When we went to visit Roy's parents grave at St. Vincent dePaul Cemetery #1 this week I spent some time walking through the cemetery. I've always loved cemeteries with old graves in them. Of course, I took pictures throughout to share here since a lot of our followers are not from this area and have… Continue reading 02.21.20 A look at what makes New Orleans’ cemeteries unique
Tuesday Roy and I drove the 90-minute ride to visit his parent's graves at St. Vincent dePaul Cemetery #1 in Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans is where we grew up and lived the first 10 years of our married life. It's been a long time since we visited their graves. We set out from… Continue reading 02.19.20 Our day in New Orleans
I wrote somewhere recently that we are the proud new members of Anytime Fitness in Amite, our home town now. It wasn't like we got this awesome benefit from our insurance company and we rushed right out to use it. We got the benefit effective January 2019 and thought it was nice but didn't do… Continue reading 02.10.20 When you realize Summer is coming and your winter body has gotten out of control!
These priceless photos of kiddos getting into mischief or just plain having fun exploring made me laugh. My own two sons were perfectly behaved and never got into such mischief. A Pinocchio like nose grows longer as I write. I hope these make you smile, giggle, laugh, shake your head in amazement, whatever! Â Â Â … Continue reading 02.04.20 My child wouldn’t do that!!!???
Roy started this "back door project" sometime in October of last year because the bottom of both sides of our back door had rotted and the baseboard next to it was rotted as well. There is no covering over the back door so rain hits the door and was somehow getting in. This blog post… Continue reading 01.26.20 Roy’s back door project
Our sweet girl duck, Peep, started laying baby duck eggs, one a day for the last four days! Yay baby ducks!! Here is egg number 1! I guess she's actually not expecting like we think of it but she'll have babies sometime in February! I contacted the wonderful couple that gave us Bo and Peep… Continue reading 01.21.20 Peep is expecting!
Since I laid it all out there in my last blog post about recent events in this dementia journey I want to share that I am coming out of the bad spell. It's not at all back to "my normal" but it is better. Better for me may not be what you think of as… Continue reading 01.11.20 Bits and pieces of dementia writings over the last two years
Dementia is an awful little disease. There's really nothing little about it. You get a diagnosis and only share it with your closest friends and family. You do see a few deficiencies you haven't had before but you work around it and go on. Then you can't read words well, sometimes. You don't remember things… Continue reading 01.09.20 Dementia is an awful little disease
There is a story about a train traveling through the night in a very violent rainstorm. The lightning flashes were almost blinding, the rain hitting the windows was deafening and the strong gust winds rocked the train from side to side. When the lightning flashed and lighted up the darkness, the passengers could see the… Continue reading 01.04.20 A little girl at peace
Since we began publishing our blog in 2012 we've posted a Reflections on God's Blessings each year. This year we did not travel at all. What we've done during this year is nothing remarkable but it is our life and I'll share while I still can. It's all here but in no date order and… Continue reading 01.01.20 Reflections on God’s Blessings in 2019
- BECAUSE HE LIVES, I CAN FACE TOMORROW - 