Annie's Song

Serenity Prayer "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.  Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardship as a pathway to peace; taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will; so that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with You forever in the next. Amen."                      Reinhold Niebuhr   A wonderful photo of mom from Mother's Day 😊 Last week's post was a bit of a cliffhanger and I want to lead off with gratitude. I am grateful for everyone's prayers for Mom. She had a transfusion of platelets prior to surgery and then underwent colostomy surgery last Tuesday, June 13. While the surgery was successful, Ann's post-op recovery has been an uphill battle. Fortunately, once the anesthesia was totally out o

  "The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit."      Psalm 34:18   This will be a pretty brief post. I just wanted to give everyone an update on Ann/Mom/Nanny. I realized the last post I asked for prayer for the MRI that was supposed to happen last Thursday, June 8. I have posted a few updates on Facebook but not everyone is on FB. A week ago today my Dad called the paramedics because Mom was not doing well at all. A MRI of her abdomen revealed a perforation in her colon and emergency surgery was performed Monday afternoon. Mom came through surgery well but her post-op recovery was very slow going. It has been a roller coaster this past week seeing incremental progress followed by concerning setbacks. Yesterday Dad was encouraged because Mom was eating broth and Italian ices. She was more alert and conversational than she had been in days. Then her heart rate became elevated (from 70 to 120) and her medical team couldn't identify the

  "A happy family is but an earlier heaven."  George Bernard Shaw Mother's Day The Teahouse on Los Rios ~ a belated birthday tea for Mom/Nanny Mom and Dad finally met their newest great-grand daughter, Kirra. The month of May has always been a celebratory time for our family because we have multiple birthdays, Mom and Dad's wedding anniversary, as well as Mother's Day. This year we were especially grateful to have Mom with us to mark another birthday ~ her 77th, Mom and Dad's 54th anniversary and Mother's Day too. 😊 Yippee skippee! I love the quote at the beginning of this post: "A happy family is but an earlier heaven." I'm glad Shaw didn't say, "A perfect family" since there aren't any of those on earth. We are definitely not perfect; but happy?... yes indeed! There are certain aspects that come to my mind when I reminisce about our get togethers. The first is the feasting. So.much.food! Second is the lively [aka loud] co