HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!

Today Oct 13 is my dad's birthday.  I used to hate the day to come because I never knew what to get him.  The guy had everything he ever needed and more shirts and socks than he knew what to do with.  But today I am wishing I could get him another present.  I wouldn't complain about having to do it.  I don't know what I would get him, but I would like the chance to do it again.  He has been gone 6 years now and today he would have been 90 years old.  He was such a young 83 (He died in March and hadn't turned 84 yet- I really can add) and was so healthy right up to the time the dreaded cancer got him.  I miss him!!!  and my mom.  The family isn't the same without them.  Happy birthday, daddy!  I love you!

Work Harder -- Be Better

I went to a graveside service of a friend's son-in-law today.  He was 51 years old and left a wife and 5 children.  He was on a fishing trip up in Alaska, went in and laid down and didn't wake up.  The autopsy showed nothing!  It was like Heavenly Father reached down and just took him home.  He was a teacher and a wrestling coach.  He was the same age as my baby brother and was a classmate of his. He was waiting on the birth of his grandchild, had plans to retire in 4 years and come back to Star Valley and build a new home on his ranch in Freedom.  My heart aches for the family that he left behind.
At the service, a fellow coach and friend, said a few words before he dedicated the grave.  He told of being Jody's mission companion and of the lesson he learned from Jody-  Work Harder--Be Better.  Those words touched my heart today and maybe Jody is still teaching life's lessons even in death.

LOSER????

 Well what do you think?  Am I a total loser or what?? 
Four plus years ago I do this big spill about how things are going to be different and how I am going to use this blog for my very own journaling.  
 Ha--now you know for sure what kind of a journaler I am. 
                            A TOTAL LOSER  
Yip, that would be me for sure!!! 
                  LOSER     LOSER      LOSER

 I could go on and on with a list of things I have screwed up on but I am not going to. 
          I am going to  say "YAY TO ME".  
                                 I'm back!!   

We are all 4 years older-4 new grandkids have come into the family (happy times)- a brother has passed away (sad times) Words of a song---"sounds like life to me."  Yip, that's what is has been LIFE.  And I have lived it.  Whether I wrote about it or not--I have lived it and have fallen and gotten up and learned from it- just like we all do. 

 Am I sad that 4 years have gone since I last posted? Yes 
         Am I a Loser because of it?  NO
   
Now I have four more years of experiences to glean from--to look at the failures and successes and possibly share them and help others.

We are so blessed to be able to pick up and move on and hopefully do better.   David A Bednar has said "If today you are a little better than you were yesterday, that's enough."    That's what I want.   And right now that is what I am--a little better than I was yesterday.  Will I fail again?  Yip  But I'll be back again.  And every time I write something, I am leaving part of me for my kids and my grandkids.   I Am Not a LOSER!  I am a person doing the best I can with what I have and I am so blessed to have YOU!