FRIDAY NIGHT FUN!

LOVE AND UNITY = FAB FAMILY, GOOD FOOD, A HEALING BOO-BOO & an unrevealed surprise!

A place filled with many fun memories of laughter and yummy food!

An old pic from back in the day!

Still not open in April 5, 2026. Glad we kept trying!

Jarrett House employees tried to find help for my "boo-boo" from their first aid kit but they accepted my rolled up sock of ice without criticism.

Grandboys rocking w/ Grandmother as their mom, who is a real photographer, took the pic! 

Love and respect are a part of married life, regardless of the number of years. (Ephesians 5:33)

RESULT---a good time was had by all 6 of us from age 8 to almost 80!

JOURNAL JOTTINGS!

WOW!

Words 

Of 

Wisdom Needed!

5 words or less could help!

Bobby A. quoting 5 words from "Crazy Ada"---"Oh, just forget about it." Sometimes that can be the "best" advice! When taken with the intent to quit "stewing" about things you can't change or don't mount to a hill of beans, forgetting, as to let go, can help. 

Pithy with a Punch!

A need for this age-related + memory-loss lady.

 

Fewer words with deeper truths to remember. 

Think.....Peace Giving. (John 14:27)

GOD'S GRACE

KEEPS PACE

WITH WHAT WE FACE! (Buddy A.)

GOD'S GRACE.....

I EMBRACE....

TO GUIDE MY PACE. (DAL)

Praying.....Rein me in LORD, away from distractions and busyness, to love you more and serve others well!

SEPTUAGENARIAN???

Septuagenerian---who knew??? Obviously Google did and........

......."baby" brother, Bobby. He informed me of that new personal age ID first thing this morning. 

He seems to derive a perverse sense of pleasure from reminding me, especially when I "move up" a decade ahead of him. Oh well, it sounds nicer than sexagenerian!
It's one of those family things that binds you together and I have 2 great brothers who I am bound to by old family jokes, memories and traditions. Sometimes things that only we understand. For that, I am grateful!

Just the facts, ma'am…………

9/27/09,,,,,,,just the facts. Remember Dragnet. Such melodrama. We loved it at 2211 South Virginia Street....

---first on radio and then in the mid 50s on TV---when we finally got a black and white console. From those first four musical notes, “dum dee dum dum” and the intro, "Ladies and gentlemen: the story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent," we were hooked. Seems like in later years, younger brother, Bobby, even had Joe Friday’s badge 714 to wear when he pedaled his little blue and white police motorcycle---that had a little trunk on it where older brother, Buddy, would hide his textbooks so he could say he had no homework. But I digress. Imagine that!

All of this to remind myself that God wants me/you to face the facts not feelings. Yesterday morning I was in somewhat of a blur because of another “wee hours” awakening. As I opened my Streams in the Desert, the 9/26 entry verse shouted out to me.

We live by faith, not by sight. (2 Corinthians 5:7)

For a couple of weeks now I have been hoping that my faith shows ---it is my anchor---even when my faithfulness isn’t very evident as I have been struggling with feelings of inadequacy, anxiety and the dreaded C-word, i.e. control.

As believers, “we live by faith not by sight.” God never want us to live by our feelings…….our inner selves may want to live by feelings….He….wants us to face the facts of Christ and His finished and perfect works for us….face these precious facts….believe them simply because God says they are facts….He will take care of our feelings….God never gives us feelings to encourage us to trust Him…..God only gives …feelings when He sees…we trust Him…apart from our feelings, resting solely on His Word…His faithfulness…therefore we must choose between facing our feelings or facing the facts of God. (emphasis, mine) (excerpt from Streams, p. 365)