Taking my mom to a new doctor....not one of my favorite things to do.  But I have learned that God has special gifts tucked away in some of the oddest places.  I love my mom.  She is a wonderful mom.  At this stage of life, I often have trouble understanding however.  My mom and I have always struggled to understand each other.  We really are not much alike in personality or in how we view life.  My glass is half full and we'll just say my mom's isn't.  Today I will be looking for the special gift God has for both of us as we spend this day together.

Wow, it's been a long time with no blogging.  What a strange Thanksgiving.  I had just gotten over some sort of bug in time to prepare for the big day.  Cora and Evan had done the same.  We should have known it was just a sign of things to come.  I really won't go into the gory details, but suffice it to say....almost everybody bit the dust at sometime during the loooooong week-end.  We actually made two attempts at a normal Thanksgiving dinner and I can't really say we accomplished either.  But, I had three of my wonderful grandsons with me for two nights.  They decorated a beautiful Christmas tree, watched Christmas movies, had Jedi training and played Santa Claus.  I watched Evan and Austin begin a friendship that will follow them for a long time to come as Riley went off to another memory making OSU basketball game with his Paps.  I read a blog about a very special Thanksgiving between mother and son as they shared a very special prayer to end their day of oatmeal and tea on fancy china.  Once again my mom marveled at the "perfection" of her great-grandchildren, I'm sure thanking God in her innermost thoughts for allowing her to share these precious gifts.  My daughter-in-law came late in the day, at least her headache had subsided.  And as the day came to an end  Mikey and Riley looked at each other and said...." I don't feel so good."  Riley even left a special gift before he headed home.  And as Nana and Paps waved good-bye, we looked at each other and said, "Yes, another wonderful Thanksgiving."