Large Oklahoma National Guard Deployment

Large Oklahoma National Guard Deployment

What I've been dreading....
My youngest son is being deployed to Afghanistan!
Here is what we know so far:
He leaves March 2011 and returns March 2012.
Hugs,
Cindy

First day of Autumn official starts in Oklahoma at 4:18 p.m. today!
Hugs,
Cindy

Let's Go Fly A Kite!

I have one last homage to summer!
This weekend we took my only 2 grandchildren to the local elementary school to fly a kite - they've never flown one before! Now, they were pretty excited, considering they had no clue what they were about to do!
O.K. Jaden - now hold this....
He hopes that he is doing it right!
Keira was wondering just what am I suppose to be doing?!
Poor Uncle Kale had to give up his sunglasses because 'Grandma, the sun keeps closing my eyes!'

Now, Uncle Nathan is quite the photographer! He was laying on his back behind Jaden to get these pictures! You can bet that I will be getting these developed at Wal-Mart. I just love how they turned out! And one of these days I'm going to figure out how to get that date stamp turned off!!

Uncle Nathan, am I doing this right? Is Spiderman high enough??

Keira had to have her turn. She just turned 3, so Uncle Nathan had to help. Now she flew the Spiderman kite, but she kept asking me where her Dora kite was?!? Do you think that I will still be able to find a Dora kite? Because you know that this grandma will be on the look out for one!

Of course, the kite excitement didn't last to long - because before we knew it they wanted to play on the playground!
It was amazing really. You see my oldest son who is 26 started at this school when it opened! Actually, all of my children attended this elementary school. The boys just kept saying that the playground just seemed so much bigger back then. Does time really change things all that much? It just seems like yesterday that I walked them onto that very playground for their first days of school. Really - it seems like just yesterday!

Hugs,

Cindy

Winter is an etching,
Spring a watercolor,

Summer an oil painting,

and autumn a mosaic of them all!

Stanley Horowitz

I'm ready for cool, crisp autumn air.

Soups that slow cook all day long, homemade bread!

Acorns, pumpkins and grandchildren that think that there is nothing better than to throw leaves in the air!

Friday night high school football games, cuddled under a blanket and drinking hot chocolate - Chery's ~Apple~ Basket that's for you !

Wearing sweaters.

A fire in the fire place and cookies in the oven!

I'm ready for fall y'all!

Hugs,

Cindy

So....What do you think of my new look?

Lori E. I took your advice to heart!

Hugs,

Cindy

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Hugs,

~Cindy~

Some things to think about:
When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry - God never blinks!
Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special!
Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
Forgive everyone.....everything.
Time heals almost everything. Give time.....time.
Believe in miracles - there everywhere!
Your children get only one childhood.
All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
The best is yet to come.
No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
Yield.
Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves!
Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

Hugs,

~Cindy~

Remembering Jim Leckie who lost his battle against melanoma Saturday, June 6th.