Happy Mothers Day to me

May 8, 2011 really was not the best Mothers Day I have ever had. May 8 is my dads birthday. He has been gone for 16 years now and I still miss him terribly. This was also the first Mother's Day when I didn't have a mother to honor. We lost our Mom on November 17, 2010. Then to dredge it all up again, we had a graveside service for her on the 23rd of April to inter her ashes. It was like losing her all over again. Even though I lost a Mom who had the capability to guide me 5 years ago when she had her stroke, she never lost the capability to love.

So the last of the one two punch for Mothers Day was when the boys decided to have not one but two squabbles. I am so ready for them to out grow this. It doesn't matter who works the longest hours or the hardest. And they need to not take things so personal. If they are going to tease, then they are going to have to take it when someone teases back.

The high point of the day are the wonderful women who love my sons. I hope my boys realize how blessed they are. The thing that gets me the most is that they would go to the mat for each other but then they also say the most hurtful things to each other. I really tried hard to teach them manners. They are getting along better but it just breaks my heart. I guess now I know why my Mom got so upset when I would fight with my sisters. After a while we got to the point where we would hide the arguments from her.

So anyway, I do need to be thankful for the gift I got from mike and Dave. At my advanced age, I am old enough for yard art. They gave me the cutest frog and turtle for my planter box in the front yard. Next it will be pink flamingos. Those will need to go in the back yard because I can see those works of art going missing.

So anyway for better or worse, Mothers Day 2011 is in the record books and life as we know it goes on.

Hurray, The Wicked Witch is Dead

I am not generally the type of person to celebrate the death of anyone but I have to say I am so proud of our military and glad that Osama Bin Laden wasn't taken alive. This one person has been responsible for manipulating the lives of many to his nefarious ways and endinng the lives if so many innocent people. I am, however, glad that he was accorded a decent burial according to Muslin customs. That one action shows the difference between people of the United States of America and the terroristic groups found in the world. Even though this guy was one of the worst specimins of humanity, we still treated his body with the respect it deserved as he was laid in his final resting space. I am glad that the body wasn't buried on land to later become a shrine by the terrorists. All that is left now is for Osama to make is peace and be judged by his God.

Again, I have to say a big thank you to the military that sticks with it no matter



how long it takes. And a second thank you to the families who go without their loved ones so we may sleep a little safer at night.