I'll See You On The Other Side Lewis Gooch

 I am grateful to have called you friend. The world is a little less interesting. You touched so many with your genuine kindness while your mischievous wit, easy going spirit and honest open heart made followers of us all. I marveled at your world travels and will miss your stories, your crazy adventures, your beautiful courage. 
I miss you already Lewis Gooch. See you on the other side or maybe another life, however the journey continues. On and on and so it goes. 

Lewis Gooch
February 10, 1941 - December 28, 2018

God and Dog

God and Dog     http://www.andiesisle.com/GoD_and_DoG.html    Click the Link for video song

I am so thankful for cooler weather on this blue sky Sunday after Thanksgiving. I don't like it much when the heat and humidity of Summer hang around past curfew causing conversations questioning, is Winter just running late or is she being held hostage by global warming? I'm not so sure the seasons care about our obsession with orderly and consistent predictable weather stability. I believe the earth has had its own rhythm since God spoke it into motion in the beginning. The one constant through time is change.

A friend sent me a link to a sweet song that touched my heart and rings so true I want to pass it along to you. God and Dog - by Wendy Francisco.  She has a cool Facebook page also. You can click the link above to watch the short video. When my kids were growing up we were blessed through the years with a loyal, happy family dog. What a treasure. Dogs can be protectors, and helpers but mostly they are willing and eager companions that turn on your heart light. You will never feel alone if you have a dog. When Daisy crossed the rainbow bridge our entire family mourned. But as hard and sad as it was losing her I am grateful for all she brought into our lives. In the beginning there was God. He knew then we would need a dog. On and on and so it goes. kisses

Me & Daisy

Just Know

It struck me the other day how I can look at my girlfriends and just ‘know’ what they need to hear to fix their latest breakup, patch up a fuss or get to the root of issues with their Mother.  While I stumble thru life in general finally resorting to the self-help aisle at Barnes & Noble.  Now relationships are only the tip of the iceberg.  Since the first day of First grade in Mrs. Townsend’s classroom when Adriana Salinas helped me find my own desk, (I have been in awe of Adriana ever since), I have wondered how come I missed the class, that link of DNA, or the secret meetings that let everyone else know ‘what to do’, ‘where to go’, ‘how to behave’, ‘what to wear’, just on and on cause I never seem to Just Know.  The hugest example of this is I always wanted to be a nurse, RN specifically.  Since I felt like everyone else in class would already ‘know’ what to do and nursing is such an important job I did the following- First I took the Nurse Aide course at my local community college.  Now keep in mind this was 30 years ago when nurse aides could be trained on the job.  No way was I to be caught off guard in nursing school not able to make the perfect mitered corner.  Then I applied for LVN school and studied like I was trying to get into Harvard.  I was accepted and graduated the very next year.  I have been an RN for over 20 years now.  I have never regretted taking the extra time to get in but I would not recommend it to anyone else.  It really is not necessary as they teach mitered corners in the first semester but hey, now you ‘KNOW’.  Have a super awesome November day.  kisses