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Family Motto Thee lift me and I'll lift thee and we will ascend together. “ Be happy. Let discouragement be a challenge, not a defeat; an opportunity & a privilege. Dear Family, What is on my mind most today is my visit with Wendell yesterday. I guess I will tell you about it with my journal that I wrote last night. It is sort of a little story. I left home at 10:30 with the most wonderful feeling of happiness and joy to be able to go and spend whatever time I wanted to with him. I took my ipad so we could listen to President Nelson's talk for our “Family Home Evening” lesson and some little bars of hand soap for him to be able to put some both in his shower and at the basin. I went, smiling all the way in anticipation of just being with him. I was not disappointed in my hopes. I opened the back door with my card key and headed down the hall to his “Home.” Opening the door with a “Hello, Sweetheart.” I couldn't see him until I walked right...

Family Motto Thee lift me and I'll lift thee and we will ascend together. “ Be happy. Let discouragement be a challenge, not a defeat; an opportunity & a privilege. Dear Family, BORN SAME DAY -This past week when I was making birthday cards I noticed something that I hadn't noticed before. Maybe the Grandparents, Julie & Monte pierce and Peggy & Bruce Royer noticed it on the day it happened and probably I did, but now it was a new discovery for me. Gavin Pierce and Memphis Royer were born on the very same day – January 30, 2009. There are many days of the year that have two of our family born on that day, but not on the same year also. Kathy Smith and Annette Bybee and I went to the temple last Thursday for an endowment session. It was a sweet experience for us to go together since all three of us did not have husbands to go with that day. Kathy's husband passed away about a year ago, Annette's wanted to try out his new fishing pol...

Family Motto Thee lift me and I'll lift thee and we will ascend together. “ Be happy. Let discouragement be a challenge, not a defeat; an opportunity & a privilege. Dear Family, This has been a week of glorious progress for both Wendell and me, total frustration in finding needed information for Wendell's military insurance, & feeling the joy of successes. The progress that Wendell & I have made has to do with the fact that I drove all by myself to The Gables to visit him. It was about a one and a half an hour visit that was not rushed with a lot business. We mostly visited in his room, we played his harmonica, watched TV and then went to dinner together in the dining area of The Gables. The only business that I did was to get his Military Discharge Card from his wallet that I needed. He was happy to help with that. After dinner he said, “I'll walk you to the door. I can't go out with you. Do you know how to get out by yourself?” I...