Could this day get any better. The weather is beautiful and believe me, saying this is the Midwest at the end of October is hard to do. We have had an absolutely amazing Fall.
Today is Masterpiece Monday. The Artist is painting again and I couldn’t happier. He s doing great and I am so thankful for that. My youngest, Connor and his family came out for a visit at the end of the summer . We had so much fun.
I’ll post some pictures of the visit. This is where he came up with some new paintings to create. I can’t hardly wait til he finishes them…
That last picture is the one he is painting…He’s adding little brother Sam b/c he can. What an amazing picture it is going to be. We had so much fun having them for a visit. Family is everything and we sure ended up with a lot….Grandbaby 11 is on the way in the Spring !!! Woot, Woot.
One last pic of grandbaby #9…Mr. Oliver. My Grandbabies sure are cute !!!! He’s now big brother Oliver !!!
I‘m going to end with the beginningsketchesofMasterpieceMonday…
I’ll keep the updates coming … I’m sure it’s going to be amazing. Blessings for your week…
Last night as I lay in bed I was thinking about, ‘Someday’…I don’t really think many people think about that…’Someday’.
I think about, ‘Someday’ a lot b/c I have experienced that day more than I wish I had. I won’t go into the details because those aren’t really that important and if you know me, then you know.
People come in and out of your life and I like to believe that God handles who’s there and who’s not. He knows who will love you and who will support you and bring you joy. Healsoknowswhowillnotsoheremovesthemfromyour picture. I don’t always agree with the choices, I just keep the faith and accept life as it comes. I guess being in my sixties now, I love who I’ve become and I trust in God to watch over me and keep me safe and happy. He brings me all the joy…Blessings on this beatiful Saturday
Someday will always come. It’s the day when you want to do something and you can’t, just because. Pick up a phone and to talk to someone dear. Go on a road trip to be with someone you love. Trust me, this will happen when it’s no longer possible, ‘Someday,’ and it’s sooner than you think. Memories of , ‘Remember When,’ is all you have. That’s just how lifeis. Blessings. This song says it all ….
I have been gone pretty much all summer. That’s probably not a bad thing. Doing all the summer things and then some of the not so fun stuff, but I’ll save that for another post…
August is always a really busy month but it really starts in June. So first it’s Matthew, our 3rd son. He was born on Father’s day that year 1988.
Now he’s a dad with our 9th, I’m thinking that’s Oliver…Love the name
Then we have Connor, our 4th son…He was born in July, 1992
Baby Connor’s ChristeningConnie/#3 Son/Joffrey/4th Baby…I was a busy mom
Now we get to August, which we start out with our 3rd child, a daughter Ms. Lizzie…She’s my nurse 😉 …I figured out I was pg for 45 months between 1982 thru 1992…
PG w/LizzieBathing LizzieNurse Lizzie
Okay my last one of Lizzie…Isn’t she a beauty and my own personal nurse!!!
Lizzie & Me
Now it’s my turn…My bday is 2 days after hers…
This is our song for our family…It’s a great one !!!
Together forever
I have to post our song too…This one’s for you Lizzie !!!!
That’s me and the husband…We’ve been together for 50 years this year, and married 47 years. I’ve had a beautiful life full of love and family…I want another 50 !!!
I have another post coming with some great August memories. Stay tuned. Blessings
I have been blessed w/many great Father’s in my life!!! My Dad
I’ll love you forever…I
You can see in his face how much he loved me and how hard it was for him to give me away !!!
Take good care of my little girl ….I’ll never forget you…Thank you for being my dad.
Then thereis the man I married…An amazing Dad to his 5 children. He did so much of the heavy lifting !!! I Love you to the moon….
My Forever. I really love this song and it reminds me of you…
The family picture 1993/94
Where has the time gone…They all grew up and have flown…Ages 34 thru 43…
Then there are my son’s who are amazing father’s and husband’s !!! They learned from the B E S T !!!
Loving the H A I R !!!
I can’t forget my daughter the nurse…Our own personal nurse. When dad was in the hospital, yes she slept there in his room. She made sure all the nurses that were assigned to him did their job right !!! She’s an amazing daughter and it’s b/c she had an amazing father !! They are so much alike, it’s scary sometime 😉 …
Nurse Lizzie
G R A D U A T I O N D A Y !!!!
Yes I have an amazing family b/c of the Leader of the band !!! He’s so awesome !!! You are loved by so many…Happy Father’s Dayto great father…
I have been gone for a bit…Actually I say I’ve been on IR/Injured Reserve 😉 as my guys would call it. I have a bad knee that my doctor’s first word when he saw the xray was, “I Don’t like to use the word ‘Bad’ but this is Bad. ” Of course my response was, “Well don’t use it then !!!” So it looks like knee replacement at some time in the future, but he says he wants to get me down to at least a year from now because I’m still young. Finally something that made me smileand made a little of the bad news easier to digest. Still will be doing shots for the next 6/8 months and hopefully that will keep me moving.
Besides the Doctor being young and easy on the eyes 😉 he was amazing at not hurting me. I took the daughter (i.e. nurse) with me b/c I kind of knew I was in for an injection which I know can be quite painful as I have had them before. When he said, “I really need you to get the shot !! ” I tried to talk him out of it but that didn’t work and the daughter being the daughter said, “Mom I will sit on you if I have to but you’re getting the shot…” I knew when I was outnumbered and so being quite good at dealing with pain (I’ve had 5 babies, 3 without any pain management) I just said let’s do it and get it over with !!
Thankfully he was a great doctor and the shot was totally pain free and I can now walk again with. minimal pain… Y A Y So on with SLS.
I will close this post with some very happy news. This past week we welcomed our 10th, yes 10th!!! grand baby into the world this past Thursday, Mr. Lennox James…Love the babies so very much, we are blessed for sure.
Happy Song Lyric Sunday to all and let’s have a great summer…Be Safe out there …
What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness?
Waking up in my beautiful home !!!!
My first cup of coffee.
Seeing my husband and giving him a kiss, knowing I’m loved … (not necessarily in the right order) and hugs from our ms. Rosie ( my Chicago brown dog). 🐕. That’s a real breed !!!!
Working and planning my day w/Ms. Serena ✔️✔️. She’s my day planner 🤗🤗
Happy Thursday Blogger’s. Hope we are all doing well with the challenge!!! This is one of my favorite challenges…
Today will be all about my adorable grandbabies. We have been so blessed with 9 healthy lil ones. 5 boys and 4 girls with another one on the way.
We were blessed with 5 children, 4 boys and our middle one, the daughter!!! So happy I had at least one girl. As I’m the youngest of 4 girls, no brothers it’s been quite a journey. My mom was the only girl with 7 brothers OMG 😱!!! Her mom was the oldest of 6 sisters. So it’s been a flip/flop generational line.
I’ll post pics of my lil darling grandbabies ♥️♥️
Big sister, Ruby & SamMr. Oliver #9 and counting ….Go Northwestern Mariah & OliviaOlivia & Mariah
I have the most beautiful grandbabies in the world and that’s the truth !!! 💯💯
Yes I know there’s 4 kids (we had 5), but our 2nd son, “Sean Patrick” is in heaven watching over us all. Making sure we get there with him and of course there’s always that one kid (our oldest) who has his own agenda and so I really don’t have much more to say about him except too much drama and disrespect !!! We’re the mom and dad and we don’t have to take that ever !!! That is why this is the most you’ll seen of him on my blog. So I’ve purposely let him go b/c not really that interested in what he’s doing…
Grandpapa & GrandmamaFamily Pic/Outer BanksMs. Ruby & Sam/#7 & #8Our Ballet Boys/Matthew & ConnoBaby Oliver #9…#10 on the wayOur Girls
One final pic of the family that I came from…Irish/Italian Catholic and these are just some of the cousins b/c some weren’t even born yet 😉 …
This was the first group and from the looks of how old I was it was probably 1964…I’m down in front on the left w/my 3 other sisters…Mary had her head turned and Beth (Liz) was in the green dress. I’m right next to her, kay was on the outside.
The Cousin’s
This one the later one in the early 70’s. I’m in the middle of(Red, White & Blue shirt) with pig tails. That was grandmama Fannie and Grandpapa Harry…She had 7 boys and 1 girl, my mom. Family is everything and we still get together and many of my cousins are like sisters to me…Love and Blessings to this bunch…We had a blast growing up at grandmama’s in the the summer and our family reunionswere a blast ….
I need to add one more pic…They’re our best friends. They got married a week before us and we were neighbors (that’s how we met). Scott was in dental school and now our family dentist for the last 48 years and me and Cheryl had all our babies together !!! We are together forever !!!
Friends for life/Connor & Melissa’s WeddingFriends for Life/48 years and countingMy DentistScott & CherylWe love each other/We’re family
This morning woke up to half a house w/o electricity OMG !!! I had to find an outlet thatworked for my coffee. Scarlett has to have her coffee first before anything. I found an outlet that worked and called right away on the electricity. It’s been all the stormy weather and rain that did it. Long story short, it’s fixed…Thank you so much I could get my Easter dinner done.
Scarlet’s story for today is my moment in time that will forever be etched in my heart. I always told my story to the kids that when my story was finished here on earth, I hope I would be met by Patrick Swayze and he would be dancing with me for the song, “Time of my Life.”
If you have followed my blog, then you know all about all of the professional dancer’s that are my boys. JoffreyBallet, Milwaukee Ballet, Richmond Ballet yadayadayada… My 3rd son, Matthew got married to Hannah (both professional dancer’s). At his wedding he told me we were dancing the mother/son dance to, “A Simple Man” by Leonard Skinner. So the night before the wedding I went on line and listened to the song so I would have some idea of how the dance would go.
Below I’m just going to post the link of how the dance went. It was a memorable moment, one that I will never forget!!!!! Enjoy
Now that was the time of my life and a son who truly knows his mom and loves her to the moon. He is just the best dancer and totally confident and led me through the entire dance. I loved the ending the best. Thank you Matthew, you gave your mom a gift that I will always remember!!!!
It has taken me a long time to get to this point to be able to put music to this very special birthday…I’m glad I can do this for him b/c this is his day that he changed the world forever and he’s earned that…A Mother never forgets.
Happy Birthday Sean Patrick. Today would’ve been your 42nd birthday. I remember our short time together every year. I know you see your family down here and are looking after us all. We will all be together again someday, and I will get to hold you and tell you how much you taught me from our short time together. After you were born, you changed our world forever. You were here on this earth for only a short time but you were here for exactly how long you were suppose to be. God took you with him and now you are perfect.
Sean Patrick, March 21, 1984…He didn’t know how short his life was. He only knew he lived a perfect life because all he knew was that he was loved by his mom & dad. Blessings today on your heavenly birthday … You will never be forgotten because your birthday changed the world forever. It changed our world for good. Your family will always love you.
I remember the day after we lost you and waking up. It was over and I felt very empty. I got out of bed and I remember going and looking out the window down at all the people. I was so sad. Everyone was just walking so fast, going no where I thought. Really what was so important. I wanted the world to stop because my world had. I wanted to cry and yell at everyone. Why is life still going on? Everything looked so normal, but it wasn’t for me. Life can be so cruel sometime. I was 24 years old but my innocence was gone. When your baby dies a part of your soul goes with him, yet part of him stays with you. I would never again be that young mother who walked into the hospital that Sunday night.
Well it was time to move on now. I remember wanting to go home and be with my baby Michael Jr. and your dad. The hospital chaplain came into my room and said that they would take care of you and I did not have to worry about it, but I said I did. You were our baby and we would take care of the arrangements. Michael told me not to worry about anything and that he would handle the funeral arrangements. The same priest who married us come out to the gravesite. It was a cold, gray rainy March day. We buried you with your Grandpapa Frain. I didn’t have a lot of people there because I was too sad. It is hard to see a small little box that you know your baby was in. It was hard burying you and letting go. Saying goodbye was very hard.
The Family, 1994
I became an awesome mom that day. I learned not to take anything for granted ever. I learned about unconditional love, really. My faith in God grew strong and I learned how to accept his will. Maybe not agree with it, but accept it and know that someday I would understand it all. I learned how fragile life is and to appreciate all that I have. I went on to have 3 more children. I just gave my life to God, and let him handle it. It worked out exactly how it was suppose too. Blessings to all my family, we have an angel watching over all of us…
