Aren't Blogging friends just WONDERFUL!!!

       

      I am not a very good blogger. I keep thinking that I need to take some time & learn how to really do this. I can not use the excuse that I am new to this much longer...had this blog almost a year now... I just haven't given it much attention... I keep forgetting to take pics, or I think that I don't really have much to share with you, or I am just too busy...
  

    BUT I have met the most wonderful folks out there in blogland....
Take Glenda over at Serendipity Cottage....  I met her almost from the start of my blogging experience. She is the most delightful girl & takes the most beautiful pics. She has a wonderful family, whom she adores & writes about often.
  
     She has recently started selling her wonderful "Glad rags"

           They come in sets of 3 for $11.97 with free shipping 

             Recently she had a give-away... of some of her Glad Rags,
                   & I was one of the lucky ones to get a set.

We were gone for a few days when they arrived,

but what a sweet package in the mailbox to come home to.

They are just wonderful.

                They are almost too pretty to use... But please do use them,
                                       so soft & thick. 

                   Wouldn't they make a lovely bridal shower gift? 
      Or just something fun for a niece at college?  Or a "just because"
                    gift for your daughter or daughter-in-law? 
                             Or just treat yourself for once. 
         
              She wraps them up in a delightful crocheted flowers with
               some vintage buttons....  Just too cute for words. 

                                                                                  
               
                             If you haven't met her yet....
                      Go on over to Serendipity Cottage for a visit
                          Meet Glenda.... you will love her, I promise.
   
                               Then while you are there....
                      go to the sidebar & check out the Glad rags.
                              Then buy some of your own...
                   
                            And one more thing about Glenda...
                         she is writing the most delightful story, 
                                  about a girl named "Rose". 
                  She gives us a chapter at a time & I am always    
                        anxious for the next part of the story....  
      
       Glenda is one talented girl & I am so pleased to call her a friend....
              She is one of the reasons I love blogging so much.

        Thanks Glenda for the very sweet, very soft & very useful gift!!!
                                                                                                                                 

The sun / Son was out today....

                                      It was a beautiful day, today...
                  The sun was shining, but it was COLD!!!
     

                       
                               (lighthouse on lake Michigan, here in Holland)
      
            I had a plan today... I was going to accomplish a TON.
       I was home alone & was going to go no where, just me & my 
               vacuum, my laundry, the mop, the sewing machine....
                            YES!! I was going to do a LOT.

                          A message on the answering machine.....
                                a daughter of some clients....
                        I did not return the call immediately....
                    these clients were in Florida until spring......
                              did not think it was urgent.....
                       
                        She called again.... so I called her back.
      "Mom" she says, "Has only days to live.... Would it be possible
       for you to come here & cut Dad's hair & try & do
                      something with hers, before she passes"??

                                   Oh My... Ofcourse.....
            My dirty floor had nothing on what I experienced today.
           The sweet love of a family surrounding the mom that they love.
        Making sure she was comfortable & looked like she would want.
  
           I have been doing hair for 35 yrs. & on occasion, have done 
                   house/hospital calls. BUT this was special.
                      Alma really only has a few days, if that.
                               I did not know she was sick.
                 I did her hair the day before she left for the winter.
                She got sick down there & they flew home this 
                       past weekend, so she would be at home.
 
     I got to see all of the kids & grandkids there, telling me stories....
             stories of Mom's faithfulness & love thru the years....
               heard about the last month of pancreatic cancer.....
            Heard of the generous private jet that flew them home...
            Saw the sweet love of a husband as he prepared to lose
                                          his beloved....
           
            
                              I don't think she even knew....
          
                        But I was Blessed....... beyond anything....
                
                               The Son was shining today