January 25, 2008

  • IT'S COLD

    Today dawns bright and clear, the sun is shinning and it is beautiful outside, but the temp is 1 degree which me thinks one will possible stay indoors if at all possible.  But guess what I'm hoping to go out this afternoon if at all possible.   You see I've got a job (well not really,) but my son-in -law is in the process of opening a "Bent and Dent" grocery store.  But the truck loads of stuff they bring in must be sorted.....the cereal here, the soup there, the things that can be sold in that box, and the things that can't be sold in this box.... but my job (self-appointed) is to sort the toys, would you believe they all are made in China?  I take my walker in, turn it around and sit on the seat (it's a deluxe model, remember)  Anyhow I sit at a table and the little ones bring me boxes of toys to sort.  I went down today again and priced.  I'm tired when I get home but I'm not depressed.  I think sometime "Dear Pop" protects me too much.  My daughter has 2 little girls and they are my helpers, they are so dear as they help me and try to understand me. They do better sometimes than adults do..  
    O. a day goes by so fast and I started this post this morning and it is now time to go to bed... It isn't quite as cold out but it is snowing on top of the snow we do have. which actually isn't much but it has stayed a pretty long time.
    Betsaflygallery@yahoo.com  (she is listed under my subscriptions)  has got a site where she posts a different subject every 2 weeks.  It is NOT a contest, just a place to post a photo if you have one, on the subject she posts.  I sent her one of clouds and she put it on her site this week,  If you like photography visit her site, it is interesting.
    I was going to finish this tonight but on second thought I am getting tired so I think I'll post this tomorrow.
    Well it is tomorrow...... which reminds me of my granddaughter when she was little. They came to visit us one time on a Thursday afternoon and was going to leave on Saturday. On Saturday morning, she came to me and announced.  "We're going home today, because when we came Daddy said we'll go home day after tomorrow.  Since yesterday was tomorrow, that means we're going home today"  Who says tomorrow never comes.
     
     
    I got another letter from Sheila this week and a poem about her baby witch I think is pretty sweet.  She is the mommy of one of my great granddaughters.  I've got a picture to post with it.  I didn't take the picture but my granddaughter-in-law did.  (Is there a such a thing as a granddaughter-in-law?) It is one of my great grandchildren.    A little girl. I think the lighting on the picture is great. 
     
    3weeks005 
    Photo by Esther Danner
     
     
    Baby Awakening...
        
            Her small head rises from the sheet.
                    And turns,
                                    to show the pinker cheek.
    She sighs a little,
                    sleepy still,
    Her small feet crossed, her knees tucked up,
            As babies will.
    Her bottom in the air.
    She opens lazy eyes.  Her teddy bear,
        Awake all night, return a stare.
    The stretch that just crept up her back
    Is pushing through her lips.
                                        She y-a-w-n-s.
    And shoves a dimpled fist
                    Against her eyes.
    Time         to ...rise,
    She turns.  And squirms.   And sits.
    And contemplates the teddy's charms.
                        Yawn.
    Not this time, perhaps another,
    Little arms
                    stretch to meet
    The high crib's-edge
                        as little feet
    Push, plump, against the sheet.
    She stands a bit.
                She sways a bit.
    she talks about it.
                        Just a bit.
    Another... y-a-w-n...
                Another..... sigh.....
    And then the early morning cry
                    For mother...
     
                                    Sheila Petre   
     
    Well it snowed some more last night making 5 or 6 inches, that place a coverlet on the ground.  It is beautiful yet dangerous to drive in.  Although it bring up in me a desire to to capture some of it on film.
    I'd best forget it before I beak a leg.    
     
     A thought from the psalmist David about our God to brighten the day and make one go through the day with peace....
     
    Psalm 91:1 & 2 
    He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow
    of the Almighty.  I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God in Him will I will trust." 
     
     

January 17, 2008

  • "THEN LET ME FLY!"

     

    I was reading this morning in Max Lacado's "The Inspirational Study Bible" about a wedding he attended. He mentioned how the groom broke down and cried when his bride came up the isle, dressed in all her glory.  He likened it to Christ dying for His bride (the church) dressed in all her glory. 
    My mind went back to the weddings I have attended, 9 were my own children,  1 was my own, and many when we was in the wedding business. I also thought about what the Bible has to say about marriage.  I think the first verse that has a rule for marriage  we find in the 1st book the second chapter, the 24th verse where it says "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife and they shall become one flesh"  (It seemed to me that my daughters all left their father and mother, and went to where their husbands lived.  I might add that this is changing, and although they still don't live as close as I would like they are coming closer)  And also, I perfectly understand why it was that way.When I think of it, my daughter-in-laws all left their father and mother and moved to my son's home state. Hmmm, I wonder if that is the way it should be (but, daughter-in-laws don't you dare move my sons away.)   But I'm getting away from part of my story.  This morning I had to think of my youngest son, he was an open sort of person, and I could read him like a book, he told me when he had done good and, most of the time when he had done bad.  Poor guy, thought he never was going to get married, but when he found his one and only, believe me there was no other girl in the world.   He was the one that I actually could tell when he left father and mother. We were sitting at his wedding when he and his grooms men came in.  He kept glancing at us and when he took his place at the front he looked at us and smiled. All of a sudden he lift his eyes toward the back of the church.  He had spotted his bride coming down the isle toward him and he couldn't take his eyes off of her.  At that point Pop and I might as well been part of the bench we were sitting on.  I didn't mind because he married a lovely young girl who has seemed to accept us and fit in with the family.  
    I'm sure the above story could have been told in fewer words but I've never been one of few words, until recently because I can't talk, but I can still type
     
    Also a verse in Psalms has been really meaningful to me since we viewed flood damages last week.  Psalm 93:3 & 4.   New King James says  "The floods have lifted, O Lord,  The floods have lifted their voice;  The floods lift up their waves.  The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters,  Than the mighty waves of the ocean."  For those that have ever seen a flooded area know what water can do.  It comes in everywhere, like it or not, and it destroys everything in it's path.  Man is pretty mush helpless when flood waters come, yet our Lord is so much mightier than waters or floods. And I'm glad He is, He is the one we can turn to when the waters flood our homes and barns and also when trials and burdens flood our soul.  He is mightier than anything that can disturb our lives.
    I'll end this post with part of  Sheila's poems, that came this week.
     
    When smallest steps are mountains to my feet--
    Curbstones too high, an inch or so complete;
    When I must walk, head low to watch my way,
    With caution lending fortitude, and canes, perhaps my stay....
     
    Grant me to know the mountains to my soul
    To be but footstones small from goal to goal.
    When these my knees won't bend, then let me bow
    My spirit to the Lord I kneel to now
     
    And let me run with leaping steps to God.
    In prayer from one whose feet must shuffle-plod.
    Until the day my summons from on high
    Comes to my climbing soul....
                                                 --THEN LET ME FLY!
                                        Sheila Petre
     
     
     
     

January 12, 2008

  • AT YEAR'S END

     

    One don't learn to know me very long till they discover I love POETRY. Although I can not write it, a good poem creates an understanding in me that nothing else can.  A poem of the seasons, Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter make me feel the seasons.  I love poetry of life, of love, love lost, Thunder, Storms and Snow. But, the poetry that stirs me most is Inspirational poetry, the poems that draw me closer to God.
    My granddaughter has been sending me a short letter and poem almost every week since I discovered that I a medical problem that would not go away. Her poems make me laugh,  sometimes they make me thoughtful and sometimes they make me cry.   The one that was in the mail box when we came home last night I think I just have to share with you.......
     
    AT YEAR'S END
     
    Some years bring joys unreckoned,
    Some years bring friendships new,
        Just last year, promise beckoned
        Where breeze of blessing blew,
            But this year, pains insistence
            Blurred all the path ahead
        While turnings in the distance
        Brought loss in beauty's stead.
                Amid stumbling disappointment,
                I wept for softer days -
                Those days when joy's sweet ointment
                Called forth unfettered Praise.
        "God, must you cut so cruelly?"
        I begged on burning knee.
            He answered, softly, fully.
            "There's something you must see...."
                He took me to the mirror.
                I viewed the year with Him
        And lo!  I saw God clearer,
        I saw my struggles dim:
                    THIS YEAR HAD BROUGTH ME NEARER
                    THAN OTHER YEARS, TO HIM.
                                                                 Sheila Petre
     
     

December 31, 2007

  • ON THE GO AGAIN & AGAIN

    Well today is the last day of the year.....I ask myself "What have I done for Jesus this year, have I been so busy that I negleted the most important person in my life?"

    The coming year ahead may bring changes into our lives?  Am I prepared to sit back and let God take control, or will I think I have to help Him. Will I be sure that God is always with me?  He is, I know it in my heart and I thank Him for it.  What does a person do without Him?

    Again,  help me to accept the things I cannot change, change the things I can, and wisdom and strength and peace to know the difference.

    I am wishing you all very BLESSED NEW YEAR, MAY GOD GO WITH YOU,   MAY EACH ONE DRAW CLOSER TO HIM, DURING THE COMING YEAR!

    We are leaving today and won't be back till the 10 or 11 of January.  Bye for now.

December 29, 2007

  • LET'S SEE....WHERE WAS I?

    I'll just sneak on here today and fill in the high points of my life, so I have a record of what I've done. According to footprints left, all my friends are gone...and I don't blame them, 3 post in over 2 months, what's one to expect.  First I made the rounds to see if I'm still listed on the side bar of various post, and found that I was, so maybe I'm still considered a friend.  Either that or your side bar is due a make-over, Please, don't leave me out when you redo your side bar.

    Here's an abreviated update on  my life...........

    > We went to PA in October.. (O, you already know that)
    > There was a flood in Washington state  (I guess you already know that too)
    > We had a wonderful time with family over Thanksgiving (Did I already post that?)
     
    Well I'm sure you don't know this....
    > In my absence I got a new great-granddaughter. (Kayla, and she is soooo precious and cute too!.
    > We made another trip to Salt Lake, this time my daughter Val and my granddaughter Elsie went along.
    > I got a thing that looks like a space helmet, to wear at night.  It's suppose to give me more oxygen when I sleep.
    > I got another new great-granddaughter on Thursday. (Nora Lynne, and she is cute and precious, also  That makes 5 great-grandchildren, ! boy and 4 girls, and I think there's 2 more on the way.  (I'm getting greater all the time)  O, that statement sounded more like my daughter instead of me. Must be I'm ty-erd. 
    > My son and his wife visited here from John Day, for a couple days. They have 4 precious children. and I always enjoy their visits
    >My granddaughter from PA was here for 5 weeks and she was a great help, I hated to see her go, and I miss her.
    > We went up to daughters house and made candy one day. (anyhow I enjoyed watching the others make candy, I managed to make some mints.  My granddaughter made a couple batches for me, does that count?
    > My son and his wife, from Brownsville came over and stayed almost a week, over Christmas.
    > We went to my daughters house for Christmas eve and Christmas Day. We got enough gift cards for different restaurants that I don't have to cook for awhile .  We also received some money in the mail, for a night out.
    It might be fun to get old after all
    >O, and did I tell you about my new great-granddaughter'S ?
    > I guess I'd better get busy, the day is quickly passing.
     
    God is good and His blessings are daily, minute by minute.
     

December 11, 2007

  • A NEW POST

    OK, it's time for another post..... I don't do well going to doctors, they can eat up a person's day and you don't have time for the fun things of life, like blogging,

    I guess I think daily of the things in life that shows us that God cares.  Since my daughter lives off of highway 12 near Centraila, WA it seems that I've heard many flood stories.  And, I have to think how awful it would be to see your home, barn and most everything you've worked for go down the river.

    My favorite flood story tells again how God has His way of showing us, He is with us, and cares.

    Since I don't know the farmers name, I'll refer to him as the normal "Famer Brown."   Farmer Brown had a dairy of over 200 cows, even with so many cows he had one that was his favorite. When Farmer Brown's favorite cow had a calf, he gave the calf to his grandson.    The flood came and the water rose up far enough to come in the barn, and he lost at least 180 cows.  After the water went down, the farmer and his wife felt pretty discouraged, even though they knew God had everthing in His control.  The next day Mr and Mrs Brown and a friend went out to see the damage done.  They counted at least 180 cows that they had lost among other damages to their sheds and barns. There was distruction everywhere.  They went in the neighbors barn and was looking around and they seen where the neighbor had stacked some extra hay in one of the mangers, and on top the hay lay the little grandson's calf, chewing it's cud.  Alive and quiet contentded. Mrs. Brown told my daughter that at that point they was so relieved and happy that all 3 adults broke down and cried. 

    She also told my daughter that if she told anyone the story, to make sure and tell them, it was God that saved the little calf for them. 

    GOD CARES, HE LOVES US, AND HAS A PLAN FOR EACH ONE OF HIS CHILDREN. !!! AND HE SHOWS US IN BIG AND LITTLE WAYS THAT HE IS WATCHING OVER US.

December 5, 2007

  • WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE

     

    Some of you know that in the summer of 2006 my daughter and son-in-law moved from Maryland to Washington state.  They owned a dairy in Maryland and are buying a dairy in Washington. As you know if you have access to news that the northwest has had a lot of rain and wind, so much rain that the rivers have a tendency to overflow their banks.  Such was the case at the "South Bank Dairy" that they are buying.   They live off of hwy 12 near I-5, close to Centralia, WA.  We called her last night around 8 PM and again at midnight and again this morning.
           They live on an 80 acre farm of which most of is bottom land next to the river (what river I don't know) and anyhow you can stand on a bank behind their barn and look over a 50 or 60 acre field to the river running on the back of their property.
            As they were watching the water rise Monday they were looking across the field and someone wondered what would happen if the water came up so far as to cover the field and reach the barn, to which their 19 year old son answered, "It won't, there's not enough water in the whole world to bring it up that far." .............but it came up and into the barn.
    (Be kind to the 19 year old)
             Where they milk the cows it is such that the cows come in on each side and are on a walkway about 2 feet above the floor of the milk house, that way you don't have to stoop over to fasten the milkers on the cows.  There was 6 inches of water on the floor of the milk house, but thankfully it never reached the cows.
              The electricity went off about 2 AM Monday, and according to reports they may not get it back for a couple weeks.   They have 2 generators. They have extra freezers and refrigerators in the barn so they are able to keep their food from spoiling.
              The water was still coming up about an inch a minute last night the first time we called, but by midnight the water had stopped rising and in a couple hours it started to go down.  They were very thankful to say the least.  At one point they drove the pickup back to the bank and in their headlights they could see bales of hay and other debris going down the river.
               Some of their neighbors were not so fortunate.  The one neighbor lost 200 cows as the water came up too high to save the animals.........another neighbor was marooned in his house........another talked about watching the river as sheep, cows and hay along with other debris wash down the river.
               If you think about it, please pray for my daughter, her family and other families that are in the water's way.
              
    I THANK GOD FOR HIS PROTECTION ON MY DAUGHTERS FAMILY DURING THIS TIME. I SOMETIME STAND IN AWE AND WONDER...HE HAS BLESSED US SO MUCH AS TIME AFTER TIME HE PROTECTS US ON THE ROAD AND THROUGH THE STRORMS OF LIFE BOTH FROM NATURE AND TRIALS.  



November 29, 2007

  • NOVEMBER

     

    November's mornings have been frosty and cold, reminding me a song we used to sing as a child....
     
    Jackie Frost, Jackie Frost,
    came in the night.
    Left the meadows that he crossed,
    all gleaming white.
    Painted with his silver brush
    every window pane.
    Kissed the leaves and made them blush,
    blush and blush again.
     
    Jackie Frost, Jackie Frost,
    crept around the house.
    Sly as a silver fox,
    quiet as a mouse.
    Out dear little Jenny came,
    blushing like a rose.
    Up jumped Jackie Frost
    and kissed her little nose.
    The last week or two we have bee greeted each night with a visit from Jackie Frost.  Getting up each morning to clear skies and frost upon the ground reminds one of cozy winter days, a warm fire and a good book.
    We got back from PA. rested a day or two and then we packed and went to Lincoln City, OR to be with 5 of our children and their children, a grandson and his wife also a granddaughter, for a fun packed 3 nights and 4 days in a very large ocean front house. ( November 15 - 18 2007)  The weather outside was true Oregon weather, (rainy, foggy, and windy) but inside there was stories, songs and laughter, and most of all family.
    We met with one of the children's school mates at a grocery store and she came over for awhile one evening, also a friend of the family and his wife stayed a couple nights.  We shopped at the outlet mall, watched the ocean from the big windows that lined the one side of the house, told stories, sang and the children remembered stories from when they were young, and sat around a warm fire in the fireplace.  God is so good and I treasure each moment I get to see and be with the children.  We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner (a week early) and I couldn't help but think how blest we are to have plenty (and more than enough) to eat, while most of the world is hungry.
    Spending Sunday night at Mrs. Darling, we came home on Monday.  Tuesday Pop went back west 2 hours to pick up my granddaughter, Elsie,
    She had spent some time with her brother and his wife.  Elsie flew out from PA. to help me for about 5 weeks. Two days after she got here was Thanksgiving Day and even though we had an early Thanksgiving at the coast, the closer the day approached, the more I realized we had to have a small dinner here.  Small it was as there were only 3 of us, But we had a small turkey, mashed 3 potato's (with some left over) cooked a couple sweet potato's and enjoyed all the trimmings.  I had to take a picture of the table set for 3 to go along with my pictures of Thanksgivings past when I would set up tables for 36 to 48 in my large house on the ridge above Eagle Creek, when we lived near Estacada, OR. and my family was all home.  Thanksgiving was a time when all the cousins, aunts and uncles, grandmas and grandpas in my family would gather at my house each year for thanksgiving.  The memories are priceless.   Thanksgiving week being past, we packed again and headed for Salt Lake City for a lo-o-o-o-ng day at the doctor.   We arrived home at 3PM today, Thursday. November 29, 2007.
     
    HOW MANY ARE YOUR WORKS, O LORD!  IN WISDOM YOU MADE THEM ALL; THE EARTH IS FULL OF YOUR CREATURES,  THERE IS THE SEA, VAST AND SPACIOUS.  Psalm 104: 24 & 25a NIV
    GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD, CALL ON HIS NAME; MAKE KNOWN AMONG THE NATIONS WHAT HE HAS DONE.  SING TO HIM, SING PRAISE TO HIM; TELL OF ALL HIS WONDERFUL ACTS.  GLORY IN HIS HOLY NAME; LET THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO SEEK THE LORD REJOICE.  Psalm 105:1,2,&3 NIV
     



October 10, 2007

  • LIFE GOES ON

     

    We are enjoying a beautiful fall day...The sun is out but it feels so different then it does in July and August.
     
     
    We have a full week ahead...Monday I went again to the therapy place for something, there is so many therapies in Boise for a person to take that I've lost track which one this is.  There's Spt, ot, pt, pvt, I hope I know after I'm done which one it was.
     
    Believe it or not, ( I don't believe it) but we getting ready to go to PA again. 
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    So going through my mind these days is "change the things you can, accept the things you cannot change, and wisdom to know the difference"   Well it has turned out to be accept the things I cannot change and strength to do it. 
    We hope to get started soon,   All I can say, it is a good thing we have went so often that it almost everyday life to me.. I first of all pack a satchel that contains my pocketbook, wash ups, Bible and other study guides, and other things to entertain me while traveling..One little suitcase stays ready to go at all times. It contains the comb and brush, vitamins, and other essential for proper hygiene, and life in general.  I take 10 changes of clothes, so I don't have to wash so often, then we're off.  Of course there is book work that must go, but I've got it down to a minimum . And then there's my scrap booking supplies, camera, a container of snacks, a bag for my crochet work and we're off.  I pack in two suitcases, 1 large one that stays packed and one carryon that goes into the motel at night.
    So much for my expertise of packing for a trip.  Don't you wish you could go along,  actually I wish you was going instead of me
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
    I received a letter yesterday from someone I've never met and since it's about all I can think of right now, I guess I'll comment.  This person was lonely and felt rejected and was longing for someone to listen to them and be a friend......
     
     As time goes on we hear more and more of trouble among Christian people and churches. This causes a lot of weeping and tears that shouldn't be among Gods people.  It almost breaks my heart when I hear of another person that feels rejected, or another misunderstanding among Christian brother and sisters. Sure we can sit back and say  "it's their own fault because............  Do we have to have a terrible awakening to make us realize how much we need each other.  It is causing trouble in families and among friends.  I am reminded of what my daughter-in-law told me recently about a family that was having trouble getting along and some wouldn't speak to another.  Then there was a tragic accident. One of the young boys in the family drowned.  After the funeral as the family and relatives were gather together on the dock near the water in which the boy drowned.  The family stood there in grief with arms around each other, friend and foe alike.  Wouldn't it be nice to love each other and get along before something terrible happens. 
    This reminds me of a poem one of my daughter wrote and I'll leave you with that....
     
    FERVENT CHARITY
      I Peter 4:8
     
    Above all things
                have fervent charity:
    Charity shall cover a multitude of sins.
    Therefore...
     
    If I love me brother,
        Will my tongue repeat
    His mistakes and faults to everyone I meet?
     
    If I love my brother,
        Will I criticize?
      Will I view his failures with reproachful eyes?
     
    If I love my brother,
        Will I fume and fret
    When I've been mistreated, or will I forget?
     
    If I love my brother,
        Will I document
    His misdeeds and try to force him to repent?
     
    Charity will cover
        Multitudes of sin,
    When you need an answer charity will win.
                            L.J.L.
     
     
    GOD IS LOVE, AND WHERE WOULD I BE TODAY WITHOUT HIS LOVE?
        Will these misunderstandings be so big, when we were facing times of trial together?
     
    There's no one so good that there isn't something bad in them. AND there is no one so bad that there isn't something good in them.
     
    BYE FOR AWHILE, TO ALL MY FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND LURKERS. AND IF YOU LOVE THE LORD,   BLESSINGS TO YOU !!
     
     

October 5, 2007

  • SALT LAKE

    We left Monday AM for Salt Lake.  My daughter (Laurie) and her husband (Jake) came form Washington  (8 hours away) to take Pop and I to the big city of Salt Lake.  Our appointment was on Tues. Oct. 2, 2007 at 2 in the afternoon.  They came on Saturday so they could spend the week-end with us.  I love to have the children come and we enjoyed it, we spent Sunday dinner and afternoon with another daughter who lives about 12 miles from here.
        May I say the wind was blowing Sunday afternoon.  My daughter Valerie is building a house on a hill.  It has a million dollar view but the downside is wind.  You could close your eyes and imagine you was in one of George McDonald's castles, as the wind would make it's haunting howl in the chimney.  We had a fun time with them.
        Then came Monday.  Salt Lake is 5 1/2 hours from here. Arriving at Salt Lake we first found the Research Center, so we could find it on Tuesday.  We got motel rooms and went for dinner.  They give hospital discounts in Salt Lake, ( they must know after you pay the doctor bill there's no money left and they don't want you to sleep under the bridges, therefore they offer you a discount.
        On Tuesday morning we went shopping.  We found wonderful stores, in which were wonderful things, but with the appointment we didn't have much time to shop.  For which our husbands were quite grateful, I'm sure.
        2 PM Tuesday: We entered the research center, registered, and waited. Soon, too soon, we were called. I was first put on a scales (One word of warning: Don't weigh in Salt Lake City)  I found I had gained 10# overnight, but I lost it all when we came home the next day.   We waited in a room and soon the doctor entered. 
         I don't know why it is, we were warned about neurologist, they were a cold, curt and unfriendly sort, but for some reason we must have found the best doctors in the US. They were very personable, asked questions and let us ask question till we could think of no more. They was glad I had my daughter with me and welcomed her in the room with us.
        After asking some questions the doctor left the room.  He says he makes his diagnosis first, then he reads the reports of the other doctors and compares his findings with theirs.  Smart doctor I say.
        One thing he did to see if I still had any smarts, was to make me say as many animals as I could in 60 seconds.  I passed.   How many can you name?
        His diagnosis was with a ? But he is pretty certain I have the Primary Lateral Sclerosis (PLS)  It is progressing, and he says I will eventually loose my speech entirely and I also will get weaker, therefore I should get a wheelchair in order to keep up in a family outing and to be able to shop all day if I like. Did I say, he was a very good doctor.
         In a nutshell I guess what it amounts to is my brain is slow in sending signals to my arms and legs. my speech and whatever else it should.  I say not a wonder, it's tired of no one listening to it.  I never could get anyone to listen.  when I was a girl my mother wouldn't listen to me, so I got married and my husband never listened to me, then I had children and they never listened to me, Is it any wonder my arms and legs don't listen to me.
        Like I've said before, I'll leave it to God and He makes no mistakes.  I'm glad it isn't cancer. I'm glad it isn't heart trouble, I'm glad it isn't Parkinson's, I'm glad it isn't Lou Gerigg's, (? sp) I'm glad about a lot of things.  Then why do I cry?
     
     
    So it is PLS.....PRAISE the LORD in SONG!!!        GOD IS GOOD !!!