Another year. A.K.A. Happy Birthday

It's really amazing that another year has just flown by and very quickly too!  I am officially 52 now...rofl.  Oh well, it's really just a number.  I didn't look a year older overnight.  Nothing really changed except the number.

Mel, Micky and I celebrated my birthday while camping up on Mt. Lassen at Chaos Crags Campground.  We really love it there.  The sound of the wind in the trees.  Chipmunks giving us heck because we won't feed them is one sound you never forget!  It's a great place to camp if you ever are up that way.  $12 a nite for absolute peace and quiet.  Air out your brain.  Read a book (or two, or three!).  Take a nap.  Take a walk.  Well, you get the picture. The picture below was taken on our trip last year!

I feel so very fortunate to have all of my immediate family living close by.  I love my grandbabies.  They are so stinkin cute!  Each and every one of them has their own wonderful personality and it is so very exciting to watch them grow up.
And today is the 4th of July.  Happy Birthday America!!!!

An example of His love.

This has been a busy month so far.  Family illnesses, work, car trouble...blah, blah, blah.

My poor mother has been in the hospital for the last three weeks because her lift recliner turned on and she was unable to get out of it and it tossed her out onto her hard floor.  The last two weeks have been in rehab and we were hoping she would be able to come home soon.  She had a wound on her knee that would not stop seeping and bleeding.  They have now put a wound vacuum on it and it will stay there until it starts healing well.  So, she will be in the rehab hospital for a while longer.  Please keep her in your prayers!

Love you momma!

Work is crazy as usual.  Some days more than others.  I love my job. No, really I do!  I wouldn't trade what I do.  But I have to tell you that there are some days you meet someone who just touches your heart.  I met a young homeless man with brain disorders who is having some really tough times.  We finished up our interview and he said something to me that no one in my eleven years of work has ever said.  " Would you please pray for me now?"  I was floored and humbled by this and of course I said yes.  

BUT GOD....

So there in our little office I prayed for him.  

AND THEN...

He prayed for me.  He prayed for my coworkers. He thanked God for us being there for people like him.  HE THANKED GOD for allowing him to meet caring people.

Some days my job is so very awesome!

Thank you God for allowing me to meet this young man.

Thank you for letting me be an example of your love.

Please Lord, be with this young man....you know his needs.

He loves you.

I love you too!

Thank you for loving us.

Psalm 48:1 KJV

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

My family....

 With me are my niece, my daughter A, my daughter-in- law, my mother and my beautiful grand daughters.

Here we have my son-in-law  and my son R with my handsome grandson .