Good bye grandma...

Yesterday evening, I recieved the call that I knew was coming but wasn't ready to hear. My grandmother passed away. She was 80 + years old, and had lived through a lot. She was in Holland as a little girl when it was occupied by the Germans. She never did like the sound of sirens. She went back to the "old" country a number of years ago, and was saddened by the way things had changed. Where her childhood home was there is now a highway. She had a younger brother that she hardly ever talked about. Recently, I asked her if her parents ever tried to have another child after him, and she laughed at the question. "Na," she said, "my parents where trying to get a head in the world." But there was a ting of sadness that I heard in her voice, and saw in her eyes. She really was all alone these past few years. She took a boat to America, but her sweetheart, my granpa Jake was one of the first to fly from Holland to America. He had his nose broken by a German when he was a young man, for no other reason than the fact that the German could do it, and he couldn't fight back. (Not if he wanted to live anyway.) He never liked Germans after that. When she got to America she changed her name to Dorothy. In the "old country" it was spelled Dorjty. Or something close to that. There where moments in my life I really disliked her, but there where moments in my life that I looked to her for advice, and she helped me become the woman that I am today. Good bye Grandma Dorjty.

Genealogy

Welcome to a new direction for me.

Matt. 1:1-25

Vs. 5 "Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse,"

No where else in that chapter is the phrase "by ___" used. This is interesting. What did these women do to merit getting in the genealogy of Jesus Christ? Who where they? In the modern study of genealogy, both the maternal (mother) and paternal (father) are researched, and listed. But not then? Hum.....

Lord, I pray all who read this will realize that it is my jouney I wish for you to lead. I pray for my family, that you will direct their paths. Amen

1/2 yr. already....

Wow so much has changed in a half a yr.

April, I turned 32. Ugh, I'm getting old:) Went to Michigan for a weekend. It was fun, but as always rushed.

May, 12 yr.s of marriage! Wow, now I really do feel old!! Also started going back to ABC.

June, Mike had his SDR, and he and I lived in Columbus for the month. It was a long month, but a very productive one.

July, Greg turned 4. How did that happen so quickly? Bill, Bep. and the group came up for the 4th of July. I spent the month trying to get my life back in order. Mike had therapy twice a week in Marietta.

Aug., went back to Michigan for Homecoming. It was fun, and the hotel up there is really nice. I think we've found our place to stay from now on :) The boys started school, and I had a job fall into my lap.

Sept., Mike turned 6. 6 already!! Now I think I'm seeing gray hair. Bob started school at OU. I had to go back to Michigan to deal with my mom.

Wait is it possible that we are only half way done with September? That can't be right. I've done enough now to last me the rest of the month, and well into October. UGH....