Sleepover

This past weekend my precious grandson Eli spent saturday night with me. I can't believe how much fun he is at age 2 1/2!! I'm sure my son Jason was too; but perhaps it was overshadowed sometimes with day to day stress, homemaker activity and/or being a working mom that does not hinder me now as a granny! Whatever the reason...he was such a delight from the moment he walked through my door until he left waving and blowing me kisses when his dad picked him up the next morning. It was almost like going through withdrawal with him gone...it was like joy had left my home and it was just a house again. Never in a million years will I ever understand the difference between the love I feel for my own child compared to the love of my sweet little grandson...never.

Cat's in the Cradle...

I watched Robert De'Niro in "Everybody's Fine" this weekend. It was sad to me because it was so true. I titled this blog, Cat's in the Cradle because of the song. The movie was about an almost 60 year old man that his wife had died and his four kids were grown and scattered all over the United States. He tries to plan for them to all come home...he did everything imaginable in preparation, but one by one his children canceled...too busy to make time for him. I won't tell the whole plot...but he had to end up in the hospital with a heart attack before he could get them all together in once place.

I know that children grow up and have their own lives, but it doesn't make it any easier on parents knowing that fact. It is hard to accept they don't need you anymore...or that they don't remember to stay in touch as much as you would like. You carry them for 9 months or so, raise them, try to teach them right from wrong, love them unconditionally, and then you have to let them go. But one thing is for sure...no matter how old they are...they will always be your baby...always!! :)

Elijah Never Forgets...

One evening, just a few days before my 60th birthday, I stopped by to see my grandson Eli. We immediately went to his playroom and in our conversation it came up that my birthday was in a few days. I asked him how old he was and he held up two fingers like his mom taught him and said "Two?? How old are you Granny?" Just to try and make him laugh, I told him "Older than Dirt!" He laughed and laughed at that!! Several days later during my family birthday party at a local restaurant, someone asked me how old I was...Eli was sitting beside me and said..."Older than Dirt"!! And that was a month ago and that is still what he will tell you if you ask my age!! He doesn't miss a thing!!

Spring Fever!

I am so ready for spring...even if I do have to start getting the lawn mowed again. I want to sit out on the porch again and rock the stress away! Roscoe, my full-blooded Cairn Terrier, loves it outdoors, too. Hopefully, I will feel up to walking him when the weather gets nicer and it will be good for the both of us. I can't wait for the first blooms to make an appearance...it won't be long now!!

Friends...

I think I lost a friend today. One that I have known for 20 years. This modern day technology got us in contact with each other after many years...and the same technology has caused our friendship's demise. Over a quote...a joke that I copied from an email that someone sent me. I post quotes on Facebook all the time...but never have I lost a friend over one of them until now. My apologies were not accepted...even though I removed the harmless quote that was aimed at our President of the US. A mere reference to "a dog and a tree" that obviously was not funny to my old friend. I will miss being in contact with her...she is a fine lady. I offer no more apologies...some things can't be mended. I am so disappointed that she could toss our friendship away so easily over so little.

Dating at age 60...

Never in a million years did I have the faintest clue that I would be starting to date again at age 60! I didn't even like the stress of dating back IN the 60's...the heartthrob I wanted to go out with then wouldn't ask...and the guys that I just wanted to be friends with, would call all the time and ask me to "go steady"!! How frustrating is that!! And now that the dating pool is merely a small puddle for ladies of my age...it is even more stressful. Either the men I meet have so-o-o-o-o much excess baggage that they should have multiple hernias or they are looking for a "wife-for-a night" (NOT Interested!!) instead of the "queen for a day" that I want to be treated like!!

Don't get me wrong...I'm sure if I was thinner, more in shape, financially comfortable and in better health...my choices may increase. But whatever happened to the men out there that could accept me for who I am...regardless of my flaws? If I am willing to lower my requirements at this age...from rich to at least working; from buff to able to walk up a flight of stairs without a coronary; from a thick dark curly head of hair to a little thinning gray hair or at least a clean shaven head; from a dynamite personality to someone who makes me smile every once in a while; from the whole fairy tale to companionship, happiness and someone to hold my hand...why isn't there someone out there willing to do the same?

Jim Brickman's "Never Alone" for Eli...

"Never Alone"

written by Jim Brickman...Sung by Lady Antebellum

May the angels protect you
Trouble neglect you
And heaven accept you when its time to go home
May you always have plenty
The glass never empty
Know in your belly
You're never alone

May your tears come from laughing
You find friends worth having
With every year passing
They mean more than gold
May you win but stay humble
Smile more than grumble
And know when you stumble
You're never alone

Never alone Never alone
I'll be in every beat of your heart
When you face the unknown
Wherever you fly
This isn't goodbye
My love will follow you stay with you
Baby you're never alone


Well I have to be honest
As much as I wanted
I'm not gonna promise that the cold winds won't blow
So when hard times have found you
And your fears surround you
Wrap my love around you
You're never alone

May the angels protect you
Trouble neglect you
And heaven accept you when its time to go home
And when hard times have found you
And your fears surround you
Wrap my love around you
You're never alone

My love will follow you stay with you
Baby you're never alone

(To be sung for my Eli at my funeral...way, way in the future!!)