Missing Daddy

Ten years without Daddy...seems so long since I have seen his precious face and heard his sweet voice.  But in my heart, he is here, always...singing, whistling, telling others just how much God loves them. Working...always busy, loving the outdoors...mowing grass, watering the garden at 4 a.m., and LOVE...that word, is my Daddy.  I, will miss him my whole life long...But, how blessed I am to know, that I will spend eternity with my Daddy and Jesus.

Happy Birthday Sherry

To the outside world we all grow old.  But not to brothers and sisters.  We know each other as we always were.  We know each other’s hearts.  We share private family jokes.  We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys.  We live outside the touch of time.  ~Clara Ortega

Happy Birthday Sherry... We are bound by cords that can never be broken, cords of love, cords that bind the memories of our lifetimes.  I love you!
Big sister,
trish

Happy Birthday Pam

  

Happy Birthday Susie

A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.  I send you this song from our childhood...I love you Susie.  Happy Birthday...Jesus bless you real good!

The Eastbound Train

Happy Birthday Sheila

Exceptional Sister
She's one in a million,
Our wonderful sister;
She's smart and she's strong;
We just can't resist her.
Sis, we're so glad
You're in our family;
We really do love you,
As you plainly can see.
So have a great birthday;
Know we're thinking of you,
Giving love and support
In all that you do!
By Joanna Fuchs      

Happy New Year

Times Gone By

Should old acquaintances be forgotten,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintances be forgotten,
And days of long ago!

Chorus:
For times gone by, my dear
For times gone by,
We will take a cup of kindness yet
For times gone by.

We two have run about the hillsides
And pulled the daisies fine,
But we have wandered many a weary foot
For times gone by.

We two have paddled (waded) in the stream
From noon until dinner time,
But seas between us broad have roared
Since times gone by.

And there is a hand, my trusty friend,
And give us a hand of yours,
And we will take a goodwill drink
For times gone by!

Original Scots poem written by Robert Burns in 1788

 

I love you all!

Merry Christmas

May the miracle of Christmas fill your heart with warmth and love.

Christmas is the time of giving and sharing.

It is the time of loving and forgiving.

Merry Christmas to everyone.

I love you all!

Happy Thanksgiving

 

 

Faithful Reminders

This Passion Plant, was given to me by Mike, who could explain every detail of it's story. He lovingly took a new plant sprouting from the ground, planted it in a pot and nurtured it until he knew it would survive on it's own. Then, he kindly gave it to me and Tomer planted it nigh on 20 years ago. It's blooms, are faithful reminders of the Lords sacrifice and Mike's love of his gardens. I miss him.  

The story of the Passion Plant...
The story relates that in 1609 Jacomo Bosio, a monastic scholar, was working on his extensive treatise on the Cross of Calvary, when an Augustan friar, Emmanuel de Villegas, a Mexican by birth, arrived in Rome.
He showed Jacomo Bosio drawings of a wonderful flower, ‘stupendously marvellous’, but Bosio was unsure whether or not to include these drawings in his book to the glory of Christ, fearing that they were greatly exaggerated. However, after receiving more drawings and descriptions from priests in New Spain and assurances from Mexican Jesuits passing through Rome that these astonishing reports of this lovely flower were indeed true, and when finally he saw drawings, essays and poems published by the Dominicans at Bologna he was satisfied that this marvellous flower did exist.

He now considered it his duty to present this ‘Flos Passionis’ flower story to the world as the most wondrous example of the ‘Croce triofante’ discovered in the forest. He considered the flower to represent not directly the cross of our Lord but more the past mysteries of the Passion.

In Peru, New Spain and the West Indies the Spanish descendants still call it the ‘Flower of the Five Wounds’. Bosio observed that the bell shaped flower took a long time to form, then after staying open for just one day, it closed back into the same bell shape as it slowly faded away. He wrote, ‘It may well be that in HIS infinite wisdom it pleases HIM to create it thus, shut up and protected, as though to indicate that the wonderful mysteries of the cross and of HIS passion were to remain hidden from the heathen people of these countries until the time preordained by HIS highest Majesty’....

Bosio’s passion flower shows the crown of thorns (corona filaments) twisted and plaited, the Passin Flower Drawing three nails (stigma) and the column of the flagellation just as they appear on ecclesiastical banners. He writes that the insides of the petals are tawny in Peru, but in New Spain they are white tinged with rose-pink, the crown of thorns having a blood red fringe, suggesting the ‘Scourge with which our blessed LORD was tormented’. He describes ‘the column [androgynophore] rising in the centre of the flower surrounded by the thorn of crowns, the three nails at the top of the column. In between, near the base of the column is a yellow colour about the size of a reale, in which there are five spots or stains [stamens] of the hue of blood evidently setting forth five wounds received by our LORD on the cross’.

The colour of the column, crown [ovary] and the nails is clear green and the crown is surrounded by a kind of veil of very fine violet coloured hair. There are seventy two filaments (crona filaments) which, according to tradition, is the number of thorns in the crown of thorns set upon Christ’s head. ‘The abundant and beautiful leaves are shaped like the head of a lance or pike like the spear that pierced the side of our Saviour, while the underside of the leaf is marked with dark round spots signifying thirty pieces of silver’, that Judas was paid to betray Christ.

I love you all!

Remembering Those We Love

                                                                 

                       
   Have a blessed Memorial Day everyone...I love you all!                                                            

Easter Blessings

Our Redeemer lives...Hallelujah! I love you all...Happy Easter.

Missing Daddy

I love you Daddy...

Celebrating Maddy

Happy Birthday to our wonderful Maddy! What a blessing you are...I love you!

It's Kellerbell's Birthday

Happy Birthday to my Amazing, Brilliant, Creative, Dear, Eclectic, Fantastic, Grand, Humble, Imaginative, Jesus Lover, Kind, Loving, Magyar, Noble, Observant, Photo Taking, Quiet, Reserved, Shy, Talented, Uplifting, Vampire Fanatic, Wonderful, Xavier's Aunt, Youthful, Zoom Lens using, Daughter...Mama loves you. You are our Miracle...

Happy Valentines Day

Elek

Happy Belated birthday Elek! You have the first birthday of the year (January 2nd) and I didn't Post it...Yanny loves you. You are smart, funny and oh, so cute!

Happy Birthday Xavier

Last night we celebrated our Xavier's 6th Birthday. Time goes by so quickly...sigh.
Happy Birthday Xavier...Happy Birthday to you!

Yep, Another Birhday

Happy Birthday Melissa...Pray that this, your special day is blessed! I love you!

Another Family Birthday

Happy Birthday Dear Sarah...Happy Birthday to you!
I love you and pray for you everyday!