Florida Vacation Memories

I have enjoyed this past summer as it winds down.....I have been lazy but very busy at the same time!

We had a big family (12 of us) vacation at Mexico Beach Florida!

they had ramps built to their beaches...so I set this close to the beach for a little while.....and took pics of the beautiful ocean.

But don't feel sorry for me since I do not like sand and this was plenty close enough to the beach for me!!

We were thrilled to see an alligator in the marsh behind the rental house.....far enough away!

I stayed in the air conditioning during the heat since I melt!  However I still love the summer time....hope yall had a good one too.

Fathers Day Snapshot

This little snapshot ended up being one of my favorite pictures of dad (holding Nate) 5 years ago....before he got so sick.

We had fun family times when he could come to Atlanta and stay a week with us.
I loved driving him to see doctors (which would ask which one of us was the patient since I was in a wheelchair),
helping him to get a new pair of glasses as he needed them, and run by Sams Club often,
We even waited in line together at the crack of dawn for Affordable Dentures! (not concert tickets but dentures:))  

 

hubs and grandbaby

I can't leave Hubs out of all this Fathers Day talk cause he is a great father to our kids!

Happy Father's Day!

Can you see the deer?

This was a pretty sight to open the door to the other morning!

I saw the deer real fast since it was that close to my house.

closer look with editing

I like the convenience of a not so great cell phone camera......

As I try to capture some of the fleeting beauty around me!

The Baby is Forty

1975 L-R Jill, Teresa, Karen, Kim, baby Renita

I was so embarrassed at 15 when my mom said "I want one more baby"!  teens ??

Renita, and her babies

Happy Birthday Renita, the baby of us five girls turns 40 today......(yes the baby is 40!!!)

I am so thankful to have 4 younger sisters! And I hope we celebrate many more years to come!

World MS Day

As a long timer living with MS (35 years) I am so happy to see all the progress that has been made with Multiple Sclerosis!

The amount of treatments are mind blowing to me since I had no treatment for the first 15 years.

I was at my worst when a nurse would have to drag me out of the bathtub in 1993 (which still makes me thankful that I can shower standing with grab bars).....then I started the interferons that came out in 1994!

My MS has been in remission ever since then!  I am even walking now with the use of a walker which is miraculous to me!

I have lived my dream, married for 30 years with two wonderful young adult children and a grandson now!

Just living an ordinary life with all its ups and downs!

Don't give up hope!  

#strongerthanms