MOTHER'S DAY again

Happy Mother's day to all mothers in our families: Tina, Nedret, Rachel, Deborah, Alicia, Katherine and Sarah for their efforts in raising their children. And thanks to all their mothers and grandmothers who came before us.

L-R Emilee and Heather, me in the mirror reflection

I became a mother in 1966, let's see that makes me a mother for a total of 52 years...AMAZING and a grandmother for 19 years. It's definitely easier to be a GRANDMOTHER! Here I am with my amazing twin grand daughters who stopped by with their family on their way to So. California.

SUMMER overtakes SPRING

Our spring flowers especially roses are in FULL BLOOM, but summer's heat is sneaking up on us. It was 98 degrees yesterday which isn't springlike at all. Oh well, we live in the high desert. Summer always feels like the LONGEST SEASON and spring and fall just commas.

Hubby pruned the roses and they are blooming like crazy

Yellow roses of Texas are lovely

Too many on one stem to cut for flower arrangements inside

Rose plants from Walmart are doing well

Honeysuckles smell so swet plus Oleander bushes are blooming

Then there is our sad garden with onion bulbs going to seed

Little 4 ft peach tree has lots of fruit this year too.

Grape vines are growing back after their massacre!

Tall tree was suppose to be a sage bush, it will have purple blooms

Front yard has volunteer desert marigold and more roses

HEALING

It's been 1.5 weeks since my fall and my body is slowly healing and my patience is getting another test. Pains here and there can be masked with pills, but the ache within to be productive is wanting out. Sitting lots and sleeping lots makes for long sleepless nights with lots of thinking. Wondering how best to use the time I have each day and determine my PRIORITIES is so important. Time is like a maze, each decision we make determines our path eventually.

Having no REGRETS means making each experience negative or otherwise COUNT as in teaching us a lesson or molding our character/personality into something better. Taking time to look back through old JOURNAL pages can bring insights into growth that we've made and also to obstacles or blocks that are still in our way. Life is an ADVENTURE of choices to be made each day. I CHOOSE to love, forgive and go forward.