Day One Hundred Twenty Nine 2012

²⁵"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? ²⁶"Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? ²⁷Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? ²⁸And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. ²⁹Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. ³⁰If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
³¹"So do not worry, saying, `What shall we eat?' or `What shall we drink?' or `What shall we wear?' ³²For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. ³³But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. ³⁴Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
~Matthew 6: 25~34

Day One Hundred Twenty Eight 2012

It was a gorgeous afternoon for a T Ball game and a ballpark hamburger. Grandson Elijah's team is doing well so far. The Diamondbacks beat the Cardinals 25~10. Not too shabby! The umpire got whacked in the knee about halfway through the game by a little kid who slings the bat after he hits the ball. Ouch!

Day One Hundred Twenty Seven 2012

 

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
~Proverbs 22:6
Grandson Knox attended his first Cradle Roll Bible class this morning. His mom wasn't sure how he'd react. But once she plopped him down into that little bucket chair in front of the teacher, he was totally into the whole experience. His mom (daughter Kelly) didn't want to distract him, so she snapped this picture from behind him. It's one of the sweetest things I've ever seen.

Day One Hundred Twenty Six 2012

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Day One Hundred Twenty Five 2012

Random TGIF

Roses for Mom using Canon Powershot color select.

Grandson Knox after his bath all wrapped up in his puppy dog towel.

Grand daughter Shelby decked out in her 1980’s (the ‘Me Generation’) outfit today for decade week at her school. She was totally neon with a side pony tail, fingerless lace glove, and her mom’s vintage 80’s charms necklace. Awesome to the max, dudette!
Happy TGIF, everyone!

Day One Hundred Twenty Four 2012

Ocha, our favorite Thai food deli, re-opened this week. The owners took a month long vacation as they do this time every year. It is probably the only business in existence that can close for a month and then re-open and pick up right where they left off, with no loss of clientele. Here is my son in law Kerry and my grandson Knox hanging out in the rose garden in the front of the restaurant.

Day One Hundred Twenty Three 2012

I'll be seeing you
In all the old familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces
All day through.

In that small cafe;
The park across the way;
The children's carousel;
The chestnut trees;
The wishin' well.

I'll be seeing you
In every lovely summer's day;
In every thing that's light and gay.
I'll always think of you that way.

I'll find you
In the morning sun
And when the night is new.
I'll be looking at the moon,
But I'll be seeing you.

Day One Hundred Twenty Two 2012

Grandson Knox is 5 months old. He’s reaching for things now, like this way cool toy giraffe. Love that smile!

On our walk home from school this afternoon with Grandson Elijah, we found this little blue speckled bird egg laying on the ground. Don’t know where it came from or what kind of bird it belonged to.

The fifth grade in Grand daughter Shelby’s school is celebrating “decade week”. Today’s decade was “The Fifties”. Shelby was decked out in this awesome poodle skirt her mom made for her. She wore her hair in a pony tail, of course. I told her she was ready for the sock hop.  She said, 'What's a sock hop?' She had the best time today. Look out tomorrow cause here comes “The Sixties”.

Day One Hundred Twenty One 2012

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
~Robert Frost

Grandson Elijah played T Ball this evening. He hit a home run. His team, the Diamondbacks, beat the LugNuts 23 to 1. Go, Elijah!

Day One Hundred Twenty 2012

Some glad morning when this life is o'er,
I'll fly away;
To a home on God's celestial shore,
I'll fly away

I'll fly away, Oh Glory
I'll fly away; (in the morning)
When I die, Hallelujah, by and by,
I'll fly away

When the shadows of this life have gone,
I'll fly away;
Like a bird from prison bars has flown,
I'll fly away

Just a few more weary days and then,
I'll fly away;
To a land where joy shall never end,
I'll fly away

My dear mother, Hampton Gailbreath Mabry, passed away this morning very peacefully.
Outside the nursing home, I saw this jet streaking across the sky, leaving its white vapor trail. And of course I thought of my mother flying away and I thought of this hymn, which I think is probably my most favorite. I'm hurt that she's not here with us any more, but comforted to know that she's at peace on 'God's celestial shore'.  I love you and miss you, Mom, more than I can say, but I'll be seeing you again someday.

Day One Hundred Nineteen 2012

It is a far, far better thing that I do,
than anything I have ever done;
it is a far, far, better rest that I go to,
than I have ever known.
-Charles Dickens

My family and I are sitting with our dear mother tonight in a nursing home, watching and waiting as she struggles to stay in this life, while her body insists that she's ready to leave and go on to the next and forever life. We'd love to keep her with us here. She's ready to fly away; she just doesn't know it yet.

Day One Hundred Eighteen 2012

I always thought these were huge mosquitoes, but I think they're called may flies. I got news for you, Mr. Mayfly, it ain't May, and no, you may not come into my house. I wonder if these make good bird food.
Happy TGIF, y'all.

Day One Hundred Seventeen 2012

Let’s dance! I snapped these two ants with my macro lens this afternoon. They were crawling around on a clover flower in my back yard and were about the size of the exclamation point in that first sentence. When they found each other, they paused long enough to say ‘hi’ to each other (and for me to snap this picture while they were still) and then they moved on. Places to go, other ants to see, I guess.

Day One Hundred Sixteen 2012

Pretty In Pink (Macro)

Day One Hundred Fifteen 2012

Grand daughter Shelby is very artistic and loves her art class at school. Today, when she wasn't taking tests, she enjoyed making an origami bird. Origami, from ori meaning "folding" and gami meaning "paper" is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. This was Shelby's first attempt, and she did it beautifully. When she pulled on the tail of the bird, it made the wings flap. Awesome job, Shelby!