I know you haven't seen me update my blog for a while....I guess you could say I needed to escape from reality and I was "bitten" by the Twilight series books. Reading this last month has been my summer vacation. I must admit that is not usually something I take the time to do, but I was hooked and had to read the series, hence not a lot of extra time. My dad has been sick, I have a few hour a week second job, Sydney continues to be a challenge for the Drs. to figure out what is wrong with her, and Wendy needed help since she was without a car and that required some extra running, I wasn't able to go camping this summer so I did enjoy my escape into the books. I have been back to my new old job for a month now and it is working out great! I am very grateful that opportunity happened! I need to move on to another (more productive) project and have actually been thinking about fall cleaning instead of spring cleaning. My storage room is a mess and I need to organize, organize, organize. I also am looking for some soup recipes. My dad doesn't want to eat much anymore (any of you who know him knows his meals have been top priority) so this is definitely an unusual turn of events and I am hoping some good homemade soup will give him the nourishment he needs and will be something that will taste good to him. So if anyone out there has some recipes to share I would love to try them. So now you know where I've been, maybe next time I will actually have something interesting to post!
I am moving this back to the top of my blog, because I am so grateful to family and friends who have been so kind, so helpful, and just there since my dad passed away. I wanted to again express these thoughts! I was just thinking how true it is that "angels are among us" whether it is family, or friend, maybe even a stranger sometimes those who come into our lives give us without even knowing a "boost." We really don't know what truly goes on in others lives (even though we may think we do) or how much we can effect them. Sometimes we may just need a smile, or a quick glance and friendly hello, other times we may need a listening ear, or someone to say I was just thinking about you. I know I get so involved in my own life that I probably don't say or do the "nice things" I should as often as I should, but I do know when someone takes a moment out of their lives to do or say a kind thing to me it means so much. We really can make a difference and "touch others lives". I know I am grateful for family and friends who "touch my life" it doesn't go without notice, 
