Hello Blog.....It's Springtime

I know, it's been quite some time since I last posted. Seems as if the "Winter Blues", had me
in a stranglehold, and wouldn't let go. Mother Nature, had her on stranglehold going on
departing with Winter, this year. Glad she finally gave in!

Welcome 2014!

I, like some of you, are still wondering where 2013 went. It seems, as each New Year
approaches, it goes by faster than the previous one. Anyway....many wishes, my dear
friends and love ones, as we start 2014. May God shine his loving grace upon you.

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Kailie's party face.....lol

                                      

 
Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.
                                              Pope John XXIII 

 

Christmas Wishes And Blessings

"And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS:
   for he shall save his people from their sins."
   Matthew 1:21


To all my friends and family.......Christmas Wishes and Blessings. May you find
peace and joy, as we celebrate this glorious day, in which Christ, our Savior, was 
born. To our loved ones, that have gone on before, forever in our hearts, but with
Jesus evermore. 

                                                                 Merry Christmas!

 

Thirty-fifth Wedding Anniversary

 

Today, this December 23, 2013, would have marked our thirty-fifth Wedding Anniversary.
It breaks my heart, knowing you are not here, so we could celebrate. My celebration to
you, would be.....asking my best friend, husband, and the love of my life, to marry me
again. We would be dressed in white, barefoot, on a beach, at sunset. It brings a smile to
my face, as I'm writing this, and dreaming of the love we shared. You were the most
kindest, sweetest, (I could go on and on) husband, anybody would be blessed with. But,
you were mine! The love I had for you then, and the love I have for now, continues, as
it always will. I know, you are sending your love to me from Heaven, as you always do. I know,
even though I don't feel your presence, you and the Lord are with me at all times. I miss
you....there are no words to describe the feeling.
The Lord brought us together thirty-five years ago, and I know he will again.

 

 

 

 

                                                  

                                                          Happy Anniversary, Tony   
                       

First Day Of Winter.....Really?

 

 

On this first day of winter, you would have thought you were waking up to Spring this morning with the mild temps. Went Christmas shopping in short sleeves! As the day progressed, so did the temps, 75. As nightfall came,
Winter, decided to literally come in with a bang. Thunder and lightning, wind gusts up to 40-50 mph. I went to my "safe place" to ride out the storm. As tornado sirens wailed, power lines came down, leaving over 12,000
homes and businesses without electricity in Nashville and surrounding counties. Torrential rain causing flooding in some areas.

Forecast for the first part of the week......temps plummeting, with a chance
of snow flurries on Monday.

Welcome to Tennessee!






 

It Wouldn't Be A Christmas Parade Without......

Every year, come December, this round, white-bearded, ole man,
dressed in a red and white suit, makes his appearance at the end
of the Christmas Parade. Riding atop, to make sure he's seen.

                    

 2011

                 

 

 With a HO, HO, HO, and shouting "Merry Christmas", with his elves by his side,
 helping him throw candy to the much anxiously awaiting kids as he goes by.
 Young and old wave cheerfully to him, hoping to catch that magical twinkle in his eye.
 Merry Christmas, with much love, Santa.
  Oh, by the way.......
 Rudolph is looking for you!
 Or, should I ask, are you looking for him? 

 2012

                

 

  

  
 


In The Midst Of The Holidays

 

 

The holidays are here, and we all have different ways of facing them. For some of us,
all is happy and bright. Which is the way it should be, with joy all around, friends and
family coming together. While on the other hand, we see people who are struggling.
It may be financially, sickness, or grieving over the loss of a loved ones. My thoughts, and
prayers be with you, during this time, and the days that follow.
I, like some of you, have came face to face with them all. I can't say, I know what you're going through, because, I don't. We all deal with situations differently. 
All we can do is, ask God to be with us during this time, to lift all anxieties, and depression,
try to think positive, and know there is a higher power above any trials we may face.
May God bless, and Merry Christmas.