how to live...

i've spent the past few days in the critical care unit of the hospital,

visiting my dad, who is on his FOURTH week in there.

I finally feel brave enough to say 

i think he is on the upswing.

actually, i think he is a walking, talking miracle!

really...a MIRACLE.

thank you for your prayers...

and if you don't mind, please keep praying.

because i've been around hospitals...

and very sick people, 

when i came across this, it really struck a chord with me.

i want to live this way...

and after you read it, maybe you will too.

it is by a lady named Marjorie Pay Hinckley.

please read it...i think you'll be glad you did.

“I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, 

wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, 

and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails.

I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels

from taking kids to scout camp. 

I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt

from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children.

I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails 

from helping to weed someone's garden.

I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks

and the tears of a friend on my shoulder.

I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived.” 

what a wise lady!

 

God Bless...Suzanne

A Few Rules of Life...

 Well...maybe not rules but tips.

Or suggestions.

Guess this is just where I'm at these days:)

Tip number one...

don't bother reading further if you're hoping to find some 

terribly intellectual thoughts.

(Haven't spent much time around here, have you?)

Okay, so here we go...

Remember coloring?

I always loved to color.

One of the things I looked forward to was coloring with

my grandchildren.

I'm still looking forward to it...

but now they will probably be much better at it than me:)

So color a picture and give it to someone to make them smile...

like you did when you were 5.

I know it would make me smile:)

Ever heard of tying a string on your finger to remember

to do something?

How about this...

remember to tell someone that you love them:)

Take a nap.

They don't call it "beauty sleep" for nothing!

Spend time with a friend...

Buy some bright, fun rain boots...

and go splash in a puddle

Whipped cream goes with everything...

so the next time someone asks if you want whipped cream on top...

say YES !!!!!!!!!!!

And by the way, if you've never squirted whipped cream 

straight from the can into your mouth, 

you've totally missed out on one of life's greatest treats!

Okay...

admit it.

At some time in your life you were either yelled at for

jumping on the bed...

or maybe you did the yelling.

So today...

jump on the bed.

It's fun...and the same people who say it ruins the mattress

are the same ones who say eating cookie dough will kill you.

Please...how many people do YOU know who died from eating cookie dough???
I know...salmonella...but I survived sneaking dough...and you will too.

So this brings me to the next one...

 EAT THE COOKIE DOUGH!

Go ahead...lick the spoon or the beater:)

You know you want to!!!

And please forgive me for one more food item...

Oh yeah...I believe in that one for sure!

Well, that's it for today.

Another not so brilliant blog post from me!

Looks like I can cross at least one thing off my "to do" list for today.

Hope you all have a wonderful Friday!!!!