Rest In Peace, Mary Ebel.

How heavy-hearted I became upon learning that Mary Ebel had passed. Such a sweet and gentle woman.
As my late wife, Maggie, was failing and running out of time here in the land of the living, Mary came to visit with us several times and share her beautiful spirit with us. Not that she had to but wanted to.
Truly she will be missed, as much for her laughter and the sunshine she seemed to exude, as for her sweetness of soul. And as much as her family, her friends and loved ones, like me, will miss her, her suffering is over and now her joy will know no end. As much as we all love and will miss her, her new home is in a building.......not made by hands.
God bless your sweet memory, Mary.

Rest in peace, O good and faithful servant !

I suppose you might file this post under the heading:"Kids Say The Darnedest Things!"

Mrs. Moody tells me that she had an interesting day in kids Sunday School (1-06-13). She posed a question. She asked the children to say what they thought God said when He finished His work of creation. Little miss Cassidy's hand shot up first. Being recognized, Cassidy blurts out: "I do good work !"

After I finished a gut laugh, the kind that comes from deep inside, I smiled and thought: "Amen!"

He's still on the job doing "......good work !" When we least expect it, He blesses us so richly with the little things that we might easily overlook.

God bless us everyone.

Love, love, love......Peaches!

Love, love, love........ I love peaches, but...they go through me like U.S.Grant went through Richmond ! Safe to say that while I truly love peaches, they do not love me......else they'd stay a while.

It wasn't always so. I can remember as a kid growing up lapping up aunt Martha's and aunt Elvira's "Gone to glory ! Peach Cobbler. I'm drooling as I type. No word of a lie, it was heavenly.

That was long ago and far away. The crust, I recall, was light, flaky......buttery. The whipped cream was hushed by the goodness of the peaches and the tasty, thick juice that they rested in. Yes, I often hurt myself but no more. The price of my indulgence would be more than I care to pay.

What ? More snow ? Ugh !

Overnight we were blessed with two more inches of the white stuff. When I awoke it was still coming down. It finally decided to stop......around 10:45 AM. Mercy ! It's only early January, for Pete's sake. Hope this pattern doesn't hold through April. What EVER shall I do ?

To add insult to injury, #2 son, Sy, called from Santa Monica, CA. Said they'd just come back from the beach and that the water was SO warm. Kids ! I wanted to make a snowball and throw it from Berlin, NH to Santa Monica, CA. Oh to whack him up side the head with some of this powdery sunshine.

He said he and the kids had a great Christmas and New Years. I told him I was glad. Said ours was great as well. He told me that his landlord had finally found a buyer for the place they're renting. I suppose they'll be moving within the next few months but their desire is to find another place in the same neighborhood. They love it there. God's a great provider, I thought. It'll be fine.

I got to speak to little Miss Bean. How *grown-up* she sounds on the phone! When last I spoke to them she was taking voice lessons. I guess it's money well spent. Maybe she'll give Aretha a run for her money.

Right.

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Farewell 2012;Welcome 2013

Yea ! So happy that school resumes tomorrow. The Christmas and New Year's break's over. Let there be peace and quiet with the morning coffee. Let there be plump, sweet blueberries in that bowl of piping, hot oatmeal. And let me miss the boys fighting over who gets the cereal box first. Yea ! School's back in session.

God is good.  :-).