Happy Independence Day!

Scooter showing her Patriotic Pride

July 4, 2001 !

She actually made the local paper...

Attending a John Phillip Sousa concert with her dad.

Hope everyone has a lovely Holiday.

God Bless America!

A Belated Birthday Post

This is to my Aunt Dorothy ...

more commonly known as "Aunt Dot".

She passed away several years ago

and I miss her very much,

as do my children.

Aunt Dot's Birthday was July 2nd and I was

thinking about her all day yesterday.

She was such a lady...a Perfect Lady, always.

In the eighties, a book was published called:

Real Women Don't Pump Gas...it was funny,

but really, she fit every description of

a "real woman" in that book.

Aunt Dot didn't really like having her picture taken.

Of the few that I have, this is one of my favorites.

It is also one of the last.

Aunt Dot taught me many things: to use a table cloth and cloth napkins just to

make an ordinary lunch special, to send a silly card just for the fun of it,

to write Thank You notes (I mess up on this one all the time).

Aunt Dot always called me Elizabeth, even when my own

Mother called me Liz...

in case you didn't notice, I "go by" Elizabeth !

Aunt Dot and her wonderful husband Uncle Bob were

married for more than 50 years when he passed away leaving

her dreadfully sad. They were loving, constant, affectionate,

playful, kind, and a fabulous example to me of married life and love.

Thank You so much Aunt Dot for being such an Amazing Aunt and Friend.

I'd like to be Whelmed, Please

I've always wondered why we never hear of people being

Whelmed

They are often Over-Whelmed...

and sometimes Under-Whelmed...

but never seem to be "Whelmed".

It seems to me that whelmingness would be the perfect state.

Not too much or too little...Make sense???

Lately our family has been somewhat

Over Whelmed.

Seeker Man has had some

MAJOR

LIFE CHANGING STUFF

going on...

We are thrilled and excited that he has

moved back home...

Of course, he never lived with us in this house...

but that's good because we have the

ROOM for him here...

Our old house was somewhat smaller.

The little munchkins are SO happy to have

their Big Brother with us,

I think Big Brother is having fun being Adored too!

He's getting all sorts of things figured out...

and seeking God seriously for the first time.

Can I hear an AMEN out there, People?!

There are still some tough times, decisions

and Spiritual Warfare to get through...

But I have Faith and Trust in the LORD.

and,Blessedly, we KNOW who WINS!

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle,

be our protection against

the wickedness and snares of the Devil.

May God rebuke him, we humbly pray,

and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host,

by the power of God,

cast into Hell, Satan and all the evil spirits

who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen.

Thanks to anyone out there praying for us, we appreciate it!