Bells will be Ringing!!!

My bags are packed and tomorrow I will drive to Louisiana. I am so looking forward to seeing my kids and grandkids again. This time it will be in celebration not sadness. My son, Jason Miller, will be marrying Mandy Goldman on Saturday, April 4th. I could not be happier. I love Mandy and her Mom. I will post some pictures after I return to Arkansas. All of my bunch will be there this time. Ricky and Beth are flying in from Nevada and Ryan should be finished with training in Georgia and back home. It should be a great party. The wedding is going to be held in the New Orleans Zoo in the Louisiana Swamp Exhibit. I hope the weather cooperates!
Life is Good ;-)

The Choice is up to You

This reading was included in a Sympathy Card sent by Delores Thornsbery in my Sunday School Class and I wanted to share it.



You can shed tears because she is gone,
OR you can smile because she lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that she will come back,
OR you can open your eyes and see all that she has left.
You can be empty because you cannot see her,
OR you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,
OR you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember her and only that she is gone,
OR you can cherish her memory and let it live on.
You can cry, close your mind, be empty and turn your back,
OR you can do what she would want;
Smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

Author unknown

Yet Another Chapter of My Story

For those of you that don't know, I buried my dear mother yesterday. For the last 57 1/2 years and even before that I had been the center of her universe. I was the baby she longed for after losing her infant daughter Janiece at 18 months. I was the miracle that happened over 10 years later. She was a wonderful mother and I tried my best to make her proud over the years. She taught me how to love one another and show compassion and so many many other things. I will always remember her smile and how loved she made me feel. I will strive to be as good a person as she was. I would not give anything for the last 9 months that I was able to spend with her. It was so hard for me to watch her become so weak and fragile. Being selfish and human, I just wanted the impossible, for her to be mom again, when the reality was that her time here on earth was drawing quickly to an end. The circle of life. There is no doubt in my mind that she is now in heaven with all of her loved ones and in no pain..with no tears. And that is how it is suppose to be. I was, and continue to be, very blessed.

I love you momma...I miss you already....see you on the other side.