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May 27, 2007
Lest We Forget
~ "Most people are bothered by those passages of scripture they do not
understand, but I am bothered by those I do understand" ~
- Mark Twain
Posted by tracey at 09:49 PM | Comments (0)
May 21, 2007
God's Coffee
(From an email...and is this ever true!)
A group of alumni, all highly established in their respective
careers, got together for a visit with their old university
professor. The conversation soon turned to complaints about
the endless stress of work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went into the
kitchen and soon returned with a large pot of coffee and an
eclectic assortment of cups: porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal -
-some plain, some expensive, some quite exquisite.
Quietly he told them to help themselves to some fresh
coffee...
When each of his former students had a cup of coffee in hand,
the old professor quietly cleared his throat and began to patiently
address the small gathering...
"You may have noticed that all of the nicer looking cups were
taken up first, leaving behind the plainer and cheaper ones. While
it is only natural for you to want only the best for yourselves that
is actually the source of much of your stress-related problems...
Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee
In fact, the cup merely disguises or dresses up what we drink.
What each of you really wanted was coffee, not a cup, but you
instinctively went for the best cups... Then you began eyeing each
other's cups...."
"Now consider this: Life is coffee. Jobs, money, and position
in society are merely cups. They are just tools to shape and contain
Life, and the type of cup we have does not truly define nor change
the quality of the Life we live... "Often, by concentrating only on
the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee that God has provided us... God
brews the coffee, but he does not supply the cups. Enjoy your coffee!"
The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just
make the best of everything...So please remember:
Live simply.
Love generously.
Care Deeply.
Speak Kindly.
Leave the
Rest to God
Posted by tracey at 09:28 PM | Comments (0)
May 18, 2007
Thinking of Mom
So my Mom's birthday will be in a couple of weeks and she is going to be 59 years old, 59, that kind of freaked me out! I thought, WOW, she's almost 60 years old, 60, it's not that it's ancient, it's not, really...but it just made me step back a little and think, Holy Cow, how can that be?
Mom and I have had a strained relationship, at times, over the years, but I do have very fond memories and a pretty good relationship with her now that I'm grown and have a family of my own. My mom has always been VERY strong willed, yet in some ways, she's kind of complex and difficult to understand too. Hard to explain, I guess you would have to have grown up with her.
Mom is loyal, dependable and absolutely adores her grandchildren. She's old fashioned, to a fault sometimes, but she never faulters in her love and devotion to her family. She maintains relationships with her own siblings and their children, she is always there for her grandkid's birthdays, basketball games and to keep them over night whenever needed.
Mom is a hard worker, she rarely misses a day of her job of 21 years at the local hospital/medical offices and she's always worked hard at home too. When we farmed back in the 80's and early 90's Mom was up every morning at the crack of dawn to help with the milking, taking care of the calves, haying in the summer months and then going to her job in the afternoon until 11 pm at night.
As teenagers us kids always thought we had it pretty tough having to do chores in the afternoon, make supper and keep an eye on the younger ones, but Mom never said anything about the days work she had to put in.
Now as an adult, I like to pride myself on her work ethic and loyalty to my family and children. I too put in long hours at work, but am always there for my family, immediate and extended. I never miss one of my kid's outings for school, games, concerts or dance recitals. I stay in touch with cousins, aunts and my own brothers and sister and their families. I remember them at birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter. I've even made lasting relationships with some of my husband's family members.
I credit these attributes to my Mom, a woman that has lived her life for her family in all the ways that truly count, no she's not perfect and we have had our battles over the years, but at this particular time in my life I'd have to say, she's about the best Mom anyone could ever ask for!
Happy Birthday Mom with Love!
Posted by tracey at 04:29 PM | Comments (1)
May 11, 2007
Memoirs
So, I've been writing my memoirs. For Christmas this past year I received a very nice leather bound journal and even though I keep a personal diary outside of my online blog, I wanted to use this nice journal for something other than just writing about our day to day events. So...I put pen to paper and started writing about my life and the most memorable parts I can remember and...it's not easy to remember stuff, at first. You have to be in a nice quiet place, usually my bed in the evening time, with my night stand light on, the window open so I can hear the crickets and frogs and the TV playing in the background with the volume on low, and then I start to think back to my earliest childhood memories of growing up in northern NH.
My earliest memories seem to be of my grandmother, my mother's mom, Delima, the only grandparent I ever knew. I remember her old farm house and her porches, how I LOVED her porches! I think back to how us kids use to explore her attic and play house upstairs in all the bedrooms, I recall the big old Maple Tree in her back yard that stood on the hill leading downward to the riverbank and how in the winter we would slide down that hill and in the summer months we often walked on the rocks along the river leading us down stream.
So, that is where I am starting, at my Gram's house and I'll go from there...and see where it takes me!
Posted by tracey at 08:10 AM | Comments (1)
May 02, 2007
Vegas Bound Baby!
So back on October 4, 2005 I blogged about this...
(way down at the bottom)
Vacation in
And in almost two years to the day we will be there!
Yahooo!
Bought our tickets last night and we are Vegas bound for September. Only we won't be spending all of our time in Vegas, but touring several states in the west including Arizona, Utah, Nebraska, Colorado and South Dakota! We can't wait!
And what I really can't wait to see...
(The Grand Canyon)
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