KISS MAY GOOD-BYE

THREE WEEKS AGO....TOMORROW.....I HAD A LITTLE ACCIDENT!

THESE PAST THREE WEEKS ARE RATHER A BLUR AS I HAVE SPENT A GOOD PART OF THEM IN MY PJ'S AND SLEEPING......I RAN ACROSS THIS LITTLE POEM  ON FACEBOOK WHICH SEEMS TO FIT ME TO A T........BATHING AND WASHING MY SORE HEAD HAVE NOT BEEN AT THE TOP OF MY TO-DO LIST.....AND MY ANXIOUS FRACTURED MIND HAS HAD TO CERTAINLY  BE REALIGNED WITH THE WHIRLING VERTIGO......I AM  DOING BETTER AND AS SOON AS THE WEATHER GETS BETTER HOPE TO GET OUT  IN THE YARD AND DO SOME WORK....FINALLY FELT LIKE DRIVING YESTERDAY.......CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN???? WELL, NOT SO MUCH YET!

MY GUARDIAN ANGEL......

MY FALL TWO WEEKS AGO......CONVINCED ME I HAVE A GUARDIAN ANGEL.....EVEN THOUGH I KNEW I HAD SEVERAL THAT HAVE KEEP ME SAFE IN MY CRAZY TRAVELS.....BUT THE FIRST THING I REMEMBER WHEN I CAME TOO......WAS SOMEONE HAD A FIRM GRIP ON MY HAND.....AND I JUST KEPT SQUEEZING IT WHEN I HURT SO BAD!  OUT OF THAT BIG CROWD AROUND ME....WHY THIS PERSON?  HE NEVER SPOKE AND NEVER LEFT ME TILL THE MEDICS CAME.....I COULDN'T TURN MY HEAD SO I DIDN'T SEE HIM.....I ASK MY NIECE,  WHO IS THIS NICE MAN HOLDING MY HAND....AND HIS ANSWER WAS...."ROBERT".  KRISTI ASK IF HE HAD CHILDREN PLAYING BALL AND HE SAID...."NOT THIS GAME"....LATER WHEN I ASKED KRISTI ABOUT  HIM SHE SAID...."DO YOU REMEMBER I TOLD YOU HE HAD BEAUTIFUL EYES?"  I DID NOT REMEMBER HER SAYING THAT.....BUT ANGELS DO HAVE BEAUTIFUL EYES......I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIM IF KRISTI RUNS ACROSS HIM AT ANOTHER BALL GAME......IF NOT I KNOW WHEN GUARDIAN ANGELS HAVE FILLED THE NEED.....THEY JUST VANISH.....THANK YOU ROBERT.

HOW MANY TIMES?

YOU THINK TO YOURSELF......HOW MANY TIMES CAN I TELL THE STORY OF MY FALL? EVERYONE FEELS SORRY.....AND WANTS TO KNOW...."HOW DID IT HAPPEN"?  WELL, THE LOOK YOU GET OR THE SOUND OF THEIR VOICE WHEN YOU SAY......"MY LITTLE SISTER PUSHED ME DOWN AT THE BASEBALL FIELD".......NOW IF WE WERE 7 AND 8 THAT IS A VERY BELIEVABLE HAPPENING.....BUT WE ARE IN OUR 70'S AND 80'S AND A LITTLE HARD TO PICTURE!  SO I AM THINKING I NEED TO ANSWER WITH A MUCH MORE BELIEVABLE TALE......"OH, I WAS UP MILLCREEK CANYON ROCK CLIMBING AND SLIPPED AND FELL 100 FEET AND LANDED ON MY HEAD".........THEN I WOULD GET MORE OH'S AND AHH'S!

GOD JUST KEEPS SLIPPING IN THESE LITTLE EXPERIENCES......THAT ARE NOT ON MY "BUCKET LIST"......LIKE A TRIP TO THE ER IN AN "AMBULANCE".....AND THE DAY I WAS IN THE BANK WITH A BANK ROBBER STANDING NEXT TO ME AND ME THE STAR WITNESS!!!!!.....BUT, LOOKING BACK NOW I CAN SAY...."BEEN THERE ...DONE THAT!"

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HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY.....

HERE IS HOPING EVERY ONE HAS A SAFE AND HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY.......TO MY KIDS ON THEIR WAY HOME FROM FUN WEEK ENDS.....DRIVE CAREFULLY....AND TO PAM...TIFF.....& WILL......ENJOY THE DOGS THAT GOT "SKUNKED".....THIS WEEKEND! AND WE WILL NEVER FORGET THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO DIED TO KEEP US FREE.

PASSED THE TWO WEEK MARK SINCE MY FALL AND STARTING TO FEEL BETTER.....THEY WARNED ME IT WOULD TAKE TIME.....MORE SO WITH OLDER PEOPLE....BUT HATE THIS VERTIGO!  HAVE SUCH A GREAT FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.  BRAYEE IS HERE WITH ME FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND HAS BEEN A GREAT COMFORT....THOUGH I AM SURE SHE IS BORED STIFF.......I AM ANXIOUS TO GET OUT AND GO SHOPPING AGAIN????  WHAT DO I NEED?.....NOTHING.....JUST LIKE TO SHOP AND GET SOME EXERCISE. 

YESTERDAY WAS PATTY'S BIRTHDAY......AND I MISSED IT.....GOOD FRIEND I AM........

TWO GREAT DAUGHTERS.....

IT'S SO EASY TO SAY....."WHY"......WHEN SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS TO YOU...I JUST HAVE FAITH THERE WAS A REASON.

AT THIS TIME I REALIZED HOW LUCKY I AM TO HAVE PAM AN SHERRIE WHO ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO STEP FORWARD WITH DR APPOINTMENTS, CHORES, AND SO MANY LITTLE THINGS THAT MAKE ME FEEL LOVED AND CARED FOR.......CALLS FROM GRANDCHILDREN AND EXTRA TIME GIVEN...BRAYDEN GAVE ME A BLESSING IN THE HOSPITAL AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT......AND ALEX GAVE ME A BLESSING BEFORE I CAME HOME FROM VERNAL TUESDAY.  ROBBY TOOK ME TO THE DR AS PAM HAD TO WORK....AND DARREN DROVE ME HOME FROM VERNAL.....GREAT SON-IN-LAWS....."NO MAN IS AN ISLAND".....WHICH MAKES ME WONDER WHY FAMILIES DON'T VALUE EACH OTHER MORE.......WE HAVE FAMILIES FOR A REASON....TO LOVE AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER.....AND NOT JUST IN TIME OF NEED....BUT EVERY DAY.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.......

YOU NEVER GET TO OLD TO MISS YOUR MOTHER......I HOPE EVERYONE THOUGHT OF THEIR MOTHER ON MOTHER'S DAY......

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY AT MY HOUSE???  NOT SO MUCH!

MY  SISTER, NIECE AND HER DAUGHTER WERE HERE FOR A BASEBALL TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY SO.....SO DECIDED TO TAG ALONG......MY SISTER TRIPPED AND HEADED FOR ME AND AS I REACHED OUT TO CATCH HER......WE BOTH HIT THE CEMENT VERY HARD.....ME A CONCUSSION AND BRUSHED TAIL BONE AND A TRIP TO THE LONE PEAK HOSPITAL IN AN AMBULANCE FOR A CAT-SCAN.....THANK GOODNESS.....NO BROKEN BONES...JUST SHOCK AND TRAUMA TO MY BODY.....BEEN A LONG TWO WEEKS RECUPERATING AT PAM'S AND SHERRIE'S IN VERNAL.....BACK HOME STILL FIGHTING HEAD ACHES AND VERTIGO!  OH YES, MY KIDS HAVE ME PUSHING A WALKER????? SO I WON 'T FALL AGAIN.  WONDERFUL FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS CONCERNED.

MY POOR SISTER ENDED UP WITH A HURT KNEE AND WE ARE WAITING TO SEE IF SOMETHING WAS TORN WHEN SHE WENT DOWN?? SHE IS IN MUCH PAIN......"SHIT HAPPENS"......IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.....OH YES, BRAYLEE'S TEAM WON!       

SO SEEMS I HAVE LOST TWO WEEKS SLEEPING AND GETTING BETTER.

SAD NEWS.....

KARRIE TEXTED SHERRIE, DARREN AND I ON THE 9TH......THAT SHE FOUND SHE HAD BREAST CANCER.....AND WOULD BE GOING THROUGH THREE WEEKS OF RADIATION AND FIVE YEARS OF MEDS.....WE ARE ALL DEVISTATED......AND WORRIED ABOUT KARRIE,....BUT HAPPY SHE SHARED THIS WITH US.......SHE ALSO WARNED SHERRIE TO HAVE HER MAMOGRAM!  SHE IS IN OUR PRAYERS EVERY DAY......AND I KNOW SHE WILL BE O.K.

THE GOLDEN SPIKE.....

MANY COLD AND LONELY NIGHTS WERE SPENT BY THE MEN BUILDING THE RAILROAD THAT CONNECTED THE EAST WITH THE WEST.......TODAY WAS A BIG CELEBRATION IN UTAH AT PROMONTORY POINT WHERE THE GOLDEN SPIKE WAS DRIVEN ON THIS DAY 150 YEARS AGO.......WHEN "BIG BOY" FROM THE EAST MET "LIVING LEGEND" FROM THE WEST.......THIS TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD HELPED UNITE OUR NATION......AND IT ALL HAPPENED IN LITTLE OLD UTAH.  THE ONE BROUGHT IN CHINESE TO HELP WITH CHEAP LABOR AND THE OTHER TEAMED UP WITH BRIGHAM YOUNG TO ROUND UP CHEAP HELP WITH THE MORMONS......ANY WAY IT GOT DONE!.....THEY EXPECTED 20,000 PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE IT WITH THEM TODAY......

EXPECTING MY SWEET SISTER AND HER DAUGHTER AND GRAND-DAUGHTER FOR THE WEEKEND TO HELP CELEBRATE "MOTHER'S DAY" WEEKEND WITH ME....BEEN BUSY PLANTING FLOWERS.......

A BIG BLACK CLOUD....

I KNOW THAT IN  EVERY LIFE SOME RAIN MUST FALL.....BUT SOMETIMES IT JUST POURS.......YESTERDAY NOT A GOOD DAY.......BIG BLACK CLOUDS.....BUT TODAY SOME SUNSHINE......YOU LEARN TO TAKE THE GOOD WITH THE BAD/.....AND JUST PRAY A LOT! THE OUT COME....GOD ONLY KNOWS.....AND HE WON'T TELL!  THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON....JUST BELIEVE!"

I'M DYING OF SARCOPENIA.......

IS SARCOPENIA...... (loss of muscle tissue)......  DRAINING YOUR VITALITY?????

IF YOU EXPERIENCE FATIGUE.....GAIT CHANGES....JOINT PAIN.....DIABETES....WEIGHT GAIN...FALLS....WEAK BONES/OSTEOPOROSIS....POOR BALANCE OR DECREASED CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS.....OR EVEN TWO OR THREE OF THESE.....YOU HAVE SARCOPENIA!!!!! I HAVE THEM ALL......I WONDER IF MY DOCTOR EVEN KNOWS ABOUT THIS WORD????

WHAT  CAN WE DO?   "MUSCLE MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR FOR LOOKING AND FEELING LIKE A MILLION BUCKS AS YOU AGE"....AND  EXERCISE IS THE KEY TO BUILDING MUSCLE.....BUT IF YOU ARE TOO TIRED OR IT HURTS TO EXERCISE.....I GUESS YOU JUST DIE!

HOPING TO HEAR FROM MY SISTER THEY WILL BE UP THIS WEEKEND TO PLAY BALL AND ENJOY MOTHER'S DAY.....JUST KEEPS RAINING!!!!

MY SWEET NEIGHBOR JUST BROUGHT OVER A PIECE OF RHUBARB PIE.....I DIDN'T HAVE THE HEART TO TELL HER.....I HATE RHUBARB!

WHY....THE COMPARATHON?

THIS THOUGHT BROUGHT UP LOTS OF QUESTIONS.......DOESN'T EVERYONE COMPARE THEMSELVES TO SOMEONE OR SOMETHING?  I WISH MY BODY LOOKED LIKE HERS.....I WISH I HAD A RICH FAMILY LIKE HER OR A NICER CAR LIKE MY FRIENDS.......WE GO THROUGH LIFE...SILENTLY USUALLY......COMPARING OURSELVES TO SOMETHING OR SOMEONE.......

WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF COMPARING....LIST FIVE THINGS  YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR IN YOUR LIFE.......THIS PROTECTS YOU FROM  COMPARISONS OF OTHER PEOPLE OR IMAGES  THAT PROMPT YOU TO COMPARE YOURSELF OR LIFE......AND MAKES YOU THANKFUL FOR THE FIVE THINGS YOU DO HAVE.......

YES, I AM SURE AT TIMES MY KIDS THOUGHT I WAS A WEIRD MOTHER....BUT HEY, CUPCAKE .......SUCK IT UP......I AM ....WHO I AM!

TO PAM, SHERRIE AND KARRIE!!!

WITH MOTHER'S DAY AROUND THE CORNER......I THOUGHT THIS WAS APPROPRIATE......

I NEVER LOVED ONE MORE THAN THE OTHER.....I HAVE ENJOYED YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN LIFE AND ANY LOVE YOU GIVE ME IS SO SPECIAL TO ME.....I THANK YOU ALL FOR THE 9 GRANDCHILDREN THAT HAVE HELP MAKE ME...ME.  I ADORE THEM ALL EVEN THOUGH SOME DON'T RETURN MY LOVE.....THEY CAN'T CONTROL MY LOVE FOR THEM.....

I AM A VERY LUCKY MOTHER AND ALWAYS DID THE BEST I KNEW HOW FOR YOU.....I AM VERY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU.

LET YOURSELF BELIEVE......

FAITH CAN BE OUR GREATEST SOURCE OF STRENGTH......WHEN YOU HAVE FAITH IN YOURSELF, YOU CAN FIND IT IN YOU TO DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO.....WHEN YOU HAVE FAITH THAT TROUBLES WILL PASS......THEY ALWAYS DO.  AND WHEN YOU HAVE FAITH THAT COMFORT AND JOY WILL FIND YOU.....THEY WILL....GOD GUARANTEES.

SOMETIMES YOU GET BORED OR DEPRESSED......AND BEGIN TO WONDER ABOUT  YOURSELF BUT IN A WORLD OF CONSTANT COMPARISONS.....IT CAN BE EASY TO OVERLOOK YOUR OWN...... OUTSTANDINGNESS......AND SHRUG OFF WHAT MAKES YOU INCREDIBLY SPECIAL......YOU ARE SPECIAL TO YOUR CHILDREN, TO YOUR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.....WHY NOT TO YOURSELF?  JUST LEARN TO LIKE YOURSELF......

CINO DE MAYO

HOW DID I MISS CINO DE MAYO????  HERE WE ARE 6 DAYS INTO MAY AND IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY I WAS MAKING OUT THE BILLS THE FIRST OF THE MONTH.....WE CAN'T SEEM TO GET PAST THE RAIN AND COLD.....MORE FORECAST TOMORROW.  LAST WEEK END HAD ALEX AND ASHLYN.....WITH SHER AND DAR POPPING IN ON SATURDAY FOR BEN'S WEDDING......PAM AND I WENT TO LUNCH FRIDAY.....AND TODAY I WAS OFF TO PATTY'S FOR COFFEE AND CATCH UP.......GUESS I WON'T BE PLANTING FLOWERS TILL THE WEEKEND......IF THEN?  I GUESS YOU JUST GET OLDER BY THE DAY  AND THE MIRROR DOESN'T LIE!