REFLECTIONS.......

WOW.....OFF AND MOVING ALONG.......FIRST LAST NIGHT I WROTE I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO 95.......WELL THAT WAS A HUGE MISTAKE.....IT WILL BE 85....AND THAT IS BAD ENOUGH!!!

I JUST SAY TODAY....... HAPPY NEW TO EVERYONE AND......AHHH, TODAY I CLOSE THE DOOR ON THE PAST, OPEN THE DOOR TO THE FUTURE, TAKE A DEEP BREATH, STEP ON THROUGH AND START A NEW CHAPTER IN MY LIFE......I THINK FOR ME "OLD AGE" WILL START AT 85........AND OLD AGE AIN'T SO BAD IF YOU CAN HANDLE IT......AND I CAN!.

MY SWEET BRAYDEN CALLED TODAY AND SAID COME TO THE CABIN WITH TAYLOR........ARE YOU KIDDIN?   THAT IS UP IN PARK CITY AND THE SNOW IS KNEE DEEP AND EVEN THOUGH THEY PROMISED ALL I HAD TO DO WAS GET IN THE SNOW CAT AND RIDE UP THE HILL......I KNOW THIS FAMILY........THINGS COME UP AND I'M NOT RIDING ON THE BACK OF ANY SNOW-MOBILE!  NO.....I JUST STAYED IN MY NICE WARM HOUSE AND PUT MY CHRISTMAS STUFF AWAY.   OLD IS OLD ......AND KIDS WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND UNTIL THEIR JOINTS FEEL LIKE MINE DO!....BUT I DID APPRECIATE THE INVITATION........

I LOOK BACK OVER MY ALMOST 85 YEARS WITH LOVE AND SECURITY AND WONDERFUL PARENTS WHO TAUGHT ME TO LIKE MYSELF......MY LIFE HAS NOT BEEN A BED OF ROSES......BUT IT WAS THE CHOICES I MADE THROUGH THE YEARS THAT HAVE BROUGHT ME TO WHERE I AM TODAY......I CAN'T BLAME ANYONE.  I LOVED THE LITTLE TOWN I GREW UP IN WHERE I KNEW EVERYONE AND NEVER FELT I HAD AN ENEMY......I LOVED BEING A CHEERLEADER, A STEWARDESS AND A CONCEIRGE AND ALL THE FUN THINGS I VOLUNTEERED FOR.   MY MARRIAGE WAS SO-SO BUT I DID GET THREE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS OUT OF IT....AND NINE OF THE GREATEST GRANDCHILDREN EVER WHO REMAIN AS MY HERITAGE......AND  A GREAT-GRANDSON.  I TRAVELED THE WORLD ......WHICH IS ONE OF MY GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS........AND LIVED TO SEE OBAMA OUT OF OFFICE.....YES, I CELEBRATE ANOTHER YEAR WITH MUCH GRATITUDE AND HAPPINESS.....LOOKING FORWARD TO TRUMP TAKING US INTO THE OLD WORLD I KNEW GROWING UP.

HAPPY NEW TO EVERYONE.......