Gosh, I am so far behind! Where has this past week gone? I looked on my "reading list" of my blogging friends, and I see so many wonderful posts waiting to be read...I hope to get caught up with you soon! I feel like this "Great Purple Hairstreak" butterfly! I couldn't tell if this butterfly was coming or going! (you can click that link for more pictures of what it looks like in flight).
I thought it was two butterflies stuck together, but it turns out it was just one very unusual butterfly!
Or like our young Sand Hill Crane Colt, either Abe or George, I don't know which...when he realized the rest of his family was going on without him he had to hurry up and catch up with them!
Look how long those legs are now! He and his brother (sister?) have both gotten SO big!
Well, why not take the plunge? Time's a wasting! LOL.
So anyway, I want to get caught up and thank you all for your wonderful comments on my previous posts. You've all been so kind and thoughtful and I appreciate you all so much! So I do hope to get caught up with you very soon. Your posts are very important to me and I don't want to lose touch by being too busy or just lazy.
First off, for those who offered kind thoughts and prayers regarding my CT Scan last week...I did get results...and they were very good...no signs of any blockages or other "issues" that could be harmful to my health. For that news I am extremely thankful to God. But my question to the Dr. was, "So what am I supposed to do? I still have these issues that are unpleasant and uncomfortable, to say the least." She made some recommendations regarding my diet and other supplemental assistance to keep my system "running smoothly". So I am working on that. However, I already have a rather limited diet that I follow, and her best recommendation was to add things like sauerkraut...so maybe some of you will understand what I am up against without saying the words...Therefore, one step at a time. And again, I am very thankful that this is something that is fixable.
Meanwhile, speaking of food...yesterday was Mother's Day! I truly hope and pray that each of you had a wonderful day, whether you actually "celebrate" or have a peaceful day of being kind to yourself... I do understand that Mother's Day and Father's Day are both days that can be very difficult for many people for various reasons. For us, both days can be hard for us since the passing of our sweet son Matthew in 2014. We are thankful to have our other two sons Benton and Scott living nearby us and to be able to spend good times together, but there is always that empty place in our hearts and minds where Matthew should be. I was thankful for this little blessing in the Memorial Garden blooming for Mother's Day:
Oh, and today there are actually two of these lovely Easter Lilies blooming...
John 10:9-10
"9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.
I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."
It's the little things like this that bring a smile to our hearts.
Back to food and Mother's day...this is what we had yesterday...BBQ chicken, baked potato, salad, glazed carrots, rolls, and a little bit of leftover pasta salad from a church luncheon we went to on Saturday.
It was very good...
Good to the last bite!
Love these sweet kids...
Scott did our grilling...it was wonderful as usual...
All in all, it was a wonderful Mother's Day. I am very thankful and blessed.
I posted this picture from the past on Facebook yesterday. This was taken on Mother's Day in 1980, with "my three sons", Matthew, Benton, and Scotty. Those were happy days when our little boys were so sweet and innocent and healthy and happy. Sometimes I think how much I wish I could go back and enjoy those rascally little boys all over again. I would certainly cherish every moment...but truly I wouldn't want to bring them back to that age and have to live life all over again. God knows best! But I am thankful for those precious memories.
Moving along...
Here's our choir hymn and message from Mother's Day yesterday if you would like to listen:
Sing along with our choir as we sing "Happy Our Home, When God is There"
Happy our home when God is there,
Binding our hearts in love,
Blessing each day with moments shared,
Drawing our thoughts above.
Happy our home when daily prayer
Bears every daily need;
When parents share God's Holy Word
And daily let Him lead.
Happy our home when children praise,
Lifting our Savior's name;
When parents speak and show His love,
Faithful each day the same.
Father of all, our God of Peace,
We look to You alone;
Come with Your precious gift of love
And make our house Your home.
Well, I guess I'd better close for tonight. Tomorrow is another day. I did get my new glasses this past Friday, but by yesterday I was experiencing a very strained right eye and found that I wasn't seeing very well from that eye. So I went back to the eye doctor today and they checked the glasses and said they were correct to the prescription. So they said for me to come back tomorrow to see the doctor again and have him check the eye to see if they got the prescription wrong. Which means I will end up having to wait again for my glasses to be fixed. So we shall "see" what develops. That's one reason I haven't been doing as much reading and writing lately as my eyes have been bothering me a lot. Hopefully we will get this resolved soon!
Hope you are all having a wonderful day...evening...week...See ya later!!
