And, She's Off to Virginia!

Mom

aka

COB

It's o'dark thirty and we're getting ready to

head out to the airport

for Mom to board her favorite

airline

Allegiant Airlines

headed for

Roanoke VA

(I swear she knows all on board now)

headed back home

after a

"wicked cool visit here in FL"

Time for her to return to her life,

her Hospice Volunteer work, her YMCA pals, friends,

Highland Ridge Volunteer work and bingo calling there

where the residents adore her along with the staff!

Man

who's goin to make my bed and clean my house

ohhhh me have I been wonderfully spoiled!

We've had a grand time,

we've enjoyed our times together

eaten alot

laughed more

and enjoyed all.

The 4 leggeds have been spoiled

but

not as much as the humans here

while

Mom has enjoyed

Florida weather

and

yet I'm thinkin she spent this trip without

one

time in the 65 degree pool!

Wassup with that

oh

yes,

now I remember...

She did not have 9 year old Kamryn here

to beg or double dare dog her

to make the plunge!

BUT

oh how she has been missed by those

in Virginia

as

the little Kamryn calls

each night

to tell her of his day

and

to wish her a good night

saying how he loves her!

Just last night

he called to let her know he had moved into  her home

with two dogs!

A chichiwawa and a boxer dog,

and the three of them were currently laying in her big bed; in her home

but he wanted to let her know,

he would be at school when she arrived by to cool and chilly Virginia,

however he would be leaving the dogs there

for her to care for as his Mom

is allergic to dogs!!!

He of course being the considerate little fella that

is consistently scoring about

13 points per basketball game

just wanted to give her a

HEADS UP!!!

We were quite hysterical with that update

all of which was a rich fabrication

to be certain!

He ended the conversation with

a date for an over night this Friday

and the

great opportunity for

Mom to take him out

to Red Lobster

for

none other than

"Lobster"

and

to "catch up" on events since she has been gone!

Indeed,

Life with Mom, aka, COB

is a glorious adventure or nothing at all.

We ended her time here last night

at

Captain Jacks' on the water of the

Anclote River

with

friends and family of choice

Laura and Mitch,

listening to music and eating

almost everything on the menu

that didn't eat us

as we looked out over the

Tarpon Springs

Sponge Docks and saw and smell the wonderment

of life on the waters,

as the

marvelous Eagle let Mom

know

all was good!

As we watched,

a beautiful Eagle flew over, and passed us on the water!

Breathtaking it was!

We are so richly blessed for times together,

laughter,

and

remembering so many things, and times,

Mom, aka COB remembering far more than it appears I ever have...

Where was I for most of my life I sometimes wonder

as I have large amounts of memory that just seems to not be around?

hahaha

I found out that I drove off in a car at around 4 years of age once!

Or maybe it was twice, that I had that opportunity

to

zoom zoom zoom

although seems each time

there was an intervention

that kept me from getting to far away! haha

Well, we talked about much, we reviewed even more, and through the visit it seems that we even hit these >>> "Eleven Hints for Life" a time or two, so I thought today would be a great day to share them with you!

With a line of mine own thrown in of course to make u laugh maybe or not!

1. It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return. But I can't imagine not loving and knowing the great feeling of love, esp. the fun love of COB and family of birth and choice I've made!

But what is more painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel. So get out there and let someone know how you FEEL AND THINK! (good/bad/and great)


2. A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who
means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go. Letting go is something we all do at some point, so just let go and set yourself free!
3. The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a
porch swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had. I so love those conversations, particularly the ones like that on the "lanai", the "boat", the "plane" or better yet, just about anywhere!!!
4. It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives. Now isn't this just a remarkable statement? wish I knew who invented it? Maybe it was me, in one of my more profound moments!!! Wow, it was great when Mom arrived, and I'm thinking she is pretty tickled to be leaving on a jet plane today too! "There's no place like home she likes to say, and no bed quite as great as your own".
5. It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone-but it takes a lifetime to forget someone. wonder if we really ever "forget" someone... Or if our brains just get so filled with information that people and things just get put to the back of the file cabinet?
And then 30 years later, we get an email that says, "hello old friend from Wounded Knee how are you?"
And you remember!!!" Yep that must be it, the file cabinet just needs to remember and be clicked every once in a while!


6. Don't go for looks, they can deceive. Don't go for wealth, even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Life is NOT a dress rehearsal, GO FOR IT! And remember, you can never ever ever have enough sugar (or splenda, or "truvia") hahaha


7. Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go, be what you want to be. Because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do. At least only one life here as we know it... >>> Get out there and outshine each day, even if you don't see the sun, it's there, so go for it! Dare to be different, dare to dream and then work the dream!
Call Oprah, call her every day, remind her you are and were also "destined for greatness"!!!
8. Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too. AND>>> hurts feel worst at night it seems, just like when you were little, remember how everything is worse at night time? Seems that is still the way of things from cold to hurts of the heart, the evening sun goes down and the intensity goes up! So>>> Live by treating yourself as well as you treat others, and then u set the bar for how others will treat you as well.


9. A careless word may kindle strife. A cruel word may wreck a life. A timely word may level stress. But a loving word may heal and bless. Ah, if you adopt your mantra, find your own and live it daily
your life will be blessed beyond measure:
An attitude of gratitude is a great way to walk through the day with a head held high and a step with some pep!
10. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything they just make the most of everything of everything as it comes along their way. Then again, I always have wondered who determines the "best" and what is the "best" but it is you who determines your "best" your "most" and your most fantastic day... Whether you think you "can" or think you "can't" you will be right.


11. Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, ends with a tear. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. (I'm not so sure about this one, I think I was laughing when I jumped out and said hello World, and I'm sure everyone else was just tickled beyond measure back then!)
Live your life so that when you die, you're the one smiling and everyone around you is crying. My daily prayer heard by the Creator's ears many times throughout the day: "Creator, USE ME UP, just take your time tho', just take your time!!! And of course those who know me, do know I have a great "street rep" of making folks cry, it's just what and who I am I guess (DYS)


So there ya go, Monday morning thoughts as Mom loves on the dogs and we sit on the lanai over coffee and great conversations, in the dark of morning
getting ready for the airport and COB to brighten the day of all who work for and are boarding Allegiant Air>>> did I mention that Godson D'Vante usually will text me from the airport when travelling with her with this message: 


"Godmother, she is talking to everyone here at the airport, and is there anything you can do to make her stop"!!! LMAO
Get ready Kamryn, Angie, and D'Vante>>> I'm sending her your way!
We've had the best of times! Thanks Mom, "for the good times",
'whole lot'


So, off she goes, and of course she will have the best seat and the best of times....


the fire is burning the sage is lit, the smell is filling the air, with thoughts and good things on the winds to all who enter here.


Walk In Beauty,
DRSES
author of
Healing Heartaches, Stories of Loss and Life
http://www.drsherryeshowalter.com/