Lord, thank you for all the blessings in my life. I know that each day, each hour, each minute, each second is a gift from you.

Thank you for:

Your Grace
Your forgiveness
My music
My friends and family (including these animals)

The fine weather
And the fact that I am safe and secure each moment of each day!

My I praise you forever!

We have had a wonderful March. It makes me concerned about how hot the summer will be. I do not have air conditioning nor am I considering any trips. It may end up being a long hot summer.

It recently has been a long time since I posted anything. And, a lot has happened.

Dad died September 2010 from melanoma.

I retired November 2011. It has been by far great! I do recommend retirement for anyone who can afford to do so.

Most of my day is either exercising or playing my banjo or guitar. Each day is a blessing from God!

More on that in the upcoming days.

My words from Evelina Smith's Memorial Service.

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When I was younger I had a lot of really bad things happen in my life. I got in with the wrong crowd and allowed them to convince me that I was a terrible guitar player. I was already hurting from my mom's death - I blamed myself for her dying - so I probably was just wasting my time with the Gibson. As as a result, I quit playing my guitar.

Recently, I started playing in a bell choir and LOVE it. The bells seem to just reflect love and kindness. As a result I have started playing my guitar again. Why in the world did I ever allow anyone to convince me that I was wasting my time with my music? This world is so full of pain and even if I was the world's worse player it gave me some sense of joy. Why not play? Why not enjoy that bit of happiness the guitar gave me?

I just realized that I have not posted anything in 119 days. It has been a long fall and I have been tired most of the time. I do miss posting things. There just doesn't seem to be much time in the day to get everything done.

I have continued my journalling and have worked through a lot of painful events in my life. I have also come to realize that things that were important to me as a young adult were important. I had attempted to be someone I truly was not. I have started my music again with both the guitar and the handbells and LOVE it.

So this was time that was not lost. I will attempt to post more often.

It is amazing how quickly an asthma attack will come on. Willow had a bad attack last evening. I was really worried.

I must remember to pray and to let the medication work. She was chasing a fly a half hour after I administered the meds.

We had to go back to the nebulizer. Willow started having asthma attacks again.

I have been using the aerokat for the last couple of days. It seems like a good way to go. Willow is still stressing with her treatments. I mix a lot of hugs, pets and kisses in with the treatments. Hopefully, she will setting down into the routine soon.



This is Willow in a fresh laundered blanket. She is such a doll.

Willow spent a very sleepful night - no hard breathing or coughing. It is amazing how quickly she bounced back.

I need to get a routine down for the treatments. Today it was:

• find the cat
• tear the queen sized bed down
• get the cat
• give her part 1 of the treatments
• put her in the bathroom
• put the bed back together
• give her part 2 of the treatments

I think once i have the aerokat it is going to be much easier. Delivery date is tomorrow!