Yard Work

Last night I worked in my yard for the first time this year. I know, I know... I am behind! I got some bark over the weekend. There was an area in the yard that really needed to be patched where the bark was supposed to be but wasn't. So I worked on that. Then a neighbor of mine came over and chatted and helped me. She is great. I am so grateful for good neighbors. Her little girl came with her. She is two and half and the cutest thing. Even she was pulling weeds. What a good mom my neighbor is to teach work and service to her beautiful little girl. So we got more done than just me alone. It looks much better. Now if I could just find a way to exterminate all morning glory my life would be great! ha ha!

A Door is a Door...

Today I moved to an office at work! How exciting is that? It is definitely quieter! That is nice. It is really a cubicle with a door. That door is important though. In cubicle world a door is a rare and hot commodity. I even got a congratulations about my new space. That is different.

Then yesterday my sister closed a door in her life. She made a decision that needed to be made. I am glad that she did it. What is most important is that she is glad too that she made this decision.

Thinking about my sister and what is ahead for her makes me think of the quote from Helen Keller. It gives me hope for her. "When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." That tells me that happiness is there. It is not going to do anything good to dwell on the past. Just move forward.

Mother's Day

I am on my way for a family weekend. Heading to Idaho with my sister and brother-in-law. We are combining a birthday and Mother's Day.

Here are a few a quotes in honor of Mother's Day, albeit early:
"You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around-- and why his parents will always wave back." William D. Tammerus

"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his." Oscar Wilde

"The sweetest sounds to mortals given are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven." William Goldsmith Brown

"Sweater, n.: a garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly." Ambrose Bierce

-- This Mother's Day coming makes me think of my twin sister too. She is going to be a mommy this year. One thing that my mom has said that is hard for her is that Shelly is sick and she cannot do anything about it. Before she was able to make things better and now she can't. Another time of change for us. Life is like that.

Happy Mother's Day, even if I am early!