My Apology to my Grandchildren

After learning of the passage of the stimulus act in excess of seven hundred billion dollars , I feel grief for the situation that my grandchildren will inherit. It seems in the crisis of the moment the senate passed legislation that they could never have read in the 10 hours that it was available to them to read. It is in excess of a thousand pages and m any of the politicians admitted that they voted for it but had not read it and really did not know what details it contained. Daily more pieces of what is contained in the bill come to light. ALl of this in contrast to the change in Washington government that o ur new president promised with his administration. He had promised that legislation would be available to be read for 48 hours before a vote would be taken . Sadly this was not the case with the biggest spending bill ever passed by the US. Today our president will sign this into law in Denver. He waited until Tuesday even though the legislation was "critically important" to be passed by the senate on FRriday afternoon.

At anyrate I feel depressed and ashamed of the US for having to pass this debt onto future generations and we have no idea yet what all of the details are . The democrats seem to think this is a quick fix and the price can be paid for by the future generations . We have been a people for too long who lived beyond our income and on credit . Finally the bill is coming due with interest and the way the house and the senate and the president have chosen to deal with is to pass this monstrous bill. They promise that taxpayer will get $13.00 a week more in the stimulus. That is not enough to satisfy the grief and guilt that I feel because of this.
Children , please know that there are a few people who oppose this but they are in the minority and not in a position to stop the forces that are not in power . Know that integrity , honesty and hard work are valuable traits, but not possessed among the present political power mongers. These traits will become even more valuable in the days ahead although rare in WASHINGTON DC. These traits will help people survive despite the desperate times that are to come. God is bigger than these politicians and He is in control ultimately and will use these events to bring about His Glory. Know that I am thinking of you even now.

THE POWER OF A LITTLE BOY

I have a little 4 year old grandson who can lower my blood pressure after a really bad week. After many weeks of increasing shoulder pain my blood pressure has been way to high. Add to that a really crummy week at one of my school districts and I was in need of a lift. I got home late from work Friday evening and got on my favorite messenger spot to talk with my grandson, daughter and son . It is my favorite activity of the week. After about two hours talking I checked my blood pressure and found it was 5 points lower. Although it was still high , it was the best it had been all week. What a blessing , my daughter makes a special point of getting online with me so I can keep up with the little guy. We all talk about the events of the week and laugh . I am truly a blessed momma.

A NEW GRANDAUGHTER

Well I didn't do a very good job of blogging in 2008 maybe I can do better for 2009. A lot happened in 2008. I went to Asia to see my grandson and my house had water damage while I was gone. The best thing that happened in 2008 was the birth of my new granddaughter Livia Rayne. She was born November 14, 2008 . I got to see her when she was a week old. Livia has beautiful blue eyes and brown hair. SHe looks like her mommy did when she was a baby. I loved holding her and being grandma again, a long distance grandma. Livia and her mommy and daddy live in NOLA and I am in Ill. I see pictures of her on the computer and she is smiling now. I can see that she is changing a lot and I am going to miss most of those changes. God has blessed me well with a grandson and a granddaughter. God is good all the time. I look forward to hearing about all of Livia's accomplishments as she grows into a little girl.

Frustrated Musician

I have always wanted to be able to play a musical instrument. When I was young I yearned to play the piano but there was never enough room in our house for a piano or money for lessons. Then in my young adult years I thought I want to play the guitar so I ordered one from a catalog. Well still no money for lessons but my cousin had taught me some chords. Unfortuately the darn thing had a wide neck and I soon realized that I couldn't get my fingers around it so I sent it back. Later I got a chance to get a piano given to me. Well I wanted my daughters to learn the piano so I accepted it and the given promised to give my girls lessons. Well she did give the girls a few lessons but the piano was in pretty bad shape and really needed tuning which again I did not have the money for. Well the girls and I had fun plunking around and playing Twinkly Twinkly Little Star and a few other things. Eventually the girls and I lost interest and we needed to move to another house so the piano went bye bye.

The long and short of it is that I never learned to play the piano or anyother musical instrument . But I love music! I can play my cd player and radio really well and I am good at it so I guess that is enough right now. I think that in heaven I will be able to play the piano and sing beautifully. Mean while I am thankful that I can purchase some wonderful Christian music and have it at my fingertips. So now I am ready to jump into technology and see if I can play a MP3 player. Yes grandma is going to get a new source of music so when I travel the world this summer I still have my music. I will take any advice about this new project of mine.

Life as a long distance grandma.

January 8,2008
This is my first attempt at blogging and creating a blogging site. My daughter uses blogging a lot to maintain connections with family and friends so I decided I should try my hand at it. The reason for my attempt is to keep connection with my only grandson who is a world away literally. I was able to live in the same county as he did for about 6 months and it was so much fun. Living so far away is a bummer and I did not move. I hear some friends talk about having to babysit their grandchildren all the time. I would give almost almost anything for that opportunity. This summer I will get to spend about a month with my daughter and her small family. I can hardly wait.

Being a long distance grandma means looking forward to those minutes on the web cam.. @ usually sings the abc's to me and tells me about something that has impressed him at the minute.

He always has a " Hi Grandma I love YOU" .

I am always looking for new pictures on the snapfish account.




I collect stories to tell my friends about my grandson's newest experience in a strange world.

The first year they were overseas I use to video tape myself reading books to him. I have since realized that I need to dress up as ELmo and dance around my living room. I often get Pierre the cat on my lap so @ can see him. @ loves to see Pierre but Pierre is not all that happy about it.

I mail lots of little packages to strange sounding places .

I spend lots of evenings thinking about the little boy and remembering the things we did together. I hope some day he will remember some of those same things.

Spending lots of time just being happy to have him in my life how ever.