Quiet house this morning. New parents still at Hospital. Baby Rosie is good. Probably come home tomorrow. Their bulldog Earl is accepting of my presence. Hope I will be able to help and not be in the way. Going to try to cook something up today. Grateful that I am welcome on their home. Grateful for healthy baby Rosalind. What a blessing.

Babies are a promise from God that the world will continued send He has Faith in us. My newest Granddaughter was born last night. First child of MY last and youngest child. What a blessing. Rodalond Joanne, for her great grandmother.Healthy, pink, and loud, screaming her objections to the world. Oh Baby Rosie, just you wait!! Coming home later today or tomorrow. Grateful for Rosalind, and grateful to the Hospital and her Care staff that took such good care of her. Grateful to my daughter and her family that they want me here to help. Grateful for their dog, Earl we are keeping each other company while family is in the Hospital. Husband made home safely from Atlanta to Akron safely. First time driving by himself. Just….. Grateful. Thank you Lord.

Thinking I’m grateful for a loving husband who tolerates my goods and not so goods…..
Thinking I’m grateful that I live in the Internet age where I can get so much done without leaving my chair…..
Thinking I miss my Penny dog, who passed 4 years ago of a seizure disorder…… still miss the warm pile of dog on my lap and her gentle licks to kiss me.
Thankful to still be able to work a few hours here and there. Not sure for how much longer, time off is awfully sweet and its been 43 years that I’ve been working ….. hard to leave after that long.
Thinking of the Musical things I have been able to accomplish with help from above, and the things that were not meant to be…. all is OK.
Feeling pensive. Not sure why.

Sitting at computer , cold room, done checking my work schedule to come, should go to bed but that requires movement to accomplish and I don’t feel like moving.
Grateful for Hubby who tolerates my goods and bads, after 39 years i am lucky
Grateful for Sophie the dog, she makes a great lap warmer and after 14 years, she’s still going strong
Grateful for grown children, who don’t need diapers changed and are all functional and independant.
Grateful for warmish weather, getting cold soon. I do not enjoy Winter, but this year I have the luxury of staying home more and out of it
Grateful for friends and family who still like to hear from me, occasionally
Grateful for blessings and my prayers at bedtime, in the car, on the couch, at work and whenever they descend upon me.
Grateful for Church and my family there, who love me.
Good night. :-)

Time off the grind of work is a blessing and I am grateful
Time to have breakfast with my husband
Time to read uninterrupted
Time to wrap a roomful of presents for family, and never met friends through Church
More time to spend with my best friends, one of whom is till working and not that social, one of whom leaves every winter for Florida and I’m about to miss my window…..
Time to clean my house in my order to my specifications (not that high) and with music blasting in my ear
Time to sit at my computer uninterrupted
Time to play the piano in my “never used as a dining room” dining room
Time to consider my upcoming retirement this year, how do I want to use that time?
Time to grocery shop, which I hate, but I do get to buy things I like…
Time to relax into being just “me” for a week, not the nurse, not the church worker, not the Mom, just me.
I think I’m going to enjoy this week.

Grateful for my church family. Always leave feeling hopeful and happy. * I do usually arrive feeling the same way too! Grateful for Guest Preacher….great message and really nice approachable man. Looking for his first church soon….. Feeling accomplished, most Christmas shopping all done. First year. Week vacation coming up….feeling very grateful for that. Grateful for my house and husband, in opposite order. 😊

Leaving daughter in Georgia today, to fly home. Surgical recovery going as expected. Husband is a blessed soul, and at 31 has had his first major life scare and seems to know what to do with it. He takes good care of her. They belong to a good church aNd have developed a support system there. Motherhood never stops. So I offer this prayer today , Lord protect my daughter and her family from harm keep them safe. Give them children. This time, I am asking directly. Your will always will be done, whatever happens in the future, I know you will be there. Amen

Daughter home from hospital. Looks g rest. Feed them chicken soup, and tucked she and husband both into bed for a nap. Napping sounds good…. But it feels like time wasted… Never been a napper. Sitting down with hot tea and a book for the afternoon . Home tomorrow. Then back to work. Where am I grateful in all this ? For just everything. Mostly that I could come and be a help. Thank you for this forum of prayerful people that will read and realize how Grateful I am.

Grateful for my daughter’s independence, her husband, their home. Her stamp is everywhere in the house. Kitchens are so personal, we put things where we would use them, and stock them with what we like. Trying to work and cook in someone else’s kitchen is like trying to wear someone else’s shoes…..possible, but not comfortable. But it’s nice, I see her everywhere. She’ll be home from the hospital later this morning….went in for removal of Ovarian Cyst. God Bless Families.

Grateful for 1. Christian, my son in law, for tolerating and loving a nervous mother in law 2. Kae, my daughter, gor bringing me along on her Surgical adventure, and still needing a hug from Mom , 3. My husband who encouraged me fly alone to Georgia to be here, and 4. Emory Medical Center that is currently right this moment doing her surgery. Not life threatening reasons, don’t worry, but necessary… I am so grateful to everyone and everything that worked, to get me here. Prayers for her surgery, please…