Dr. Koch thinks I am "Amazing"

I went to my doctor this afternoon and after taking three x-rays and talking to me, making me move my arm up, down, in and out he declared me to be "amazing". I have never had that word used to describe me before and, needless to say, I was overjoyed. He told me that he didn't think, in the beginning, that I would ever be able to use my arm as well as I could today. I told him that his physical therapists were the amazing ones and, of course, I patted myself on the back by admitting that I had worked pretty hard at home with my exercises. He dictated a letter in my presence to be presented to the Senior Citizen's insurance company. I will send that to them when I receive it and we will just see what they say about the entire situation. My understanding is that they don't allow anyone to exercise on the equipment without someone being in attendance. So, you see something good does come out of every bad thing. Maybe nobody else will experience the trauma that I did by not getting any help when I needed it.

Last night was the Celebration of Tracey Night. My girls and I went to Panera Bread and Corinne had arranged for us to be in a private room and we all had soup, sandwiches, and wonderful pastry for dessert. We laughed and talked and shared stories and it was a wonderful night. Nita's blessing was especially inspiring when she thanked the Lord for Tracey and all that she means to us and to others. That is certainly the truth. She has the most beautiful spirit and it is a joy to be in her presence. The gifts that she was given delighted her. She has just returned from the beach and her blonde hair, blue eyes and suntanned skin just made a beautiful picture. I don't think she minded getting a year older - looking like she does she certainly shouldn't.

If you have read Kim's Blog you know that we went to Cord Ramsey's birthday party on Saturday evening. I concur with everything she said about the party - it was just the most perfect event that you can imagine. She "left no stone unturned" to make each guest there feel special and her food was wonderful but the best thing of all was watching that beautiful, perfect little boy as he interacted with each one of us and smashed his cake with his initials on it and loved all of his gifts. Leslie and Russell have three precious sons and they are doing a marvelous job raising them. As my mother would say "I take my hat off to them".

Fun at Kroger

I wanted to share a funny story with you today. My name causes much conversation and attention among people that I meet or come in contact with. Today I went to Kroger to pick up my prescription. I went to the counter, made my purchase and left that area. I had my basket and was shopping way in the back of the store when over the loud speaker that you could have heard out in the parking lot a voice said "Patsy Cline please come to the pharmacy". Then, as if that weren't enough he repeated it. Two little women standing by the orange juice section looked around and I heard one of them say "let's go up front and see Patsy Cline. I have never seen her but I have heard her sing". The other one said, with a giggle, "okay let's go". I pushed my cart as fast as possible and got to the counter, apologized to the nice young man for running away without my pills and turned around to see the little ladies standing behind the "Slim Fast" display. I smiled my broadest, most dazzling smile and went back to my shopping. I have no idea where the went or anything but I can imagine the story they told when they left that store.

My morning had been pretty hectic and it was such a blessing to find humor and fun in such a little incident. Life can get so heavy sometimes and just when you think you will explode here comes an event to ease the pain. So it was for me today.

Great-Grandmother of Thirteen! Wow!

I read with glee and laughter Kim's post today concerning The Bachelor program. I concur with her feelings and, frankly, I was through with that show when Travis and what's her name from Nashville broke up after all that carrying on while on the program. I did check back in for all the drama that Kim described in her blog and all I can say is "wow, what some people will do for 15 minutes of fame".

But my post today is all about WONDERFUL! Little Mary Hollis Maddux came a week ago today and being a beautiful, healthy little girl just filled my heart with joy. I suppose that you realize that she makes my 13th great-grandchild - Christopher, John Ed, Mary Hollis, Emma, Ava, Sara James, Anni, Maddux, Will Carter, Connor, Cannon, Cord and Jackson. How's that for a heart full of sunshine? When I thought of great-grandmothers in the past I pictured an old wrinkled woman with old hands, big tummy, joints that hurt and don't bend well, moving slowly around the house and now I think "holy smokes that is me!" However, I feel young inside and if my body would obey my mind I would be some sort of gal. It is such a warm, fuzzy feeling when I am in a place where all of these little ones are singing, dancing, talking, and even scuffling around with each other. They are truly a delight to me and I am proud to be Great-Grandmother Mimi or GrandmaMimi or whatever name they have given to me.

Speaking of sunshine (I did in the previous paragraph), I just came back into my house from being out in my yard. Oh sure, there are sticks and limbs and dead leaves, etc all around but in the midst of that were buttercups blooming their little heads off - big ones, miniature ones and they are so sweet and so pretty. I cut enough to make some small bouquets for my coffee table and my kitchen table. I will enjoy them until they decide to drop their heads and shrink. They are just like having a ray of sunshine inside the house. The sun is out today, the air is warm and the breeze is easy and light. What a glorious day. The Lord is in his Heaven and all is right with my world. Maybe the country is in disaray and maybe we are all struggling with this hateful economy and all that is happening but just remember the Lord is in control and He will take care of us if we can just let Him. I am notorious for giving him my problems as I drift off to sleep and then grabbing them back to worry over in the morning. But not today. Today I will say "this is the day the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it".

Welcome to my world, Mary Hollis, I cannot wait to meet you.