I love this country, and I’m so grateful that I am blessed to live here. For all of those that chose today to protest, whine, complain, and bitch about all they don’t like about the country, might I suggest at least a touch of appreciation for the blessings in your life. For myself, I’m doing my best to love you, with hope for your emotional, spiritual, and physical good health. God bless the USA.
Holidays
Collection of holiday themed posts
Christmas 23
Twas actually Christmas, twenty and 23. At my sole daughters home, where the party would be. Great Grandmother Crossley and her husband of old, were the first to arrive, just as had been foretold. So now there was Russell, and Amber and Rye, and Zoey and Lily, and some other guy. What? No other guy? Well there were animals, but mostly hidden away. Anyway, Troy came along, the longest trek made, and Nicholas came too, sharing his birthday. Soon Dillon appeared with a tiny reindeer, and… What? He did have a small reindeer of some sort. He left it in the car because the animals were all hidden. Bass and…
Mary did you know
Another Christmas song I was glad to get a chance to do. Believe it or not, I had really never heard this song before coming across it on Smule. I think it’s an awesome song, and while Baby it’s cold outside is ‘cute’, this one is really what Christmas is all about. Mary, Did You Know? Mary, did you know that your baby boy Would one day walk on water? Mary, did you know that your baby boy Would save our sons and daughters? Did you know that your baby boy Has come to make you new? This child that you delivered, will soon deliver you Mary, did you know…
Baby it’s Cold Outside!
First off, yes, I know this song is the target of political activist anxious to make everything in the past an indictment against something. I don’t care. I partnered often on Smule to sing with this amazing woman and when she asked me to join her on this song, I jumped at the chance. Here’s a thought. If you hate the song, piss off and don’t listen. Lyrics. Baby It’s Cold Outside Idina Menzel I really can’t stay Baby it’s cold outside I gotta go away Baby it’s cold outside This evening has been Been hoping that you’d dropped in So very nice I’ll hold your hands they’re just like…
Thanksgiving Reflections 2020
It’s going to be a very peculiar Thanksgiving this year;in many respects just another day hanging around the house. Our son Nicholas will make it for dinner hopefully, but that’s the only family we’ll have the chance to actually be with. Our hearts and thoughts will certainly include all our family, and many others as well. Adversity is the greatest gift never sought, and this year has been a blessing of challenges. They are the energy of growth, the fuel that can carry us to greater appreciation and gratitude for the blessings in our lives. I love my family, my life, and my savior Jesus Christ, and I am so…
The Bake before Christmas
Twas a week (more or less) before Christmas and panic set in Momma knew that the baking prep had to begin There was butter to buy, nuts and chocolate in bulk and to bring it inside she would need that great hulk So Pops would play chauffeur, cart pusher and bank and Momma would lead him, sometimes with a yank The aisles would be crowded with people in need and yet most were friendly, like brothers indeed When supplies are unloaded but not put away Momma takes just a moment, to breathe or to pray and then with her measuring cups and her spoons she’s off like a whirlwind, a…
Of Christmas & Trees
I LOVE this time of the year. Starting with Halloween I begin to experience the sense of celebration. Yeah, it starts with candy and little kids dressed up to the bounds of their imaginations, or their parents purse, and actually going out in the world, knocking on doors, and meeting, however briefly, other real life people. God help us all when Facebook takes that over too and we need never actually see, or be seen, by others. People decorate! Well, some do. It may be as simple as just leaving a pumpkin on the front steps, but still, it’s something right? Then quickly comes Thanksgiving and hopefully we begin to…
