MEMORIAL DAY

 OUR DAY BEGAN AT 10:00  WHEN WE DROVE OUT TO FRUITA TO PICK UP TAMI.
WE THEN DROVE TO THE SUMMERS TO CLEAR UP THE AREA WHERE THE ASHES OF MY MOM, DAD AND TERESA ARE PLACED.  THE PLAQUE AND  SUNFLOWERS STILL LOOKED GOOD.  WE JUST BENT THEM INTO SHAPE AGAIN.

 THEN WE WENT TO\ MEMORIAL GARDENS TO PLACE SOME FLOWERS AND THE LAMB AND LION DECORATION ABOVE  THE FAMILY PLAQUE.   REMEMBERING  OUR LOVED ONES AND TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM WAS FUN.  MY DAD WAS A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II AND I EXPRESSED SOME ,MEMORIES OF MY MOM BEING LEFT WITH 3 LITTLE KIDS AND 800 CHICKENS TO TAKE CARE OF.  SHE WROTE ABOUT HATING TO CLEAN THE EGGS EVERY NIGHT WHEN THE CHILDREN WERE IN BED.

EVERYONE SACRIFICED WHEN IT COMES TO WAR......EVEN THOSE THAT ARE LEFT BEHIND.

 DON AND I HAVE BEEN WATCHING SEVERAL MOVIES ABOUT DIFFERENT WARS ON T.V.  I'M TOTALLY AMAZED AT THE COURAGE MEN HAVE FIGHTING FOR OUR COUNTRY.  FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.  WE TRULY ARE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE!
OF COURSE, THAT INCLUDES WOMEN TOO.

 WE ENJOYED THE YOUNG MAN THAT WAS PLAYING THE BAG PIPE.  WHEN HE SAW DON HE PLAYED THE MARINE CORPS HYMN.  THAT WAS VERY TOUCHING.

 TERESA HAD GIVEN DON THIS MARINE CORPS RING.  HE ENJOYED WEARING IT ON THIS SPECIAL DAY.  HE'S GOING TO TRY AND WEAR IT ALL THE TIME.  DON'S NOT USED TO LARGE RINGS SO WE WILL SEE.

WE ALSO REMEMBERED ALASHA.  SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN 34 YEARS OLD IF SHE HAD OF LIVED.

AFTER OUR STAY AT MEMORIAL GARDENS WE TOOK TAMI TO TACO BELL BEFORE DRIVING HER HOME.  IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND  WE ALL ENJOYED IT.  ANOTHER TRADITION WE LOVE.

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MY FRIEND JANET IS FINALLY FINISHED WITH HER RADIATION!

 I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN JANET HAD HER 25TH RADIATION TREATMENT.  I WANTED TO BE THERE WITH HER AND CELEBRATE.  BOTH JANET AND I LOVE THIS WALL HANGING AND JANET WANTED A PICTURE OF IT.  IT'S A GREAT SAYING FOR THOSE THAT FACE CANCER.

 AFTER JANET GOT DRESSED I WENT WITH HER TO SEE DR. KING.  I HAD THE SAME DOCTOR SO IT WAS GOOD TO SEE HIM AGAIN.  WE GET VERY ATTACHED TO OUR ONCOLOGY DOCTORS BECAUSE THEY HELP SAVE OUR LIVES AND TAKE GOOD CARE OF US.

AFTER THE DOCTORS VISIT I SURPRISED JANET WITH COOKIES AND BALLOONS.  SHE GOT A BIG KICK OUT OF THIS.  IT IS A GREAT DAY TO CELEBRATE!

JANET LEAVING THE RADIATION ONCOLOGY DEPARTMENT.....YAHOO!!

A VERY SPECIAL MOTHER'S DAY

 MOTHER'S DAY BEGAN ON SATURDAY NIGHT WITH TAMI AND JEFF TAKING ME OUT TO DOS HOMBRES.  IT WAS SUCH A LOVELY AFTERNOON WE ATE OUT ON THE PATIO.  IT WAS A DELICIOUS MEAL AND FUN FOR ALL OF US.

 TAMI MADE CHURCH A LITTLE MORE SPECIAL BY COMING TO OUR WARD.  AFTER THE MEETING FLOWERS WERE PASSED OUT TO MOMS.  I GOT ONE FOR TAMI SINCE SHE WAS SUCH A MOM TO ME WHEN I HAD NEEDED HER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

I'M ABRIDGING 2010 RIGHT NOW AND CREDIT TAMI FOR SAVING MY LIFE WHEN SHE GOT ME IN TO HAVE A CAT SCAN.  SHE HAD CALLED MY DOCTOR AND TOLD HER THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH  ME AND AND SHE WANTED SOMETHING DONE ABOUT IT.  I HAD ALREADY BEEN TO THE DOCTOR 3 TIMES AND HAD GIVEN UP ON HAVING THEM FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH ME.

OF COURSE, IF IT WASN'T FOR DON I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A MOM TO SUCH WONDERFUL WOMEN.  I DO HAVE TO GIVE HIM SOME CREDIT.

DON DIDN'T WANT ME TO COOK ON MOTHER'S DAY SO ON SATURDAY NIGHT HE BOUGHT A DELICIOUS KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN MEAL.  ALL WE DID WAS HEAT IT UP.

  GETTING PHONE CALLS FROM TASHA, LARA AND DADRA  MADE MY MOTHER'S DAY COMPLETE.  ALONG WITH THEIR WONDERFUL CARDS AND NOTES I FELT VERY ;HONORED AND LOVED!!

I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT WHENEVER I COME IN  OUR FRONT DOOR, WALK ON OUR WONDERFUL CARPET, FEEL THE COOL AIR FROM OUR COOLER, ENJOY LOTS OF HOT WATER WITH OUR WATER HEATER, ENTER OUR BEAUTIFUL BATHROOM, USE OUR GREAT VACUUM, WALK ON OUR LINOLEUM AND ENJOY ALL THE MEMORIES OF OUR CRUISES AND REUNIONS,  I FEEL LIKE IT IS MOTHER'S DAY EVERY DAY.  I LOVE AND APPRECIATE ALL OF MY WONDERFUL FAMILY AND THE LOVE THEY HAVE FOR DON AND I.  WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OUTER BANKS EXPERIENCE IN JULY......ANOTHER GIFT.  LOVE YOU ALL!