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I can very clearly see the picture you paint, except my dog would not only chase everything that moves, but catch and kill it. My walk in the trees would have to include a leash! Sorry Mandy, not all squirrels need to die. But you did good with the rat in the house.

Thanks Barb! I can sure use some blessings right now!

Dream on Barbaranne. I would need to have no dog or pet along to relax. I like being alone with nature and letting God provide the wildlife.

Wow. Forgot to accept those blessings. Thanks Barbaranne.

Thanks Barb, I sometimes go across the street to my neighbor when I need a hug!

Here's a hug from cyberspace from me, Toadalove.

Toadalove, this is said in love my pet hate is having my name shortened, I know it is a long one but an acceptable one for me is Sr.B it is what I am known as in the convent

pixilpixil. thank you for the hug.

God bless you both.

WOW! I apoplogize. My mom wanted all of us girls to go into the convent. There are 11 girls and 1 boy. We have only lost 1 sibling (1girl) of the 12.

Wow what a family toadalove, my mother had her hands full with 5( 4girls 1boy) I think that in some ways I was a loner and this life was never on anyones cards, I was to work with children or/and horses. Take care of yourself and may the God of peace and love be with you.

My husband's family was big like that. One entered the priesthood. Two became monks. All left for secular life. Four brothers of his are deceased and three sisters--2 at birth. 3 brothers and 3 sisters remain plus my husband.

There was 9 in my family
only the 2 youngest left
one is 90 and the youngest is 88

So how old are you dbnc? I'll be 69 in March...if I'm still here. Never realized being old is not being able to count on another year--and the time keeps shortening. There have been several sudden deaths in our families (mine and my husband's.)
It should change one's life and yet it is so hard to change.

I'm 88 there 3 yrs. between my sister and me
I was born 10th -Jan -1928
she was born Jan -11 -19 25
she is 90 and in the nursing home
she got married Oct -9 1945
I got married Nov-.9 -1946
her daughter was born -Oct - 28 - 1946
my daughter born Oct - 29 -1947
her son born Jan -13 -1949
my son born Jan- 17- 1949

Stranger than fiction, that. Makes you feel close I'm sure. When did your sister go into the home and why?

Can't remember little a over year ago
she has so many health problems she couldn't
stay herself any more
her husband had been in the nursing home about 6 yrs.
when she visited him he would tell her there's a bed for you right over
he died in Nov.
he was in Hawaii in WW11
he saw the first bomb dropped
he was 95
they had been married 67 yrs.

My condolences to you and your sister. Was your brother in law there during the attack on Pearl Harbor?
How wonderful to have a love that lasts 67 years.
May we also be so lucky. Is your husband alive? Do your kids live close by?

He saw the first bomb dropped on Pearl Harbor
I retired in Jan. 1090 my husband died in June 1990
I have a son that on one side and a daughter on the other side a grandson almost in my yard and another grandson about 2 miles

I am sorry you and your husband had so little time to enjoy his retirement, but I am happy your family surrounds you. God bless you all.

We were married 43 yrs.
thank you for caring

We hit that mark in August.

Pixipixil, what does your husband teach?

Thanks for the blessings and the hugs, Barbaranne. My dog would have loved that hillside, although she wouldn't have gotten very far away from me. She kept catching things and bringing them to me so I could "fix" them!

He teaches religion dbnc. His specialty is morality and he also teaches a course on church history.

Morality is a topic opened up far too little now and more of us need to brush up on church history. It's such a rich and colorful topic. A tip of my hat to your husband, pixi.

Thank you aknan. I'll pass it along. He is very committed to his vocation.

My parents had known each other since they were 15. My mother told us kids that she didn't want to date him at first. My grandma - her mother was an interior designer and worked on my dads parents home and she liked him. My grandma kept saying go out with him. She wasn't interested and finally said to my grandma "You like him so much you go out with him
lol They were married almost 50 years. We almost lost her when I was 12.