Everyday is a gift....

I just couldn't resist.... Today is Pats birthday and we are at our very special place where our family has special memories with Pat's mom and dad.  He picked up their picture and smiled as he said" this is my mom and dad"!  Of course we had to  gather up some things and sing  happy birthday.  Thanks Betty and Bill Merritt for giving me the gift of Pat to be the father of my children and  my husband!  Now we're headed down to the beach to soak up some sun and continuing celebrating this precious life!  We hope you all enjoy the holiday weekend and take time for the little things.. The important things..

The simple things

I haven't blogged in a while because I felt I didn't have much to say other than.. "Yep... He still has it" and " it isn't going away!"  I worry about bringing my friends down if I don't have anything funny to say to lighten the mood and you know me... We gotta laugh!   I've done my share of laughing and my share of crying and a whole lot of praying.  I don't know about you but turning it all over to God and trusting him completely is hard for me.  I've always believed that if there's a problem, there's got to be a way to fix it and my philosophy has always been  GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES.

My sweet daddy would always told me that.  He also always told me. . . YOU MAKE YOUR LUCK!  Well, I've tried everything known to man to try to fix this and I finally had to accept what is. So now what?  Well, One thing I know for sure is when we start our day with our devotions and prayer... Our day goes so much better.  Before this stupid disease took over our life, we were always rushing around and passing in the night.  Not now... It took a lot of getting use to but I can honestly say it's made me really appreciate the little things.., the simple things.  For instance... We have a bird feeder outside our kitchen window.  Pat is not able to use his words to tell me something but he will quietly nudge me and  point to the birds when they are feeding.  We stand still and quietly watch.  We've also discovered we love to nap in our small sunroom. We have two love seats and we've been known to each take a couch and snooze while the ceiling fan keeps us cool.  And... We sing in the shower every morning. I'm sure we scare  plenty of birds off then!!!  And each afternoon we check out our garden to see what's growing and blooming.  In fact yesterday we worked in our yard and it was scortching hot out!  We enjoyed spraying each other with the water hose. It's the little things that fill our days but when this season of our life is over... You can bet I'll be a better person for it.   I want to tell you all how much we appreciate your love and friendship and know we feel the prayers.  Pat is actually in a phase where he's happy, seems to feel good and is soooo sweet.  I'LL TAKE IT!