Wishes and Thoughts

Hello Blog!  Goodbye October . . . we are on to November. 

Wish #1:  Today is a very special day because I want to wish my beautiful Mother, Joyce Forsey,  a Happy Birthday! She is a very young 74 years old.  Although the past 12 years have been full of health challenges, she continues to be a sweet, loving and supportive part of our family.  I wish I lived closer so that I could be of more help on a daily basis, and am so grateful for my Dad and the great friends who live in Richfield that help care for her.  We are visiting at Thanksgiving, so I'll be able to personally give her a big birthday hug.  When I talked with her today we discussed our menu for Thanksgiving Dinner.  She was always such a fabulous cook, and even though she may not be able to stand at the stove these days, she still has great menu ideas and requests.  I love you Mom.

This is my Mom just before she got married in the Manti Temple.  Wasn't she gorgeous?



A more recent picture of my Mom.  Still gorgeous!!

Wish #2:  Speaking of birthdays, my wonderful in laws also celebrated birthdays recently.  Brent's Mom, Pierette McLaws celebrated on October 27th, and his Dad, Bob McLaws, on November 2nd.  Happy Birthday wishes to them as well.  I am so lucky to have such fantastic in laws, and come on, they survived raising Brent, so they are basically pretty darn perfect!   They are amazing examples of service and support and in their post-retirement years are still going strong.  We love them.  

The "Power Parents" of the McLaws Family

Also, just a few random thoughts. . . .

Not sure if I'm ready for winter yet!  Summer was slow in coming, and relatively mild.  Our hottest day of the year was only 94 degrees.  Autumn has been rather nice, so I can't complain about September and October.   As I type, the weather man is warning of a "colder and wetter than normal" winter around here.  It seems that snow may fall sometime in the next day or two.   Let's just say that one member of this family is very happy about that, and the other not so much!  Any guesses on who is which??

Every day I realize how great a blessing good health is.  Of course we all know the basic rules of how to take care of ourselves, but sometimes, for no logical reason, health challenges pop up.  The axiom, "good health is everything" is so very true.  If I had a magic lantern, I would use all my wishes to cure the health/physical challenges of those I love, but sigh, such is impossible.  Prayer sure helps though, and I do believe in miracles.  With God, anything is possible.