Scott is home!!! Hooray!!! Something I realized recently is that this will be the LAST TIME we have a "forced" separation. The military life has caused us to be separated during much of our marriage. In fact, we have been apart for 8 out of 33 years . . . That is ONE-FOURTH of our marriage!! And now, it's all coming to a grateful end. From here on out, we will be together all the time, except for the times when I will travel solo to go see our grandchildren or take a short family history trip. The difference, of course, is that these will be our choosing, and not because we HAVE TO.  Amidst a windy and chilly week that brought occasional snow showers, I set up a very small Easter display near my front door. Now that I'm thinking about it, though, I don't really have any reference to the Person that we actually celebrate on Easter . . . hmmm. I'll have to give that some thought. Maybe I'll just call this my "Springtime Decor".   I went to the Idah...

When someone pops into your mind when you least expect it, take a little time to reach out to that person. When that same person pops into your mind again, stop what you're doing and reach out to them right then. Life is short and the people we love won't always be around. Don't let those moments pass you by and then you end up regretting that you didn't do the thing that you felt prompted to do . . . I got a text message on Thursday evening that my last grandparent on this earth, Grandma Lillian, was in the hospital up in Salem, Oregon. She had been admitted two days before with some sort of heart condition and the doctor was giving her about 48 hours to live at this point. A few times over the past several weeks, I had the thought pop into my mind that I should give her a call. I also had the thought pop into my mind that I should send her a little note or a postcard in the mail because she loved receiving them. Well, I got distracted and didn't call. And I postpo...