BALL FALL.
        WE ARE ENDING THIS YEAR WITH VERY SAD NEWS......LIZ......WILLIAM'S FIANCE.....GOT THE NEWS HER FATHER HUNG HIMSELF LAST NIGHT.....SO SAD ANYONE WILL GET TO THAT POINT IN HIS LIFE......NOT THINKING OF THOSE HE LEAVES BEHIND AT THE HOLIDAY!  LOVE YOU LIZ.......
       A FEW THOUGHTS AS I LEAVE THIS YEAR.....KARRIE STILL NOT SPEAKING TO ANY OF US......SAD......I HAVE KEN LIVING WITH ME WHILE ON A SERVICE MISSION FOR THE LDS CHURCH......GOOD......I TURN A YEAR OLDER  95.....GREAT!  MY HEALTH IS GOOD AND I CAN STILL DRIVE......THANK YOU GOD!.....I HAVE A NICE HOME AND GREAT NEIGHBORS......VERY LUCKY......SO A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE  OUT THERE.......

TIME TO FOCUS ON THE NEXT 24 HRS......

AS I SAY GOOD-BYE TO 2016 ........I DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN A MONTH, I DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN A YEAR.....MY GOAL IS TO JUST FOCUS ON THE 24 HOURS IN FRONT OF ME AND DO WHAT I CAN TO GET CLOSER TO WHERE I WANT TO BE IN THE END....

OLD PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO.....THINGS GET HARDER AND HARDER TO KEEP UP WITH......IT HURTS ALL OVER TO MOVE, TO WALK, TO STOOP AND BEND.  YOU NEED A SHOPPING BASKET TO LEAN ON TO GET THROUGH SHOPPING DAY.....YOU DON'T LIKE COLD WEATHER OR TO DRIVE ON SLICK ROADS.......YOU PREFER TO BE IN BED BY EIGHT OR NINE AND SLEEP IN. BUT......THERE IS ONE THING THAT NEVER CHANGES........YOUR LOVE OF YOUR FAMILY AND HEARING FROM OR SEEING THEM OFTEN KEEPS YOU LIVING FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT........OF COURSE, THEY ARE BUSY LIVING THEIR LIVES AND DON'T REALIZE YOUR NEEDS........BUT THEY TOO WILL GO THROUGH THIS SOME DAY.  TO MY FAMILY......I LOVE YOU ALL SOOOO MUCH!

LOVE ANYWAY......

NOT EVERY DAY IS A GOOD DAY.......BUT LOVE ANYWAY

NOT ALL YOU LOVE WILL LOVE YOU BACK.......LOVE ANYWAY

NOT EVERYONE WILL TELL YOU THE TRUTH.....BUT BE HONEST ANYWAY

NOT ALL DEALS ARE FAIR.....BUT PLAY FAIR ANYWAY......

SO COLD HERE TODAY......THE YEARLY INVERSION HAS SET IN.  GLAD THE PANNIERS AND HORTONS ARE IN ST GEORGE.....WARM DOWN THERE AND THE CHRISTENSONS AT PARK CITY.....ABOVE IT ALL.  I DID VENTURE OUT AN SEE A MOVIE....."LA LA LAND".....A VERY CUTE MOVIE.  THEN PATTY DROPPED BY FOR COFFEE SO HAD A GOOD DAY.....PLUS SLEPT IN TILL 8:00.

TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY OF 2016......IT WAS A MUCH BETTER YEAR THAN 2015, AND I'M HOPING 2017 IS EVEN BETTER.

MORE MEMORIES.......

THIS PICTURE WAS LAST YEAR'S CHRISTMAS.......WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES.........RICHIE WAS NOT MARRIED AND ALEX WAS......TO LINDSAY.....WHO WALKED OUT ON HIM IN THE FALL.......YOU JUST  WISH YOUR GRANDKIDS NEVER HAD TO GO THROUGH WHAT YOU DID IN LIFE.......HE IS STRUGGLING THIS CHRISTMAS......WONDERING.....WHY?

THIS IS KARRIE, ANDREA AND ASHLEY.......KARRIE IS NOT SPEAKING TO ANY OF US THIS CHRISTMAS......ANDREA SO SO......AND RICHARD'S NEW WIFE ASHLEY I MET FOR A SECOND AT THEIR RECEPTION......I AM PROUD OF ALL OF THEM, BUT I GUESS I CAN'T REALLY CALL THEM MY FAMILY ANYMORE!

MEMORIES..........

SO TWO YEARS AGO THESE WERE THE HAPPY FACES AT THE CHRISTMAS PARTY AT PANNIERS'S.......I WAS LIVING WITH THEM THAT CHRISTMAS AS THEY REMODELED MY HOUSE AND BUILT ME A NEW ONE.....CHRISTENSON'S GOT SNOWED OUT AND DIDN'T MAKE IT.....BUT TROUBLE WAS BREWING IN THE FAMILY THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT!....WISH PAM WOULD HAVE SMILED LIKE THAT WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE WITH SANTA!!!!!

COMPUTER DIDN'T COOPERATE!!!!

SO SORRY TO HAVE MISSED CHRISTMAS AND MY BLOGGING FOR THE LAST WEEK......COMPUTERS SEEM TO HAVE A MIND OF THEIR OWN AND THIS ONE WOULD NOT CONNECT TO THE INNTERNET!!!!    LAST NIGHT AT AARONS 2  YEAR BIRTHDAY PARTY WILL DID WHAT HE COULD TO ERASE THE COMPLICATIONS AND TONIGHT KENNEDY  HOOKED ME UP......THANKGOODNESS TO SMART GRANDSONS!

I SPENT CHRISTMAS EVE WITH THE PANNIERS........TIFF'S FAMILY AND WILL AND LIZ CAME AND WE MISSED NICCI AND BILL......THE CHRISTENSON'S DID THEIR THING IN VERNAL......CHRISTMAS IS JUST ANOTHER DAY AT 84 ......PRESENTS ARE FUN, BUT IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU AND CARE ARE WHAT MAKE YOUR CHRISTMAS'S GREAT......WE DID HAVE A WHITE CHRISTMAS WHICH IS GREAT.......BUT NOW IT CAN BE SPRING!......OH YES, MY SWEET SCOTTIE CAME BY WITH A GIFT, BUT KARRIE AND  RICHARD SET OUT FRONT IN THE TRUCK....OH WELL.....THEIR TIME WILL COME.  WE ARE SAD THIS HOLIDAY TO HAVE DEBBIE REYNOLDS AND HER DAUGHTER BOTH DIE......ONE DAY APART......

THANK YOU SANTA AND GOD FOR 84 CHRISTMAS'ES..........

LOOKING FORWARD.......

      AS MY CUTE MISSIONARY TOLD ME WHEN I PICKED HIM UP AT THE TRAIN STOP TONIGHT......ONLY THREE MORE DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS......IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD KIDS STILL HAVE THAT  WONDERFUL FEELING ABOUT CHRISTMAS......I TALKED TO HIS MOM THIS MORNING AND IT WAS BAH-HUM-BUG FOR CHRISTMAS .....SHE HAD NOT WRAPPED ANY OF THE FAMILIES PRESENTS.....THEY HAD SCREWED UP THREE TIME ON HER CHRISTMAS CARDS....I DELIVERED MY COUSIN'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT ACROSS TOWN AND LUCILLE WAS ALSO SAYING.....LET'S JUST GET IT OVER......SHE AND GENE DON'T DRIVE ANY MORE SO THEY JUST DEPEND ON THE KIDS FOR THEIR SHOPPING, MY PRESENT.......I LOVED IT......I GOT A POUND OF FLOUR WITH A NOTE THAT SAID....." WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BIG POIENSETTA FLOWER BUT THIS IS ALL THE FLOUR WE COULD AFFORD!"........WE ARE NINE DAYS APART AND FRIENDS FOREVER AND I LOVED HER GIFT!!!!  YOU GOTTA HAVE THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.......
      DARREN CAME AND PICKED UP KEN WHO WAS FLOATING AND SO HAPPY TO GO HOME FOR CHRISTMAS....I HOPE TO GET MY NEIGHBORS GIFTS OUT TOMORROW AND THEN MAYBE A MOVIE OR TWO THIS WEEKEND.....BAG HOUSE CLEANING!

AM I GOOD ENOUGH?

        "MY BELOVED  BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WE MUST STOP COMPARING OURSELVES TO OTHERS.   WE TORTURE OURSELVES NEEDLESSLY BY COMPETING AND COMPARING.....WE FALSELY JUDGE OUR SELF-WORTH BY THE THINGS WE DO OR DON'T HAVE AND BY THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS. .....IF WE MUST COMPARE. LET US COMPARE HOW WE WERE IN THE PAST TO HOW WE ARE TODAY-----AND EVEN TO HOW WE WANT TO BE IN THE FUTURE.THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS "AM I GOOD ENOUGH?" AND " WILL I MAKE IT?" ARE "YES! YOU ARE GOING TO BE GOOD ENOUGH" AND "YES, YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE IT AS LONG AS YOU KEEP- REPENTING AND DO NOT RATIONALIZE OR REBEL"  THE GOD IN HEAVEN IS NOT A HEARTLESS REFEREE LOOKING FOR ANY EXCUSE TO THROW US OUT OF THE GAME......PLEASE BELIEVE , AND PLEASE TAKE HOPE AND COMFORT FROM, THIS ETERNAL TRUTH.  OUR HEAVENLY FATHER INTENDS FOR US TO MAKE IT!  THIS IS HIS WORK AND HIS GLORY.".......ELDER J. DEVN  CORNISH
          I JUST PRAY THAT SOMEDAY I WILL KNOW WHAT I DID THAT MADE MY ONE DAUGHTER'S FAMILY HATE ME....... CAN I BE FORGIVEN.....?.

TIME TICKS BY.......

             
      I DON'T ASK WHY........I JUST ACCEPT THAT 84 AND A HALF YEARS HAVE TAKEN THEIR TOLE ON MY BODY.......IT HAS BEEN A GOOD BODY AND SERVED ME WELL.....YES, MY KNEES ARE BAD AND I HAVE BAD FEET......BUT IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THE MILES THESE LEGS AND FEET HAVE WALKED AROUND THE WORLD AND THE MILES I HAVE DANCED......WHICH WAS A LOVE OF MY LIFE!  WHEN BEING THIN AND AGILE WAS NECESSARY.....I WAS.  I RAISED THREE DARLING DAUGHTERS AND WAS THERE THROUGH THE LIVES OF MOST OF MY NINE GRAND KIDS.....CHASING, CHANGING, CHALLENGING THEM AS THEY GREW UP.....YES, NOW I HURT ALL OVER MOST THE TIME AND I AM DEFINITELY SLOWING DOWN........ESPECIALLY IN THIS COLD WEATHER.....BUT I HAVE BEEN THERE DONE THAT!......AND I AM PROUD OF THAT!  MY POOR HANDS HAVE BIG LIVER SPOTS AND CANCER SCARES BUT I AM STILL KNITTING BABY AFIGANS AND EMBROIDERING QUILT BLOCKS!!!!!AND HUGGING THE PEOPLE I LOVE.  THANK YOU GOD FOR MY HANDS.....

DEAR SANTA........

AT 84.....WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF WE STILL BELIEVED IN SANTA AND COULD GET A MAKE-OVER WITH JUST A LETTER AND A WISH?...I FIND WISHING ON A STAR DOESN'T HELP EITHER.....SO I AM JUST GOING TO BE THANKFUL FOR THE ONE I HAVE AND COVER IT UP WITH BIG CLOTHES........WHICH ISN'T HARD IN THIS FREEZING WEATHER WE ARE HAVING.

I WISH I COULD SAY I WAS A PEACE .....BUT SO MUCH STRIFE IN THE WORLD AND POLITICS HAS GOTTEN OUT OF HAND.......MY FAMILY IS IN DISARAY AND I MISS THE THREE GRANDCHILDREN THAT ARE NO LONGER IN MY LIFE AT THIS TIME.....MY SWEET LITTLE DOG WHO IS FOURTEEN AND A HALF ISN'T DOING WELL AND I HOPE SHE JUST GOES TO SLEEP AND DOESN'T WAKE UP WHEN HER TIME COMES AND ISN'T IN PAIN......I WILL MISS HER SO.

I MISS WRITING IN MY BLOG EVERY DAY AS I HAVE IN THE PAST BUT HAVE BEEN IN A DIFFERENT MIND-SET OF LATE AND WRITING DOESN'T JUST FLOW AS IT USE TO, HOPE IT IS JUST THE SEASON.....I DUG OUT "MOMMA TEDDY"......THAT MY MOTHER MADE ME FOR CHRISTMAS 75 YEARS AGO AND TOLD THE GRANDKIDS HER STORY AT OUR PARTY.....FOR SOME REASON IT HAS MADE ME SO HOMESICK FOR MOM AND DAD AND MY LIFE OF YESTERDAY.....

DARREN ASKED ME TO SPEND CHRISTMAS WITH THEM AND PAM INSISTS I SPEND CHRISTMAS NIGHT AFTER DINNER WITH THEM.....SO GREAT TO BE LOVED.

UGLY SWEATER CHRISTMAS PARTY......

YES .......YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD FAMILY DOWN.......I WAS READY TO CANCEL THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY BECAUSE THE COOKS ARE ACTING POOPY AND DON'T SPEAK TO ME......OR MOST THE FAMILY......JUST AS I WAS BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE A FAILURE THE OTHER TWO GIRLS STEPPED IN AND SAID......."WHO NEEDS THEM TO HAVE A FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY".......AND THE PARTY WAS ON.   LAST SUNDAY 1 4 OF MY DARLING FAMILY GATHERED AROUND THE TABLE FOR DINNER IN THEIR "UGLY CHRISTMAS" SWEATERS........SCOTT WON THE PRIZE BUT ROB'S AND LIZ'S WERE NECK AND NECK, FUN PEOPLE, GOOD FOOD AND PRESENTS  MADE OUR EVENING A GREAT TIME......AND THE FROSTING WAS OUR 2 YEAR OLD AARON....EVERY FAMILY NEEDS A BABY! DID WE MISS THE COOKS?   I DON'T THINK SO!....ALREADY PLANNING ANOTHER UGLY SWEATER PARTY FOR CHRISTMAS NEXT YEAR.......and I plan to still be here..........

WISH I HAD WRITTEN THIS......

MY TWENTIES WERE WONDERFUL......COLLEGE, WORKING IN DENVER AT BURKHARDT STEEL COMPANY, SUMMERS AT SUMMER RESORTS LIKE MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK AND ESTES PARK, COLORADO AS A WAITRESS FOR MONEY FOR COLLEGE.......THEN BEING A STEWARDESS AT 21......NOT A WORRY IN MY 20'S....BUT.....THEN MARRIAGE AND A BABY ETC. AND THINGS CHANGE!  I LOVE THE FOLLOWING PIECE FROM FACEBOOK........

"A STRONG WOMAN KNOWS THAT BEING STRONG IS NOT AN OPTION FOR HER......IT IS A NECESSITY.....SO EVERY DAY SHE WAKES UP AND MEETS HE WORLD AND ALL IT'S CHALLENGES HEAD ON......BUT SOMETIMES AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN ALL IS DONE AND SHE FINALLY CLOSES THE DOOR ........SHE CRIES, NOT BECAUSE SHE IS WEAK, BUT BECAUSE IT IS HARD BEING STRONG, DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY, (I AM  SO GLAD TO KNOW IT ISN'T BECAUSE I AM WEAK BECAUSE I HAVE CRIED BARRELS OVER KARRIE THIS LAST YEAR....BUT KNOW I HAVE TO GO ON) ......KNOWING THAT IF YOU DON'T DO IT, NO ONE WILL.  THE SOFT CRIES THAT MOST NEVER HEAR WILL SOFTLY DISAPPEAR AS THE NEW DAY COMES AND YOU RISE ONCE AGAIN TO BE THE BEAUTIFUL, STRONG, CONFIDENT WOMAN YOU ARE."

I AM THANKFUL I CAN BE THIS PERSON.....I MUST BE THERE TO SEE KEN THROUGH HIS TWO YEAR SERVICE MISSION FOR THE CHURCH AND WORK WITH HIM EVERY NIGHT ON HIS EXERCISES IN THIS NEW "BRAINCHANGE" PROGRAM HIS FOLKS AND OTHER GRANDMA SIGNED HIM UP FOR.....PRESUMING I CAN DO IT...........WE NEVER KNOW WHEN AND WHERE WE WILL BE CALLED  TO STEP UP AND BE STRONG!!!........AND I CAN AND WILL DO IT.

BLESS ALL THE WOMEN WHO PROVE THEY ARE STRONG WOMEN........DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY!..

COFFEE TIME AT MY HOUSE........

I KNOW SOME OF MY FAMILY CANNOT UNDERSTAND MY COFFEE THING.......BUT WHEN YOU ARE HEADING FOR 85.....SINGLE......DON'T GO OUT AT NIGHT MUCH...... NOR BELONG TO FANCY CLUBS.......WHY DO THEY FROWN ON A CUP OF COFFEE EACH MORNING......ONE OF THE SIMPLE PLEASURE LEFT TO YOU........AND WHEN YOUR GOOD FRIEND DROPS BY ABOUT THREE AND YOU CAN SHARE YOUR DAYS WITH EACH OTHER OVER A CUP OF COFFEE......IS THAT REALLY BAD????  I AM TRYING  TO UNDERSTAND WHY......

FRANTIC DAY......TRYING TO GET READY FOR THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY ON SUNDAY.....HAD A DOZEN THINGS TO DO TODAY BUT THE WEATHER TOOK OVER AND I GAVE UP AND CAME HOME........MUCH TO DO TOMORROW.   THE BOYS LEFT FOR VERNAL LAST NIGHT TO BEAT THE STORM SO LEFT WITH MUCH TO DO......PICK UP ICE......GROCERY SHOP......DOB.....THEN START PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER.......ALSO A LITTLE DUSTING AND VACUMNING.........I GUESS IT WILL HAPPEN WHETHER I AM READY OR NOT!  GOT A DARN GOOD SNOW STORM TODAY......TALKED TO PAM, SHERRIE AND LES AND THAT ALWAYS MAKES MY DAY.

CHOOSE CAREFULLY,,,,,,,,

YOU KNOW .......THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO BE GRATEFUL FOR....AND I FOUND ANOTHER ONE TODAY!

I AM TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG.......ONE WORRY I CAN CROSS OFF MY STRESS LIST

I GET SO TIRED OF HEARING PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THINGS IN THEIR LIVES WHAT THEY DON'T REALIZE IS THEY ARE WHERE THEY ARE BECAUSE OF THE CHOICES THEY HAVE MADE OR ARE MAKING......

EVERYTHING YOU DO IS BASED ON THE CHOICES YOU MAKE......IT'S NOT YOUR PARENTS, YOUR PAST RELATIONSHIPS, YOUR JOB, THE ECONOMY, THE WEATHER, AN ARGUMENT, OR YOUR AGE THAT IS TO BLAME.......YOU AND ONLY YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY DECISION AND CHOICE YOU MAKE......"PERIOD"!.

OUR FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY IS SUNDAY AND I HOPE I AM READY FOR IT..

LIFE IS FRAGILE......

TIME FLYING AND ONLY 12 MORE DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS.......GOT A "TO DO" LIST A MILE LONG......SPENT THE MORNING WAITING FOR RELIEF SOCIETY TEACHERS THAT NEVER SHOWED UP.....THEN JUST AS I WAS LEAVING MY FRIEND PATTY DROPPED BY FOR AN HOUR......SOOOOO THEN FINALLY TO THE STORE ......HOME AND TRIMMED GIGI, DID LAUNDRY, TIED THE NEW QUILT I AM MAKING FOR AARON FOR CHRISTMAS PARTY SUNDAY.   

DINNER IS OVER BUT I STILL HAVE TO HELP KEN WITH HIS SCRIPTURES AND THE NEW BRAIN TRAINING PROGRAM HIS FOLKS JUST PUT HIM IN.....BY NINE MY ACHING JOINTS LOOK FORWARD TO FALLING INTO BED.....TO HOPEFULLY FACE ANOTHER BUSY DAY TOMORROW.......SUPPOSE TO GET  A SNOW STORM TONIGHT.......BUT MAYBE IT WILL HEAD FOR THE HILLS TO DUMP IT'S LOAD..

GOOD NEWS........

ANOTHER FUN DAY WITH THE LADIES AT THE COTTONWOOD CLUB.....DIDN'T WIN AT BRIDGE.......BUT HAD A GOOD VISIT!

TODAY IS PEARL HARBOR DAY......75 YEARS AGO THE JAPANESE BOMBED PEARL HARBOR AND WW2 STARTED......I WAS 9 YEARS OLD.  HISTORY........

I TOOK A QUIZZ ON FACEBOOK CHOOSING COLORS AND PICTURES AND THE RESULT WAS .....MY MOST DOMINATE PERSONALITY TRAIT....."WISDOM"......IT SAID I APPROACHED SITUATIONS AND CHALLENGES WITH A LEVEL HEAD AND USE LOGIC  WHEN MAKING DECISIONS.  MY MANY EXPERIENCES IN LIFE HAVE MADE ME AN INTELLIGENT AND PRACTICAL INDIVIDUAL.......YEP, THAT'S ME.

STORM MOVING IN......AND TO ALL YOU THAT ARE PRAYING FOR A BLIZZARD.......PLEASE GO TO THE DAIRY QUEEN!

GETTING OLDER.......

EVERY DAY FINDS ME JUST A LITTLE BIT OLDER........SO GLAD TO SEE SHERRIE AND THE BOYS THIS MORNING.......NICE TO HAVE GREG BACK WITH US AND HE IS SO CUTE.....KEN WAS HAPPY TO SEE ME ALSO......SHERRIE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO STAY AT THE HOTEL LAST NIGHT.......JUST GO HOME TO GRANDMA'S HOUSE .......AT MIDNITE......SO GLAD HE LOVES IT HERE.  WE ARE STARTING A NEW PROGRAM FOR HIS STUTTERING......HOPE IT HELPS.   PAM WILL BE HOME MONDAY ......

I WAS READING WHERE QUALITY TIME HELPS LOVED ONES LIVE LONGER.....YES......YOU NEED TO VISIT YOUR ELDERLY FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS......A UNIVERSITY STUDY OF TORONTO SAYS IT MAY EXTEND THEIR LIFE!   THE STUDY FOUND OLDER ADULTS WHO HAVE REGULAR CONTACT WITH FAMILY MEMBERS ARE MOST LIKELY TO LIVE PAST THEIR 80's.  CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS MAY LEAD TO POSITIVE CHANGES IN THE BRAIN CHANGING CHEMICALS AND HARMONS THAT HELP ELDERLY FOLKS 

STAY HEALTHIER LONGER.......I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT......WE NEED TO FEEL LOVED AND NEEDED......WHICH IS WHY WE HAD OUR CHILDREN MANY YEARS AGO.....EVERYONE NEEDS FAMILY.