Winter Blues

Is it just me, or are you also feeling the winter blues?! I suffer annually with cedar allergies and react when I go outside for any length of time! Also, the further west I drive, the worse I get. This year I am better than years in the past, but I am taking an armload of stuff...prescription and OTC meds and herbal drops! They're working...that's what matters!

Ollie and I went to Mom and Dad's Monday and we both noticed that they were acting a little down also. They both perked up after we were there a little while. We went out to lunch and had a really tasty meal at the River City Grill and then went back to the house. The guys immediately got settled in their recliners for naps and Mom and I went back to their bedroom and talked. She's fine...I think she and Dad are both a little bored with their routine. She mentioned how much they enjoy visits from their kids and how she wished more friends and family members would come see them. I know we all are creatures of habit and that it's tough to take out time to go see them, but, if you can, please do so!

Mom keeps vacillating about wanting to move into Austin. She daydreams about being closer to all of us so that all of us could visit more often. She said it would be so nice if family and friends could visit for a couple of hours rather than have to come and spend a whole day. She's not worried about her time, she is worried about ours! But, Dad doesn't want to move and, really, I don't think she does either. They love their home and their property. If they could pick that place up and move it closer to Austin, they'd do it in a heartbeat! Mom and Dad know we are all getting out there as much as we can, they just wish it could be more! So do we!

An early 20th century American writer, Elbert Hubbard, said, "“No matter what you’ve done for yourself or for humanity, if you can’t look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?”
I believe his words to be wise and Godly...

Leviticus 19:32 “You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.”

Amen!!!