Best Birthday Greetings

Happy Birthday to me!  Today I bring home a tiny new Friend.  He's nine weeks old, and a bundle of fun.  I get to bring him home today.  SUCH a happy moment.

Have a lovely day, sweet Friends!  And if it is your birthday too--HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Happy Birthday, Mumsie!

Happy Birthday to my sweet Mom--she is 80 years old today!  Her life has been an amazing adventure--I love her stories and I'm SO grateful God made me a part of her story. 

Dear, sweet Mumsie--I don't know what I would do without her. We are only 19 years apart in age.  After I became an adult, she and I were often mistaken for sisters--I always found that to be charming.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUMS!

I love you SO much. 

Happy Birthday Sissy!

As the eldest of six, I'm sure I gave my sweet younger Sis plenty of grief.  I was the oldest and I thought I knew a thing or two.  But she found ways of getting around her big sister.

Saturday mornings we were allowed to watch cartoons.  My brother and I would be watching cartoons.  Often Clytie wanted to watch something different--but of course, we wouldn't change the channel. 

Her solution?  Sneaky little sister would pick a fight between Bro and I...  We would get into trouble, and be sent to our rooms.  Which left Sissy in control of the television!  Haha--I learned about that years later--and what a laugh we had!

It is my sweet sister Clytie's birthday today--she's 58 years old and one of my best friends.  I love her and am eternally blessed by her love and friendship.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SISSY!

YOU ARE AMAZING!

Happy Birthday, My Beloved

I found this adorable painting online.  It perfectly expresses how much I miss my Beloved.  His birthday is today.  He would have been 75 years old.

How I miss him.  Life has gone on..and I have made steps toward healing, but I will always miss him.  He made a tremendous impact in my life.  There are so many things I never would have done, but for him.  Life with him was a great adventure.

It is hard to be alone now...  But God walks, talks, weeps and laughs with me.  He is my good friend and He knows exactly how I feel today.

Please hug your own beloved today--never take one another for granted.  One never knows how much time you'll have together.

Blessing, joy and peace be to you, dear ones. 

Happy Birthday Little Sister! -Postcard Friendship Friday #417

I remember the day my youngest sister came home.  She was so tiny with a head of dark hair, deep blue eyes and eyelashes so long they touched her perfectly drawn brows.  What a beautiful baby!  However, I was fourteen years old and as a teen, a newborn wasn't that interesting to me.

Yet,  as she grew we became very good friends.  I wrote songs about her, played with her, teased her and loved her.

She has a whimsical nature much like my own.  Today she turns 46 years old.  It is hard to believe so many years have passed since the day my parents brought home that sweet little girl.  I am grateful to the Lord for my sister.  She is one of my best buddies and is such a blessing in my life!

Have a wonderful weekend and Happy Postcard Friendship Friday! 

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Happy Birthday Sweet Mumsie! -Postcard Friendship Friday #408

Today my beloved Mumsie is 79 years old.  She is the best Mom ever.  She raised six children on practically nothing.  She sacrificed for us and gave us every advantage she could. She loved my Dad with all her heart and wept when he left us five years ago.  They had been married well over 50 years.  What a lovely example she is!

Mumsie loved to write, so she wrote her first book with my youngest sister dandling on her knees.  She typed it on an old manual typewriter when there was no such thing as auto correct.

Mom was a pioneer in Christian romance.  Back in the late 70's, when I was a teen, there were none.  That was her inspiration!  She went on to sell six mystery novels for girls and young women.  Two of them were printed overseas, and several were in print for over 20 years.  She has written Bible studies for women and teens and just three years ago, her historical romance novel, A Stitch and a Prayer, was published.  You can find a selection of Eva Gibson's books on Good Read.

I am SO proud of her.

Now I have a fun little story to tell about Mom.  For years she doodled 41 inside of a heart.  She always said something BIG would happen on that day.  And it did!  Mount St. Helens blew her top.  We've always teased her about that.  And today, of course, she is getting a fair amount of ribbing because of the eruption of the volcano in Hawaii.  "What is it about your birthday and volcanos," we ask.

So...Happy Birthday Mom!  And Happy Postcard Friendship Friday!

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Happy Birthday Little Sister!

I remember the day my youngest sister was born.  I was fourteen years old and she seemed so tiny and fragile. 

Now she is all grown up with a beautiful child of her own.  These days I have the lovely privilege of spending a lot of time with her.  We often will say the same things at the same time, and there are times I know exactly what she's thinking and vice versa.  Having a little sis is a LOT of fun.

Happy Birthday, Honey!

I love my little sister.  She is one of the lights of my life--and a precious gift of the Lord to fill the emptiness of my home after my husband passed away.  I am truly blessed.

Happy Birthday, Mumsie

Today my precious Mother turns 78.  We are exactly 19 years apart.  I am so blessed to have a mother like mine.  So often I hear stories about mothers who are less than what should be and I know she is a rare and beautiful woman--and a fabulous Mother.

She is so sweet.  She listens to me, she's proud of me.  She keeps my secrets and teaches me truth.  She amazes me and she loves me.

Here's a sweet story about Mumsie.  For years she would doodle 41 inside of a heart.  We used to tease her about it, and she would say, "When I turn 41 something BIG is going to happen.  And we would laugh.

The morning of her 41st Birthday Mount St. Helens blew her top in Washington State!  We all laughed and laughed over that--and we tease her about it to this day.  After that she never doodled a 41 inside of a heart again.  (grin)

I am SO blessed to have you in my life, Mumsie.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  I love you so.

Happy Birthday, Sissy!

A Happy Birthday to my precious younger sister Clytie.  I am so blessed to have her in my life.  I don't know what I would do without her.  She has had a profound influence in my life.  I admire her gifting, her sense of humor and her integrity.  She is an amazing woman.  I am proud that she is my sister.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SISSY!!!   I love you.

World Cat Day

A friend of mine pointed out that I missed World Cat Day, which was Friday.  So--in honor of this holiday, I am posting this darling card with its soft eyed kittens.

Have a lovely day, and Happy World Cat Day!

Happy Birthday, Little Buddy!

I am so grateful for friendship.  Today is my friend Theresa's birthday.  She's been my little buddy for over 25 years.  Our children grew up together and played together.  Over the years we've done projects together, spent holidays together, laughed together--cried together.  What a dear gift she has been.

Happy Birthday, Little Buddy!

Birthday Hearts -Guest Heart Thursday

I love this postcard.  The hearts are lovely, the doves sweet and the forgetmenots are SO adorable...of course, this postcard is perfect for Guest Heart Thursday!

For more heart art, photography and altogether fabulous heart stuff from around the world, visit Clytie at Random Hearts for Guest Heart Thursday.

Happy Days be Thine -Postcard Friendship Friday #168

What a lovely postcard! I especially like the graceful lines behind the words, Happy Days Be Thine.  I posted this beauty today, because tomorrow is our darling Mumsie's birthday.

She has endured so much through the years and yet has such grace and beauty.  She's had a very hard time of it, since Daddy died last November.  I can only hope that I will be so youthful and fun when I reach her age.

So to Mumsie and all of you--Happy Days be Thine.  Happy Postcard Friendship Friday!

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Happy Birthday, Sissy! -Guest Heart Thursday

Happy Birthday, my sweet Sissy.  I am SO privileged to be your big sis.  I love you so much.  It is wonderful to share an entire life of memories with you.  You understand my heart when no one else does.   

The poem above, written by Vernon, expresses how I feel about you, my sweet, dear, precious, treasured Sister.  ((hugs))  Happy Birthday Honey!

For more heart art, photography and altogether fabulous heart stuff from around the world, visit Clytie at Random Hearts for Guest Heart Thursday.
 

Pssst!!! Guess Who's Birthday is Tomorrow?!

Psssssst!  Everybody!!!  (whispers clandestinely) My darling Sissy Clytie's birthday is TOMORROW! 

I am SO happy Clytie is here in this world--she has so much yet to do.  How grateful I am for my sister--who fills the world with laughter, funny and thoughtful insights, not to mention a ton of beautiful found hearts.  Sissy is one of my greatest inspirations.

So, please visit Random Hearts tomorrow to wish Clytie a very happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Son

It seems just yesterday I held my son in my arms for the first time. I will never forget that day. Today he is twenty years old. How quickly the years flew by.

In my mind's eye I see your face and all the good times flash in my mind's eye. You are not a little boy any more.

Happy Birthday Son!

I am so proud of the man you are fast becoming. You are noble, kind and wise. You are persistent and strong. I thank the Lord for you, my Son.

Howdy!

This darling card was part of my Sister Clytie's extensive collection. When I fell in love with this artist's depictions of little children, she gave the set to me. I am SO privileged, and I treasure them. Not only because the cards are perfectly wonderful, but because they were given to me by my precious sister. You can see her wonderful blog at http://clytie-randomcards.blogspot.com/

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I just love this darling card, published around the turn of the century. It is a congratulatory card celebrating a baby's birth. I think this little person resembles one of those adorable cupie dolls of yesteryear.