We are in Texas.  Drove here, arriving yesterday late afternoon. Since then, we’ve already seen several friends, been to church, eaten catfish and also gone to an estate sale. Right now, we are going to bed.  Never mind that it is not even 9 pm. I will be checking back in once I have gotten…

For Sarah’s celebration yesterday, I made a favorite dessert – honey-sweetened banana pudding.  But because it was an extra special event, I made a honey-sweetened cherry topping as well.  (This was per Sarah’s request.) Rachael said today, “That pudding was so good, I could have eaten the entire thing all by myself and not even…

Today, Sarah graduated from the Family Medicine Residency program at Glendale Adventist Hospital. That is three years of hard work that have culminated in her and her fellow residents (8 in all) becoming Board Certified Family Physicians. As it turns out, our middle daughter Liz is the coordinator of Glendale Adventist’s Family Medicine Residency program. (Sarah…

The other day when our four-year-old granddaughter Luna was visiting, she looked at me and said, “Grandma, why are you and Grandpa church people?”  This was no doubt prompted by the fact that her mother had packed “church clothes” just in case we got everybody up, fed and ready in time for the 10:30 mass on…

A Happy Day by Luna (transcribed by Grandma) Flipperdee, the baby seal, was sitting on a rock by the ocean with his mother, Gloria.  Suddenly, a helmet dropped on Gloria tail.  The helmet had fallen off the head of a little girl who was riding her bicycle nearby.  The little girl jumped off her bicycle…

Today, we went to Sarah’s hospital, Glendale Adventist, where she is finishing the final week of the rotation from hell.  This is where we celebrated Father’s Day since she was on duty and couldn’t leave.  We got food from the cafeteria and headed into the residents’ quarters, where they have computers where they work and…

My dad was fifty when I was born. I was the lucky recipient of an adoring father who never wavered in his constant love and attention.  I know I am very fortunate to have had that kind of dad; one who treated me with kindness, respect, and as though I was someone special. I have…

I wrote 90% of this last night but literally fell asleep with the computer in my lap.  Thought I would get it out early today to count for my 20 minutes of writing yesterday!  I have just returned from visiting Sarah, Gregorio and the kids.  Ray is up in Ojai with Liz,  and Rachael and…

I have been to the DMV two days this week and, just in case you didn’t already know it, this is not a place to put on your “Must See” list of happy spots in our beloved Southern California. In fact, today, I sat among the huddled masses quietly waiting for the recorded voice to announce,…

Sorry I have been out of touch. The truth is our grandbabies spent Monday night with us, which resulted in Nico and me turning in around 8 pm.  I didn’t even consider getting back up.  Then yesterday, Ray and I drove to Ojai to our orange grove.  I am not quite sure why I was…