Memories & forgiveness

Memories and forgiveness. How to have both - that is my question.

I miss my Daddy

having my daughter quoted in Sunday School, playing handbell pieces that I enjoy, Maddy Tuck, Sunday afternoon naps, Leah cooking dinner, celebrating and remembering Father's Day.

Birthdays!

For Saturday:

Quiet Saturday mornings, the Rke Farmer's Market, family birthday dinners, new stories from Lynsey

Solitude, picnics and Leah

Having the office to myself - I get a lot done!, picnic dinner on Mill Mountain, "I'm spending the night at the betting horse place"

Meese Tracks is my favorite

getting stuff done, finding what I am looking for, feeling satisfied when eating little, moose tracks ice cream, agreeing with columnists in the Roanoke Times, yard work, swirly evening clouds over Blue Ridge mountains seen from my front porch swing

May my example be my lesson

Lord, grant me the wisdom and compassion to know when to stop complaining about my own life and inquire about another's.

Misc

chicken salad, naps, looking through photo albums, knowing that my girls are safe and sound

GRITS

Surprisingly - K & W's cheese grits, finding out how to make chocolate eclair be good without set ting overnight , Greek Gypsy friends, front porch swinging with friends, having both of my girls here, "If we believe, then, why are we afraid?"

Having June in my life provided me with a great many gifts. One in particular that I will always appreciate, is that she stood back and allowed me to add the cinnamon to the First Church applebutter.

Life

For Monday...

fresh spring tomatoes, having a house filled with aromas of great food when people come in hungry, Whitney and Amanda, the way a funeral home visitation can turn into a great reunion for friends and family - full of memories, jokes, hugs and laughter, looking at old pictures of old friends, sitting in my living room with Rob, B and Leah - just chatting, Sheila, Debbie, late night/early morning sharing with my friends

It's there, I know it is

being a part of a community, remembering, lunch with friends

Trying to find positive things in each day is a good thing, I know. I just have to keep on trying.

Good bye June

breakfast at Earnie's with The Rob, fresh veggies from the market, knowing that someone I love is no longer sad or hurting, Whitney's fast-paced conversations and Amanda's rolling eyes...and now...Betty Heptinstall's peanut butter pie

Friday

Yogurt, granola and raspberries, possibly Curves, feeding my friends, knowledge

music and God's creation

The Trio, GORP, rainbows, sunshine streaming through the clouds

Peanut butter, accents and music

Too tired Wednesday to post, so...for Wednesday:

peanut butter breakfast bars, blt's, teaching people how to say "Pikeville" the correct way, prayer shawls, great bell choir and chancel choir practices, computers and projectors actually working, "Hey K!"

Quiet, breathing and possibilities

quiet days at the office, walking up 6 flights of stairs without passing out, finishing my TRIM application, sitting on my back porch

Purple Cow

I never saw a purple cow
I hope I never see one
But I can tell you this right now:
I'd rather see than be one.

Ah yes, I wrote "The Purple Cow"
I'm sorry now I wrote it
But I can tell you Anyhow
I'll kill you ifyou quote it!

Ogden Nash

hugs, dreams and purple cows

hugs from people who care, grins that come from deep within, imagining Lefty singing, "I never saw a purple cow..." to June when she wore a purple dress, Rob transplanting wild daisies into my back yard for me

Laughter, tears and chocolate

Dava's funny stories, inspirational statements, graduating youth, Sunday afternoon naps, people I respect saying I did good, late, long, leisurly dinners with friends, sharing a chocolate tallcake

Mountain Music

fresh pineapple; Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt singing ballads; putting images to music; Tina Lowe, "I love you enough to get up and hug you Karen, I'm just too lazy."; stare downs with tom turkeys; crushed oreos and cream cheese dipped in white chocolate

Friends, good food and once again, those Blue Ridge Mountains

2 hour lunches with a dear friend, Diana's cole slaw, fresh pineapple, picnics at the Peaks of Otter, mountain reflections in the lake, driving above the clouds, rocking chairs on porches, graceful does and leggy fawns

Rain, daisies and mountains

windows open while it is raining, being told my body fat percentage isn't so bad after all, left-over burnt hotdogs, daisies outside my window, hazy Blue Ridge Mountains

Guide my feet

ceiling fans, opportunities to learn, doulahs, African American Spirituals, the Gospel Sway and citified white choirs who try to do it

Guide my feet, while I run this race
Guide my feet, while I run this race
Guide my feet, while I run this race
Cause I don't want to run this race in vain.