It took me quite a while but I entered all my family health history to Cleveland Clinic's MyFamily page. That's been hanging over my head for around 2 years. Ha!

Today Barack H. Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States.  God help us!

Happy 88th birthday, Elaine.  If you were still living you'd have loved even the teeny bit of snow in Rock Hill this morning, I'm sure.

Happy day this past Saturday, January 10, 2009!  Everything so beautiful: the day, the weather, the surroundings, the guests, the reception at Uncle David's lovely home, the families including inlaws!, the fellowship & camaraderie, the food, the reunion--all in the presence of the Lord & savior Jesus Christ.  It couldn't have been a more perfect ( Read more... )

Mom gave me this information last month during a lengthy phone call.  I had asked her when she moved into 226, in the bosom of the King William Historical District of San Antonio (first called "Saurkraut Bend") which was designated in 1967 as the first historical district in Texas.

"Dominant in this landscape are 75 or more Victorian homes of the ( Read more... )

Good grief!  Why in the world didn't I write about Cannie's visit this past March?  That was definitely the highlight of my winter...along with our own visit to San Antonio last December which included my 41st high school reunion with 6 girlfriends.  She had such a great time here in snow country.

Cannie flew into Cleveland March 9, just a day after ( Read more... )

Talking with Mom yesterday, I rediscovered that my grandfather George was a reporter for the Waco (TX) News-Tribune around 1920, before he married Mamaw.  His favorite story was about witnessing a hanging.  After that event, he went for lunch and on his way back to his vehicle, he took a shortcut through the courthouse basement.  There he was ( Read more... )

Mamaw & George were my grandparents, parents to my mom.  I knew them very well because we lived in the same city, they visited us or we visited them a lot, and we went to church &/or ate dinner with them every Sunday til I left for dental hygiene school at age 19.  They were wonderful people and grandparents, the kind anyone would wish to have as ( Read more... )

Zach & Stephanie returned for a brief visit, combining business (Zach) with pleasure (both, I hope).  He had a karate seminar to attend all day Saturday to help him begin his karate ministry for his church in Greenville in September.

Although they started their 10-hour drive plenty early, they arrived at 6:30pm Thursday.  After eating a late supper ( Read more... )

Finally!  Staffords meet Zachary's true love of 9 months and fall in love with her too.  What a perfect match for our #1 son.  I hope we didn't scare her away with our exuberant acceptance of her as a potential daughter, Zachary's wife.  Actually she seemed to be settled mentally in that position already.

Now, what was she like? I reserve the right ( Read more... )

Tim & Vaughan are gone this weekend to a Father-Son Retreat at a camp in central Ohio.  I have been looking forward to this probably as much as they have.  I love being on my own--at least for a while.  I like the quiet.  I like the feeling of no responsibilities except to myself.  I like having no time constraints.  I love not needing to cook.  I ( Read more... )