Country Living Southern Style II

Do you know people who say they hate Christmas?   I do and it makes me sad for them.   Thanksgiving and Christmas are my favorite holidays.   Autumn is my favorite time of year.   To me, it is the most wonderful time of the year.   It is a time to give thanks for all we have been blessed with, a time to remember what and who is important to us.   My family hasn’t been able to have “Christmas” as we have been accustomed for about six years now, but I am not bitter nor angry.   I still find reasons to be thankful and grateful.   I am thankful that my children are old enough now to understand why they don’t have gifts under the tree, but I am most thankful that I raised them to appreciate life and what they can do for others.   Tears come to my eyes as I think about things they have said or done over the years.   I remember one Christmas when my son was about 8 years old, it looked like we were not going to have much of a Christ...

I guess my biggest regret for the last couple of years is losing friends.  One never likes to lose friends.  I am a fixer and the more I try to fix, I really tend to mess things up.  I really need to learn this lesson:  Let go and let God!  It is so hard for me to let go of people.  No matter how badly things might go between us, I tend to want to hang on and take their abuse (and sometimes dish out mine as well, I am no saint).  I tend to let my anger get the best of me sometimes. I never used to be so angry, but it seems the older I get and especially after some of my medical diagnoses, the anger came, the depression came, the pain came.  I really kind of went off the deep end for a bit and while I still don't feel like my old sweet kind humble self, I am beginning to feel some better.  I give that credit to a great doctor and my Heavenly Father, not necessarily in that order. I think one of the biggest lessons I have had to learn as o...

This is my entry for the Community Photo Challenge (http://communityphotochallenge.blogspot.com/).  The challenge actually calls for tulips, but since I don't have any, I will use my valentine rose, my Hubby brought me on Valentine's Day.  My Mom always says, "One rose means I Love You."  So, I guess he loves me. :)

The latest Community Photo Challenge is Perspective.  I took this photo of a friend's daughter, Brittany, standing up on a brick wall over her.

February 7, 2012

A beautiful January sunset...

Pictured are two of my great nephews, Kaleb and Brice.  Brice turned 3 on December 27th.  We had his 3rd birthday party at my sister's house (his grandmother).  It seems like he was just born and now he is three years old already!  My how time flies anymore!  He is the most precious little boy.  I was babysitting him not too long ago and one of my cats, Fonzie, was lying on my bed.  Fonzie almost always has a surly face like somebody peed in his cheerios or something.  Brice took one look at that grouchy face and then looked at me and said, "Can't we make him happy?"  I rolled on that one. :)  Toooooo funny!