Wishes

 My wish for all of you is for a blessed Christmas and a better New Year.

Still Here

 No, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth.

Just now I have been working on putting together albums of old family photos.  When I am gone, I want my kids and grands to know who the people in the photos were.  And I am trying to add the stories behind the photos.  

I found a picture of my Dad holding me when I was about 2 years old.  If I don't include the stories, how will my family ever know that the coat and bonnet I am wearing then was sewn by my Mother.  And they would have no way of knowing that because money was tight back then, Mother took an old coat of hers, took it apart and made my coat and bonnet from the pieces of coat fabric.

When I do take a break, I have been trying to catch up on what is happening in the world around us.  Not an easy task.  Seems like the world situation sort of resembles the tea party scene in Alice in Wonderland.  And those currently in charge look like the Mad Hatter to me.

We are going to war.  We are not going to war.  Ukraine is getting more billions of dollars to fund their war with Russia.  There are folks in the path of the last hurricane who are still living in tents with little access to the fundamentals of life.  Many of our seniors find themselves in the position of having to decide between paying for meds or groceries.  And of course, we now know for sure that laws only apply to the people and not for the political crackheads.  And on and on it goes.

I can't change anything.  But I can say a prayer or two directed to the one who can.  Right now, I pray that those currently in charge don't completely wreck our country before January 20.  I'm not saying that the next administration will work miracles.  I just have the hope that changes can be made to at least give us some sense of the country we seem to have lost.

Posting will likely be sporadic while I am in the middle of this project.  I tend to lose myself in whatever I am working on.  And I really believe it is important to let my family know about their history.  I am old.  Time is short.  I wish I had thought to do this sooner.

Take care, my friends.  Stay as safe as is possible.  Stack and pray.  But mostly pray.