Just one

Art and I are always at odds about helping others....his arguement is that he cannot help everyone....there is more need out there than ability to help.
My arguement is that is you can only help one person and make a difference, then do it. If everyone did, then maybe there would not be so much need!
I found this story today and had to post it here:

While walking along a beach,
a man saw someone in the distance leaning down,
picking something up and throwing it into the ocean.


As he came closer, he saw thousands of starfish
the tide had thrown onto the beach.
Unable to return to the ocean during low tide,
the star fish were dying.
He observed a young man picking up the starfish
one by one and throwing them back into the water.


After watching the seemingly futile effort,
the observer said, "There must be
thousands of starfish on this beach.
It would be impossible for you to get all of them.
There are simply too many.
You can't possibly save enough to make a difference."


The young man smiled as he continued to pick up
another starfish and toss it back into the ocean he said,

"It made a difference to that one."

TGIF!

Ok...it's Friday and here is what I SHOULD be doing:
Vacuum
Mop
Clean the bathroom
Load the dishwasher
Run to bank
Run the weed eater

But no....here is what I have done so far this morning!
Played on the computer.....

He's litter trained!

Not only is Caleb potty-trained, now....he is also litter trained! Mary called to tell me what "my grandson" had done.
This morning when she went into his room, he said "What did Caleb do?" and she said
"What did you do?" "Well, I went to the bathroom." That is when she noticed that the bathroom door was shut and he could not get to his potty chair. She asked him where did you go? He pointed to one of his toy boxes that he had emptied out and found that he had used it for his potty chair.
I am still laughing on that one...pretty ingenious little guy!

35 years....

It seems like a lifetime ago, and in some ways it is. Jack and I would have celebrated 35 years of marriage today. We had 29....and for that I am thankful. Sure, we both thought we would easily see 50....never once did we doubt it. We never once thought about death being a mitigating factor.
Nothing is permanant...that I have learned.

Contentment....

I found this picture of Mary and Caleb taken when he was a newborn....the picture says so much.....I know that feeling of peace and contentment that only holding our sweet little ones can bring. And now he is 2! It is all ready going fast...but he still loves to cuddle with Gramma!

Just a couple of new layouts.....

Not much going on...except it is so stinkin HOT!



One of my favorite pics of Caleb!

Retirement...

If I could retire today, I would in a heartbeat!
One of my patients was telling me he was contemplating retiring in 3 or 4 months. I asked him wht he planned to do and he said he didn't know.
That's hard for me to swallow...I would not be bored...I know that for sure!
I know that money and health play such a big part, but there are a lot of things I could do on a limited income.
-Mentor students in the public school system
-continue to read--the public library if a great place to "travel"
-get back to quilting
-take classes at the university...many schools have special programs for senior if they are not pursuing a degree
-attend activities with my children & grandchildren
-scrapbook, of course
-gardening
-travel if my income permits
-sit on my dock and read or fish
-maybe work part time at something that interests me and challenges me

Hmmmmm....I'm sure there is more