This and That

This weekend has been sad for me. Why? Well, my son and his wife took off for their six anniversary get-a-way. I know I should be rejoicing and shouting from the mountain tops that they have a good marriage. It's just that they left without saying where or when they were going. Sure, I knew from Facebook and from my youngest son who talked with his older brother during the week prior but still it wasn't the same. It was as though Dad and I were unimportant. At least that is how I felt. For a couple of generations now, it was known you told your parents if you went away to another city or country. Why? Well, for a farewell blessing. But neither one of them said anything. It really broke my heart. To add salt to injury, they asked my third son to house sit. He too, left without saying, "Mom, I'll be house sitting. See you soon." NOTHING! What am I? lambchops? I always say "Motherhood is not for the faint of heart".  You do so much to provid

I have been cleaning my shed lately. As you get older you begin to think how will your kids handle all this stuff you've got? Most people just throw and Estate Sale and get rid of everything. I would love to sit and let each son know what I want them to have but really that isn't going to be the case here. I know they are just going to chunk it all away. As a teacher, I have collected so much stuff it is not funny. So Last week I began the treading through the shed. So today I stumbled on two of my diaries. One when I was a child and the other is a log of the day my husband was baptized. The book started with to my future husband and children. This was long before they all existed. I wanted them to know how I felt that day and what I was going through. My husband attended an Assembly of God church and I was Catholic. The difficult part was that I was the only daughter of a very devote Catholic family. The dynamics of just getting married was not an easy task. I j