"As you wish"..........

I still am just waiting for my "Farm Boy"......to come and get me.....As per Leslies request
...I may try her suggestion.....and see how it goes.......She has no History ?.......I think she means....to tell her children of what it was like then ......for Dad and I....and how we managed
to keep from drowning.........And how it was when we started out to conquer the world.....On
our large dowry we started out with ......In dollars....that amounted to....Zilch!..............In fact
........Connie and I paid for our own wedding........We had a double wedding........Wally and Howard both grew up on the same street....Blair Street....where the kids either went to prison
or on Missions.......They both went to New Zealand on their missions.....And married sisters.....
......We both married in the Temple........We made our own wedding dresses.........We had no car......Wally had no job......I did.....And we had no honeymoon.............Connie and Howard went
to the Hotel Utah for their honeymoon.......But we went to our little 40 dollar a month
apartment.......and that was the beginning...........I worked at First Security Bank....and I made
a Hundred and sixty five dollars a month.......Because I remember I paid sixteen dollars and
50 cents tithing.................But.......those were just the details.........I loved that guy.....so much....
and we got married two weeks after he got home from his mission.........Nothing like planning
everything down to the last detail.........We had nothing .........except we had everything that
counted.......Each other...........And I had waited all ready 4 years.......That was enough......But
We were both beyond happy..............We lived on my little money.....till he got some stinky
jobs...........We were passing time still school started.......He had a GI Bill that was 140 dollars
a month..........And he had a scholarship to play football.........And I got pregnant and had
Susan in 9 months and 2 hours from the moment we said "I do"..........

Speaking of History.....that is one thing I have truckloads of.........I have so much History I have a hard time trying to keep my little sail boat afloat..........In my vast sea of memories.........It is the challenge of us all.....to greet our events......deal with them......give them their just dues......and move on......... Now if it were only that easy.............The problem is......our past becomes a part of our skin.......You wear it every place you go.................It is just impossible to lose it...........Nor do you really want to............Except if you tend to the dark side...................We started out on a shoe string............And learned so much from starting with
so little............We valued everything.......My parents never had us for dinner......ever.....But
Wallys Mom had us every Sunday..........And she would always put the little left overs in a
sack......the pot. and gravy and the biscuits that were left..........Always....we not only took
a sack of food always.....but we took a car load of love from his Mom and Dad......And to say
that I adored her......would be the understatement of forever.........She loved me because I
encouraged her and helped her boy be the best he could be......I wanted him to go on his
mission........He was dragging his feet.....and really didn't want to go.....But at that moment
when the bishop called us in his office......So I could put the damper on the mission?....instead
I said.......as a little voice whispered to me....."He will be a better husband and a better father
to your children"..........And I was elated.........He was shocked out of his senses.......He was
certain I would get him off the hook.............He was the only son out of eight boys....to be
active in the church......And Wallys Mission was the crowning event in her life.....
Well this is getting way long.........Now if you would like me to go on further.......I can
....but the kids really don't want to hear any of this............They don't want to hear yesterday
.....They live in a different world.....In our world.....We as kids made our own paperdolls.....
We couldn't even buy store bought............Our snack was cut up raw circled potatoes in a
plate sprinkled with salt........That was it........But the main thing I want to say......Is We were
both so happy to be married.......I never once wanted to go back home......only to visit of
course......Wally was big on honoring your parents........And after years and years....I came
to peace with the fact.......Whatever your parents do.....It was the best they were capable of
doing at the time.......And that made sense to me........My parents did the best they could......
But......it made me want things so different.......I wanted to make Christmas huge......and
one of the reasons I loved Dad so much....was that he let me do it.....I managed all the money
because I worked in the bank.......I knew all about check books ......I knew what we had....
And If I ever did anything good at all......it would be my ability to stretch the dollar......I would
of course stay up till 2 or 3 every night sewing my little girls clothes.......I had to....when I got
6 yards of fabric for a dollar.........They always looked nice......And I felt I couldn't go to school
and make their friends or do their school work......but I could see that they looked nice......
Of course....they weren't allowed to wear pants.......It was always dresses and skirts and
blouses........But there was nothing ever that I wanted to be more than I wanted to be a Mom.............I cherished every single minute.......And I loved the guy I married.....I was always
the President of his fan club........And am still singing his praises...........He was the choicest
gift the Lord ever gave me.......He led me to him.....And whispered to us both........

I just have to go now......You can see.....I have the "Motor Mouth" disease........we'll
see how this goes.............Its kinda like a family journal...........I can't write but I can do this.....
Now if you approve............let me know........I wonder where the delete button is?..........Susan
is gone to Park City......So when she gets home I shall check........Maybe this isn't such a good
idea after all.................But you all have at different times asked me to start to write notes....
.......................Maybe not!.................This is barely a sneak peak into the window of our
yesterday...................But it made us what we are...........Love ya lots.................Gram.......

From the Cottage of Princess Buttercup.......

When I was Sixteen.......Sixty Four years ago......The light turned on in my life......
The moment I met this cute boy.......Not knowing much about him.....only that he was always
cracking everyone up and everyone seemed to like to be around him.......And my biggest
fascination with him was that he never got mad............This was a tremendous plus.......That
was huge.....Did I say gigantic?..........He simply made fun.....and saw fun in every single facet
of his life..............I could hardly believe that he was real.........He was a very handsome young
man.............He was strictly an athlete............Loved sports.......and played the drums........And
most of all...........One day at South High School .....our eyes met......And I was never really
ever the same after that.............He knew nothing about social skills......He would call me up on
the phone.......And hardly would say a word.......But a lot of What?....and Huh's?..........He was
extremely bashful.......and I thought I had met the most handsome hunk in the entire world.....
He was so bashful that he would sit at the sacrament table but would never say the blessing
on the sacrament..................Also in school........He would sit with his topic prepared but when
the teacher asked him to read it.....He would say unprepared..............
But .......I had not had much of a social life either.......He never had asked a girl out
ever.........And I had never had a boyfriend..........And so it all began..............My life took on a
different color.......It was starting to bloom........And I had a new landscape that surrounded
me.......And I started to think for the first time.......There were really miracles..........Could this
darling blonde guy be interested in me?...............He had so much hair.....that he had to have
it thinned.........And it was curly........big time.............And to be truthful......We both had so many
things in common....................I was kinda shy........also..........And neither of us came from
families that had made their fortunes............At least green fortunes...............We both came
from struggling families..............But we both seemed to have strong constitutions.........At
least I knew I did............I lived with a lot of strictness......and nothing ever was funny at our
house..............That was a drawing card for me............This family that I was being inroduced
to was......operated in force by Grama Nielsen........I called her the Sheriff.....And Granpa her
posse..........................And my Mom was timid and always afraid of my Dad.....So we all were....
My Dad wasn't cruel.....But he was not soft......He was the head of the house and everyone
stood at attention.....when he came home.......
So ......This light hearted boy that captured my heart......was fun loving.....and loved
his Mom..........And I saw in him......wonderful things..........And I have thought for so many
years........The way we met......and the certainty of the relationship that we both fell so hard
.................It had to have been just a picking up..... where we left off in heaven..............It was all
so perfect...............I seemed to be strong....in ways that were of help to him.......And he was
the smile in my life that I hadn't found until now.......And this brand new lighthearted life
with this guy that was always making jokes with everyone just cemented my feelings for
him.......................I had missed that kind of humor................He was the mortar between
my cement blocks........of the house that I always wanted............I knew that the Lord had
stepped into both of our lives..............And spoke to both of us..............I knew that .......We
were somehow meant to be................And nothing that has ever happened since.......ever
changed that fact.......................I needed him so bad.............And I just loved him so much......
that I was always in his corner............And I knew I was President of his Fan Club.......from
the beginning.................I saw such a long time ago........through the spirit.....that he was the
chosen one for me...................Never......Never......Never......Did I ever doubt it through all
the four years before we were married......and the 18 more years that I have waited for that
boy that I met so long ago.............And that I never had long enough............Because
I had to share him with so many people..............That is what happens when you meet and
marry a really great guy like him................I loved what one of the general autorities wives
said in Stake Conference.....It was Sister David Burtons wife.......She said....."We are the only
church in the world where we are sealed for time and all eternity......And spend our entire
life alone."................I wanted to stand and salute..............But all in all...........Now as I look back
on my years.............My strict home worked in my favor........I so appreciated what I was so
lucky to find............This handsome basketball star.......And this Football quarter back that
got a scholarship to BYU....even tho he wasn't elegible to play on the team and for the school
because he quit school to work for the Railroad when his Dad was called on a Mission.....
And he gave his entire paycheck to his Mom.............That was typical of the things that stirred
in his heart.......He adored his Mom and Dad....And loved his family like no other.......Out of
all the brothers......Bill.....Mort......Warren.....Norm......Ron.......And himself.......,.He was the
one that gifted his Mom with the thrill of going on a Mission and Marrying in the temple.......
And I loved his Mom......with all my heart and soul.......And she I think loved me.....because
I helped her boy......be the best he could be......I just helped..............I take no credit......He quit
school all on his own................He was good to the core...........And I always felt it was my
privelege...........It was the Lords goodness to me.............That spending the Forty two years
together...............1949-1991................It was not long enough.............But what an honor.....
really........To be sealed to someone the Lord wanted so badly to take him away from so
much love....................But the beauty of it all......Is that we are just in different places together
.................Remember that joke that Robyn laughed so hard at......When Dad repeated why
he waves to guys he doesn't know?............Because they went to different schools together?.
That is just so funny to me...............It is so like something he would make up..............
I kinda wanted to pay a little tribute to him today..........Because he was truly the
iciing on my cake.............He was the cherry on my Strawberry Sundae...........He was the
whip cream on my Pumpkin Pie..................Without him ......where would I have been?
I would have been a lost little soul......wandering around looking for him...........And yeah!
He would have been hanging out with Unc playing ball somehere............But it was hard to
ever get really Ho Hah! with him...........Because I loved him so much.................Even tho .....
one time.....when we lived up on Canyon Rim......I had 10 dollars a week for groceries.....
And could buy not even a 19 cent dust pan.....had to wash dishes under boiling water....No
soap............And no makeup................And he went and bought a fishing pole ....to go fishing
with his brothers...............He didn't even like to fish!...........Grrrrr!........13 dollars that fishing
pole cost...........And also at Canyon Rim..........They called up and asked him to go to
work on the Farm and pitch Hay..........He didn't want to..........And I said.."Wait....yes you
do"...........Even then.................I couldn't have asked for more in any way shape or form.....
Than what he gave me............I was the only girl he ever asked out on a date......Can you
believe that?......................On this little Memorial Day............You will find me being very very
grateful for every single experience that has been mine........For they all together has made
me have the thankful heart that I have...............No one has ever been blessed with as much
as I have......And I wonder sometimes why the Lord has been so good to me........I have all
that I could ever want right at this minute.......I have good health.....a little cottage that has
my name on it.......also some wheels so that I can drag State........I have enough.....and then
some...................In fact I have way more than I need.....I can never repay the Lord for his
goodness to me....................Never,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,And for my great family............I chose you all.....
you were handpicked in heaven............And because the Lord loved me so much he sent all
the ones I also wanted but couldn't have as grandchildren.......I am more than blessed....
And I couldn't live long enough to make it right with the Lord......This is a little long...........
Woah!..........Gram steady the horses........they need a drink............But please know that I
adore every single one of you...............This is Princess Buttercup still waiting for her
Farm Boy!...............In her little cottage................Love ya all..............

What a day in May!......

I tried to wait till the tide came in and everything settled and was calm.......But I have
a hunch this is not going to happen.................So amidst whatever is on the horizon we shall
feed the horses and get on the wagon..........seize the moment and yet while still under construction........pretend that I have within me.....a mind that can put on paper emotions and
an event that was filled with so much depth and meaning that this little 80 year old came close to calling 911 for emergency diapers...........My legs were starting to buckle......and I was
goin down..................Unfortunately a place where I have been many times.....But this time it
took me down to my knees in humility and wonderment......As ...the second.... the door opened....
And the light went on.......I...for a split half-second......had the illusion of heaven.....seeing a sea
of faces ........and being blesssed with eyes that struggle.......knew in my heart that all these
little eyes belonged to those whom I loved with all my heart.........Handpicked.. chosen..sacred
tiny little ones.....that came and hugged me.........I was surrounded by angels yet so pure ....
and not long from heaven..........Could my instinct be right?.................Then .....not a minute
later........I knew the truth..........Debbie handed me a blown up photo that was the ugliest
she could find.....of me.....ever.......Then I knew I was still on Mother earth............And I knew
the humor we have so enjoyed in the past.......Had gone south......or had a terrible flu.......
But it was badly in need of repair..............And whats more......She said that was what she did?
I believe Marlene told me.......They were putting her in the home soon.....period..

I think I know where all this originated.......And I want them to know......They have
stretched my heart so........I 'm not sure if I can control it anymore.......It weeps continually
......non stop............When I found out I couldn't have any more children......There just wasn't
any more up there on that little bench waiting for me........I was devistated.......But the
Lord new all along......these same choice spirits I was wanting would find their way into my
home...............and he saved them for me............Sometimes the Lord blesses us inspite of how
many mistakes we make..........How lucky are we?......That we have someone that loves us
that much?...........It is amazing to me.......when we think we are so unlovable.......that the Lord
just loves us anyway......................

To these Marthas and Marys who joined forces and helped.........I can never ....ever
......thank you enough...................It was the thought behind it that tore my heart out......And
now it is under major construction.............But I have lived long enough to know that
sometimes when we are so badly in need of Elmers Glue........It isn't meant to be repaired.....It is more valuable when we are wounded........Sometimes it is our wounds that save us........
How wise is the Lord?..............He knows us so well.........

By knowing the extra planning and expense it took to come........You have all touched
my heart in a way that I think it shall never completely recover.......But the tears are so
beautiful to me............And this is a memory I shall carry with me into eternity..........
And I promise those to whom all this is credited.......will have a treasure in heaven......that
will burn so brightly within them that they too will think their feet is often above ground......
Nothing is ever done.....ever.....that is not known by our Father In heaven.....And
there are smiles unnumbered by those we love who have witnessed this beautiful event
in another sphere in the most beautiful place of all.......

........................Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.....
As I sit in my little cottage .......awaiting my Farm Boy to rescue me......
Never again shall I witness anything but the warmth that you all have shown me.....
What a beautiful beautiful thing that you all made happen for me..........
All my Love.....forever and forever...................
Grama Wonderful......
P.S. It was a miracle enough that Rhonda figured a way to get me up and out
into where the world lives......I am not much of a traveler these days only if I might think
Armageddon is on the way............Well it was kinda......To me... in my little world of one.....
Thanks for listening........It has been a fun little chat..............Maybe we could do this again
sometime?...........Or maybe not.............Take a chance.....Dive in!!.......Got cold feet?......
Like Debra says to Ray on "Everybody loves Raymond"....."Get some sox"............

Once again......KIORA............Love ya'all..............Grama Tiki

2nd request.........Last Notice......

Brandon.......Ethan.......Susan........Haven't heard from you as to your invitation...........If it
happens your schedule is just filled .........Thats fine........But would love to have you squeeze me in somewhere..................Lovin ya!....................Grama Tiki........xoxoxoxoxoxo

Merry Christmas.....Heugly family.....

Merry Christmas ...........To everyone................

I so hope you can find a minute to see me during this next week.....I am so homesick for all of you.........Maybe you can't all come on the same day........But maybe a couple
of you can make it together?.......Or separate.......Or just whatever is convenient......that will be
just perfect.......Yes I want you to bring your little ones........I have a little gift for them.....Not so
much but enough to let them know I have been twiddling my brain to think of some little thing
that might make them know that I have been thinking of them......They are all so adorable......
But please........stop in.....Grandpa and I will be waiting...........Just let me know........If you might
could call me......That would be so great........................Loving you like always.......
Grandma Tiki.............

A LITTLE THOUGHT FOR THE 4TH OF JULY....

I hope that everyone keeps their eye on the rainbow......Sometimes it is hidden....But it is still there perfect as always.....Everything God creates is perfect......As you all are perfect.....Because you are also Gods creation..........And not one of you can be cloned.....You are each unique with your different personalities..... Each one of you possess a well of wisdom within you............But it is there, as is the love you also possess........And that love means you have a glimpse of heaven in your heart..... I heard someone say the other day.......he was asked the question...."How do you relate to young people like you do?"....He said...I reached a certain point......And it was like mentally I refused to move beyond it.......And I have been pondering that......And there might be more truth in that statement for all of us than we realize......I just believe you are on a hunt....in the beginning......Or you may call it shopping......For things to make your life worthwhile and to add things that make life worth it and that give you some answers.........That is worthy of your emotional investment.....And when you find it......You know it....And I can understand that 100%......Because when I found music, I found love all over again........The hunt was over......That was the solitude that would keep me on an even keel.......Till I could be with my sweetheart again....It was a balancer......There was enough excitement...joy.....enlightenment.....A reminder of all the memories that I had locked away......And a reminder there is an abundance of life here and beyond to look forward to.....It was an equalizer.......I think I was convinced that all stages of life are beautiful......In youth we learn.....In age we understand.....We appreciate love more....Because it is the beautifier of all things..........And when you have it in your heart....You attract it to you..........Our heart is like a giant magnet......With it we draw everyone to us....We do it all with Love .....And no wonder....as it is and always will be the greatest power on earth......And so fitting on this Fourth of July.....the day of fireworks.....We have our very own little"FIRECRACKER" (love).....Lighting up our world and being a huge Sparkler in our life....................So I guess we have a lot of good reasons to celebrate.......Happy Holiday everyone...................Lovin ya all like crazy..........Gram

How Michael's Music has helped me...

I finally surfaced again.........There is a crack in my armor.........That I can't seem to rise above...........It has taken total control of my vulnerability...........And It is my reality.......And so every now and then I have to surrender and go to that place where it is so peaceful and everything has its freedom.....We think often that we have built our wall of protection so that it is infallible........But that moment will never come for any of us..........There are none of us that stand alone in our battle with life.......However .......as in my case......the years will clue you in where ........the path to your heart has worn thin..........And you know the things that are just too delicate ......are the things that you have the hardest time swallowing....................Sometimes we are not sure what has the greatest impact on the fragile structure of our being......until we lose something.........But I know at this moment what absolutely destroys the steady rhythm of my heart........And that is certain music........But always the same performer.............When he isn't distracted by people....probably when he is recording and really concentrating............The sound that resonates from his CD's......And the slow meaningful ones........Is to me........A sound almost too precious and grand for ears not worthy on ground level..........It almost should bypass earth life and remain in a state that is celestial and the sound itself would be pleasing to the angels..............Well I finally found the courage to say it out loud........But that voice is just too priveleged a gift ..........for ears that can't feel the depth of its worth....................Even at this moment.........I can't bare to listen to just any song.......The Christmas ones are just forbidden.............I can do the fast ones.........But his heart and soul has a connection to the heavens.....And I know heavenly beings are present and accompany him and you feel something immense that you can't identify.........................Michael was assigned in heaven to bring this gorgeous voice down here to us..........They just threw in his good looks at the last minute....................That cute darling guy of ours..........Has quite an assignment...........To reach deep within us and to make us wonder where ever?.......Is beautiful talent like this born?.....................And how and why do some seem to be first in line when such precious gifts are past out?..................But in truth.........It is a burden either way................A person with so many gifts.....has to make some really hard decisions............And he has to make a lot of sacrifices..............On the other hand to those of us who were last in line.........That wonder how come?..........They learn a lot because they sometimes feel deprived...................And so they learn quickly.................."We have to find contentment in our allotment"............................OK......I'm done......enough rambling ................Anyway.......I'm back among the living.................Ready to fight another day............I have lost a lot of things........But not my ear for the most gorgeous voice...........That I'm not sure my weak and getting weaker heart has the strength to absorb most days.......Lovin ya all like crazy..................Gram ...............

Baby stops crying when he hears Michael Buble...

This you tube video says it all..Even Babies are affected by the soothing sound of his voice..

Random Thoughts...

I have a little thought I want to share with all of you.........It hit home......And helped me understand myself a little better......A French novelist...Anatole France...observed that......"All changes.....even the most longed for.....have their melancholy........for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves...........We must die to one life.....before we can enter another."...........................And then she goes on to explain all the different kind of changes we have to adjust to in our life...........A death...........a divorce.............A loss of a job.............a move..................your children starting school..............your children getting married..........losing a friend................a severe illness...............a severe accident......Probably with out any doubt........shutting the door on any one these experiences is more than devastating............And for that reason I can think of nothing that takes more skill than to handle any of these things gracefully.................There may be nothing of equal value to the quality of your life than to be able to have mastered the dignity to cope under any of these.........Some of us have experienced every single one of these...........And is it any doubt we feel so melancholy.....................Just thought I'd share.........I heard one of my friends say once......"You have to learn to bounce in this life"...........Meaning ......we can't stay down for too long........Love to you all Gram

Let's all try to bounce more and be more flex able with what life throws our way..

Joe and Marci's #5

Is this cute enough?..........This baby has a message for me.....Look at those eyes.......And this
was just a couple hours after he was born........He woke up for this moment!...........He didn't even
blink..............And he wasn't crying.........This was a sacred moment.........And I could tell you what
he was saying to me.......But I think I shan't.......Well maybe I will..........But then again......I just
think that I really don't want to.......Are you anxious to know Joe?..........Later Hon!.............
I believe I was the first visitor to see him..........Is that special?............Joe called me
and said ...."Why don't you come on over and see him?".........And I just went in and took my
nightgown off......There was no hesitation.......I knew that he and I had a rendezvous to keep......
And he was so darling........His little heavenly influence was with him..........And I could tell that
the spirit of those that he just left were still close to him.......And still watching to make sure that
he arrived safe.........There was an infinite majesty that surrounded him.......Only minutes away
from heaven.......He was trying his very best to be pleasant in this strange place having just
left such an abundance of love.............Can you even imagine.......anything on earth being as pure
and sacred and so full of love as this tiny beautiful little precious baby seconds away from
heaven?.....................And then imagine the tears saying goodbye to all the loved ones there?
...............This is our belief.......And nothing on earth could be more beautiful.........Thank you
Joe and Marci for allowing me such a heavenly moment......to hold your little one and know
that I was holding in my arms.......a tiny influence still full of the light of heaven..............

All my love forever.............Great Grandma Tiki...........

May 2007

This is the family at Lance & Leslie's last summer for Matt's Homecoming & Houston's Farewell. All five kids together!

How did I get so many treasures in my family?

To all the little golden nuggets in my Gold Mine!........

Here I am......sitting here in my little cottage......surrounded by all the memories
of my past........And just drinking in all my blessings.....I must have a magic cup.....Because it
just keeps getting larger..........I am at this moment......The richest little grama in the entire
universe..............There comes a moment when I hardly have the strength to hold my cup......
I'm just sitting here.....And I have this little precious grand-daughter who just calls me up and
says....."Grama.....Go to your George Web.......And there is a surprise for you".......And there
on my George is ........An entire gallery of Michael Music coming down to me on a secret
network from Heaven............And what am I doing?.......Weeping......Because I know when I
ever receive something that touches me this much.......Heaven is performing its magic......And
I know the instigator..............Our Father in Heaven works through his children on earth if
they are in tune..........And am I lucky?.............This music has ......more than anything else brought back my past with my sweetheart.........This was our era......This was our moment in
the sun...................It just wasn't long enough........The Lord knew......how lonesome I would be
........And he has sent my way........everything I would possibly need.........First I had my little
job with "Certified Cable".....when I got to work with Susans boys.......And she gave me my
little Tiki............Then the Temple called me to work there........This was all in the course of
17 years............I think it would be honest to say........These years I was in shock mode.......And I was trying to survive.........I wasn't very strong.......Gradually step by step.....I picked up
a little moxy.......And I have tried to realize why I was left here?.........I have studied and prayed.......And still I know not........But I know God is in charge.....And he doesn't make mistakes........I have been given the strength up to this point........Now I realize this time since
I have been not working in the temple.....This time has been the hardest of all.......But I have
Susan......who has been a God send to me......If there is anything I need......She is there......And
she and I have grown to really understand each other........And it is great when there is someone to talk to...........And we have reached a plateau......Where we can talk and disagree....
This is huge........And also wonderful...................Anyway.......How lucky I am......And then I
have Joe who just gave me an extra TV?.......I cherish it.....in my bedroom......And then Susan
gave me first her Computer.......Later I bought a newer one.......And then Justin and Cindy just showed up one day with a brand new Frigerator.......Bless their hearts.......And I forgot.....One day Joe called me up and said...{ 8:AM].....Go to your door granma.....There is someone who
wants to say hi to you........It was a Plumber with a brand new toilet.....At Joe's request.......
That was super..........I haven't mentioned everything......But can you imagine?.........There is
just me and the walls having a conversation and........out of the blue.....There is someone
floating down sprinkles of gold dust on top of my head........And of course I know.......It is
a completion of the Gold Mine that Dad and I shared........And it is he in heaven reminding
me how wealthy we both are............Am I just the luckiest?............I think so........I don't know
if this will fit on my George page........Well......Anyway......Thanks to you all......for being so
generous with me.........And just knowing that you are all there......I just short of heaven.....
........You just being there......Have made my being put on pause........A little less hurtful.......

And I adore you all.....................Just me......Grama......
P.S. Thanks Britt......That was just super!.......And even slightly wonderful.....Did I say
thanks?..........Oh yeah!.......It is just great......Having all your grandkids smarter than you are....
Do I feel like a Putz?......................And to Justin and Cindy.....My beautiful White Stove.......And
to Joe.....For my Brand new Potty Chair............You are all just fantastic........

The biggest tree in the Forest.....

This is practise............................!!!!!!!!!

.....To all the little leaves that lay so quietly on your own little branch that is attached to the one Jumbo Nielsen Oak Tree that overlooks all the others .......Be kind to those............Who are in the same Forest but maybe carrying burdens that might seem overwhelming.............They are our brothers and sisters.......And no matter where any of us were placed in the soil........We all must bloom where we are planted......It may require our time.....energy.......muscle.........But we have been blessed in our family tree......To have mighty boughs.....And strong seedlings...........And we must share..........This is what the Patriarch of our family has left so beautifully said in his last thoughts for us all..............Regardless of the color.....creed......gene pool.....language barrier.....gender..

And I do believe you will find all of these herein stated......But we are united.....And we will fight to the end..........This is my prayer........Yo!........Gram.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM....I SET YOU UP WITH YOUR OWN BLOG...ENJOY MANY HOURS OF FUN COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR FAMILY... LOVE YOU TONS SUE