"One thing at a time"

The blessing of life is never to take for granted. Each life is precious no　matter what. This year, I welcomed my birthday in the northern country where natural beauty is in abundance. Just beautiful. The Nature celebrates the life with me. I am enjoying the company of my family and relatives and remember the gift of their lives to my life. It is always Good to reflect... The nieces and nephews are growing up and we are definitely getting older. We must enjoy each other when we have the opportunity to.. So here we go for a wonderful day, and for another fantastic year. Here are some photos of the small lives that make our land so beautiful!

View Larger Map This blog is not cooperating with me. The formatting is out of sync and splitting words that are not supposed to be....Hope you can make sense of it. We are very fortunate to have the flexibility this summer. Life is short and precious. Family is important and irreplaceable. Siblings are valuable and underrated. Friends are valuable and worthy of your extra detour. Nature is quiet but mysteriously eloquent. We left our home in the state of Louisiana on July 12th at 1430 hour. We drove 9 hours straight through Jackson, MS, Memphis and Nashville, TN then to Bowling Green KY. We had a nice rest and hit the rode the following morning heading north to Michigan. Another 8 hours of driving north got us to Detroit area. We visited with aunt and uncle who recently celebrated their 50th anniversary. While visiting their home, I pointed to a 50 yr old wedding photo hung in the hallway and told our son, "How amazing that they have been together 50 years since the day this pho...