1st x grandma

Thank you Leah, Merae.. I have passed information to her. Wishing all a great weekend.

Welcome to the world sweet girl!!

Thank you Hannah, I really appreciate your response. My daughter is doing a project for one of her classes for the field in which she wants to work with and we were talking about books available for birthparents/moms, I had mentioned to her that I thought I had seen somewhere or heard that some of those books and maybe a few others were recommended for PIWs.. And since we can't access the forum from home she asked me if I could post to see what other books maybe were good books recommended.

Hello all, I am in need of some assistance... I am sure there is a list somewhere, I was hoping to get the names of a few books that are recommended to PIWs to read in preparation for their journey with open adoption. Thanks in advance

How wonderful, Amelia has her grama's heart no doubt as do many of the kiddos who have any of their first grandparents in their life.. :-) more people to love and validate them.

Thank you ladies.. My little one is getting so big, and more beautiful each day.. She owns her grama's heart <3...

Welcome to the world sweet girl.. Prayers for you and all who love you.

Winter has been a bit long this year even for our neck of the world.. Except for my girls who like it cold (don't know who they got that from) I can do without... Can't imagine living in a place that gets as cold as it does North of me .. Sisters in law in Maine & Maryland make me get frostbite just by hearing how much snow and ice they've gotten plus those LOW LOW temps. I'll take my crazy SA weather anytime. Hope ya'll can get out to your gardens soon.

Welcome to the world sweet girl!!

Lauranda and I finally got out into the yard yesterday and pulled out all our frozen plants and started reading the dirt for more planting. Thank goodness it was a comfortable day.. Then we treated ourselves with a trip to Dairy Queen.. Hadn't been there in a long while.. Yum! Thinking may HAVE to make that trip again in a couple of weeks.

There is a movie coming out in a few weeks that I am definitely going to see.. I read, well read is not truly accurate because it was an audio book.. So I listened to this story twice because it was so good, I am hoping the movie is just as good. Heaven is for Real.. Is a boy's story of his trip to heaven..

"We move forward, into the future, one day at a time"

Wonderful news for mama and babe and their new family.

Humm, so I am starting to think I should be self- conscience or something… Someone I have known for more than five years commented that if I wanted, she “could give” me”the name of” her”hair stylist she does a wonderful job with color to cover up the grey” …. What…….. *%# …….. Did I hear you right??????? My first thought was “ok you’re kidding right?” But from the expression on her face, she was dead serious.. How Rude can someone be.. THE only people that I would excuse from telling me something like that are my MOM (because she will do it anyway whether I want her to or not ) and my two girls (they are like their grandma in that way ).. I know I should be satisfied with the embarrassed look on her face after I told her… “You know, I appreciate your concern for me But really GREY hair does not bother me one bit, and I don't care to or need to color my roots every 4 weeks like you. See I was born with numerous birthmarks, Beauty Marks I like to call them, these two which you see in my hairline, of course the one right in front is quite a bit smaller than the one here on the right side, and since the day I was born AND I’ve had hair those areas have been white. I just can’t believe I’ve known you for as long as I have and you have never noticed, it’s not like I try and hide them or anything, after all this one on the right is a pretty good size one with a big patch of only white hair.” Talk about a mouth dropping moment…..a shade of red so deep I thought she was going to have a coronary… I know without a doubt that in the last several months I have started to acquired numerous/more (generous helpings ) of thinish grey strands throughout my head, I’m 55 so I think I am allowed, although MY hair dresser who is about 10 yrs my junior says I’m doing great in that depart (she’s had her own generous amount of grey sprinklings for a few years now).. Though I’ve yet to meet someone with AS MANY and as different BEAUTY MARKS as me, I am sure I am not unique.. Because besides the white haired ones, I also have a bruise looking one Nevus O.. something or other on the lid of my right eye (looks like I have a black eye without make up on and with make up like I forgot to put shadow on the opposite eye which I have heard plenty of times before ).. I know my maternal grandfather had the white/grey birthmarks, and my mom blessed me with an odd shaped one on my leg of which we both have, BUT I have no idea from whom the bluish green one on my eye came from, though when I looked it up a few years ago after getting the name of it from my dermatologist, it is found more in Asian or Mongolian ..Yeah had a talk with my mom on that one, too bad my dad passed 30 plus years ago or I would have interrogated him as well.. Sorry just had to vent a bit, but you know after typing all this, I now feel better. My BEAUTY MARKS have always been a part of me, they have never bothered me.. I’m not going to let it start now.. Feel so much better!

Congrats and welcome to the newest member of the Abrazo family and all who love him.

Ooops. . Meant to add SAFE TRAVELS TO ALL WHO ARE TRAVELING

Kinda bummed that our spring break trip to Vegas fell through :(Was really looking forward to seeing my baby girl.. The good thing is that it looks like our weather will be nice and mild for a few days, so for anyone traveling here, it's great... Hope all who have plans for Spring Break have a great one!!!

Well, Lauranda and I were surveying the damage to her veggie and herb garden yesterday, looks like we've got some work to do... Waiting for the next cold spell due next week to pass, before digging back in.. Meanwhile take advantage of a beautiful day (once the fog lifts) and head to the Farmers Market..

Welcome to the world baby Caden!!!!

Oh forgot to mention here.. Moms/Dads, Lauranda and I had the opportunity to go see a sneak preview of the movie Moms’ Night Out last night and we both highly recommend it.. It’s full of laughs; faith based and keeps you engaged. Opens in theaters on May 9 momsnightoutmovie.com

Lol, oh one of those things that also left me curious or I guess dumbfounded in a not so good way .. Sometimes just have to step back and not try to figure out the What!! Probably was just me

Sometimes somethings leave me speechless!!!

Oh yes we sure did cover what we wanted to preserve.. We had the big tarp, hooks and power, though we had to ck often because we would get some pretty strong wind. Guess wanting them to survive two winters.. Was pushing it.. Did notice this weekend that my Easter Lillies are starting to come up, they plus my ferns are the only thing green in our flower bed. Lol Well gotta go now, class starts in 10min..

Thank you Tracey.. I hope all of you who have had to endure this nasty weather finally get some much needed relief soon.. We hit 91 one day last week and today we are slated to hit 80.. though our weatherman keeps saying for gardeners not to get ahead of oneself and start planting anything, because we haven't had the last freeze of this winter yet.. shoot Lauranda and I are going to have to re-plant all her herbs, peppers/veggies even after all the work of covering her plants.. ... But that's ok, I'm looking forward to it, getting out there and doing the work.. Yal have a GREAT week!

Prayers for this expectant mom, may she find the right family for her babe.