A better day today…

I had the opportunity to speak to several friends at home yesterday, all saddened by the news of our friend’s passing.  I am so very grateful to you all for the comments left on my blog yesterday.

Sunday was a wonderful day spent with family.  My son and daughter and son in law were here for food and laughter.I sent the leftover food home with my son.  I cleaned out the freezer too and so today I had to go to the store to restock the TV dinners.  My son brought me a box of the homemade chocolates that I love and a card that plays Rock Around the Clock for my birthday which is next Sunday.  The day I celebrate with my Tennessee Twin.

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Today would have been Jim’s birthday.  For Jim:

I thought of you today

But that is nothing new.

I thought about you yesterday,

And the days before that too.

I think of you in silence,

I often speak your name.

I know all I have is memories,

And your picture in a frame,

My memory is my keepsake,

With which I will never part,

God has you in His keeping,

I have you in my heart.

Below is one of my favorite pictures of the two of us taken a blue moon ago.  Miss you Jim!!

  Beth

A very sad day for me..

I just received word this morning that my old friend Bill passed away.  I have spoken of him before.  Bill and his wife Annie were good friends that lived just down the street from Jim and me for many years.  He has been battling stage 4 cancer for a couple of years now.  Bill and Jim were best friends.  When Jim died Bill told me it was like he had lost a brother.  Jim and Bill would sit on the back porch for hours discussing the worries of the world, and how they would solve them.  I would carry them a glass of iced tea every now and then and visit for a minute and then leave them to carry on.

Annie, my heart is broken for you and there are tears on my cheeks as I am typing this.  Bill, may you rest in peace.  Annie, take comfort with me in knowing that two great guys are now sitting on a porch in heaven. 

  Beth