Busy, Busy Wednesdays

Wednesdays have become very busy (and expensive) days for me. Today, I worked 7am to 3pm, then picked Sam up from school where he had trumpet lesson after school. He started off with the trumpet in the 6th grade and has moved on to the tuba this semester. Now, he has tuba lessons three times a month while keeping up with trumpet with one lesson a month.

We had just enough time to go home and change before he had to be at his singing lesson, which he started this week.

After voice lessons, we went out to eat since there wasn't much time before Sam had to be at church for youth meeting at 6:30. I got to sneak in a little nap in the car before the regular church service started at 7:00.

We finally made it home a little before 9:00, got ready for bed, and settled down for the night.

I am so glad Sam wants to develop the musical talent God has given him. It has become expensive for me, but it's worth every penny. I thank God for my extraordinary son!

The Irony of Life

Yesterday was Valentine's Day, which is always the worst day of the year for me. This year, it was probably the worst day since my mom died eight years ago. I got through it, though, and the day ended on a sweet note.

Today was a much, much better day. It started off with going back to bed after taking Sam to school. I had a very sweet dream about spending the day with a good friend. It started my day off in such a beautiful way.

Then, I met my friend Joan for lunch. We used to work together at Kintronic, and we don't get to see each other very often now that neither of us works there any more. We went to Wendy's, and I got an apple pecan chicken salad. That is one of my favorite foods, so I was in a happy place!

Later in the day, I went to work. I worked in the electronics department for the second day. It's so much less stressful than the front end, but it can also be a little boring at times.

In the almost three years that I've worked on the front end, I've never been asked to give the CSM a break, even though I wanted to learn the job. Today, now that I'm officially an electronics associate, I was asked to go up front and give the CSM her break. Talk about irony! It was fun, though.

I Still Miss You, Mom!

Eight years ago today my precious mom went to Heaven. I still think of her every single day and wish she was still here with me. There are many things that remind me of her as I go throughout my days. Here are a couple songs that always bring her to mind.





I have posted many tributes to her on here, with pictures and anecdotes. Instead of doing that again, I decided to give links to some of the old posts.

2/14/2007
11/6/2007
2/12/2008
4/3/2010

In Memory of Catherine Littereal

I don't like February. Lots of bad things have happened throughout the years in the month of February. In 2003, my Grandma died on the 2nd of the month, and my mom died just eleven short days later. Several other examples could be given, but the one I want to focus on today is the passing of a dear woman I was privileged to work with at Walmart.

Catherine Littereal, who bravely fought cancer, passed away early yesterday morning and is now at rest and healed completely. All of us as Walmart will miss her sweet spirit, but we are happy that her suffering has ended.

This display is set up in the store to honor her memory:

In Memory of my Grandma

Eight years ago today, my grandma, Thelma Grant, went home to Heaven. She was a unique lady and a wonderful grandmother. I have very fond memories of the times when we would go to Oklahoma to visit her. Daddy would always tell me and my brother to ask Grandma to make chocolate gravy for us. She knew he was behind it, but she would still always make it for us. She was a very compassionate person, with a big heart and a ready laugh.

Here she is with my dad's father. They look so in love. From her stories of him, he sounded like a great man, with a jovial personality, always cracking jokes. Daddy takes a lot after him, even though he died before Daddy was old enough to know him.



In this picture, Grandma is sitting with her two youngest sons, Marion and Jimmy. The picture is dated May 1961.



Here's Daddy and Grandma together at a family reunion in the early-80's.



This is one of the latest pictures I have of Grandma, and it's one of my all-time favorites. Her sweet spirit is so plain to see in her smile and her eyes.