36 Lessons I Learned from Heidi

1. Love to buy presents for everyone
2. Love family
3 Love people -no matter who they were or what problems they have
4 To love life
5. To be patient
6 To tease
7 To be teased back —sometimes
8 To laugh at your self
9 To be thankful
10 To give hugs
11Be happy –this was one of her first words she learned and she was most of the time
12 Love the holidays and to anticipate them
13 That you can over come your fears and to not let them hold you back
14 That I can endue pain
15 To be an example.
16 To keep trying and not loose the desire to conquer
17 To try new things that seem to be really hard to do
18 Keep trying- don't give up
19 Sometimes it is OK to be bull headed (see # 18)
20 Life is too short enjoy every minute so take time to smell the roses
21 To accept who I am in-spite of looking or being different
22 Enjoy the Game of Life
23 Not to fight or argue —the spirit can't abide with you then
24 That I am so thankful that God entrusted me to be your Mom
25 That I am better person because of you
26 To carry the Light of Christ with you and let others feel it
27. That there are truly Angels among us and that You guide us
28 Life is not fair
29 Enjoy the simple life.
30 That I can make it through really hard things
31 That there is a light at the end of the tunnel and life does go on
32 That I want to always live my life so I can be with her when I die.
33 That you were a special gift given to us from Heavenly Father
34 That there are Angels here to help and protect us
35 That there is Eternal Life and life after death
36 Thank you Heavenly Father for the gift of Heidi in my life.

Happy Birthday Heidi

Wow! It is hard to believe that today you would be 36. I sometimes wonder how different my life would have been without you in it. I know I am a much better person because of you and all I learned from you. You were an amazing person in spite of the challenges you faced everyday. I know you are still helping me grow to become a better person. I am so glad to be called your Mom. Love you Heidi. Do you think about your birth day the same way we do here?

I Love to See My Garden Grow

Some of you might find my pictures of How Does My Garden Grow boring but part of the reason I am doing a Blog is for a history of what I am doing in my day to day life.
The lettuce and peas are growing. It is so rewarding to see the bright green leaves as they pop out of the ground and start to get bigger and bigger. The peas are about two inches tall. Soon we will be eating fresh lettuce.

Tomorrow if all goes well it will be Good Bye Walnut Tree. Yes, it has very nice shade but--it is very messy and the squirrels love the walnuts. Which reminds me I forgot to update you about Creature who lives in our attic. We can hear Creature once in a while and Freddie goes crazy when we go upstairs and into the attic part of the upstairs. We have seen Creature's shadow many times and I have seen Creature poking his head out the hole in the eves of the house. Yes Creature is a squirrel! Maybe squirrels and I hope not babies!

Before just in case you can't remember

This Morning

My favorite area of the house right now. I have part of it painted. It would all be done but with warm sunny days I have spend a great deal of time in the yard. When it is hot this summer I know I won't want to spend as much time outside. I love the reading corner. When the sun is not shining in the window I will try and get a better picture.

The new and old paint job. The new color is the yellow/cream color.