Old Love Interests Never Die

There were recent FB posts of DH's first serious girlfriend in Milan on an outing with mutual friends.  Hard to look at her without feeling a pang of jealousy.  After all, she's  still lookin' good.


Can't forget a certain female relative when then-boyfriend/DH first introduced me. We were dating seriously and BF had dumped this pretty girlfriend whom said relative had actually met in the old country.

This lady obviously wears her heart on her sleeve as she was aghast at his choice of yours truly. Her disapproval was palpable. I assumed I was not pretty enough ... not good enough ... not smart enough -- all of the above, none of the above -- fill in the blank.  I faked a smile and bore her dislike of me like a trouper (I sincerely hope I came across as such). Mercifully, she stopped speaking and just stared.  I could hardly wait to get away from her.

Well, fast forward to now and she remains a relative and our lives are intertwined whether I like it or not. Distance and the rare times we are actually face to face has enabled me to dislike her less. But she and family members are on FB. There's no avoiding her completely.

I've shown GF's picture to our kids and say she could have been their mother.  They insist that their Dad chose well and that I'm the better looking one.  Good answer, kiddos, LoL!  

  Keep an eye on the girl with the glasses & pink shirt.

There Ain't NOTHING Gonna Steal my Joy!!!

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The happiest child I know happens to have Downs Syndrome

Happy New Year 2017!

Not a fan of Deepak, 

but the Word and the rest of the article is a good read.  

The happiest child I know happens to have Downs Syndrome. 

He hasn’t a care in the world, or one that lasts longer than two minutes.

Every night he goes to sleep with no bitter or angry feelings. His soul is at peace with everyone. His mind is fresh and new each day. No resentment ever takes hold.  He is totally amused, fascinated and entranced in the simplest things of life: A shadow, a string.

His mind is not complicated with troubles in life. Where to go, what to do, who to like or dislike. He trusts all men, smiles at every person, forgives all with uninhibited release.  He goes about life slowly somewhat in his own world with a smile, a hug, a pat on the back. 

He looks at me and smiles as he says, “I love you”, “thank you”, “why can’t you be as happy as me?”  Because my mind is strong, my IQ high, I’m in this world, mixed up in this world loaded down with the cares of the world. Struggling through the miry clay. Too many things to think about and decide.

Why can’t you be simple just this once and clear your mind of all else and believe in a Man who cares for you, a Savior who loves you, Jesus who died for you.  Jesus the ultimate Joy unspeakable.

“Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:” (1 Peter 1:8).

“Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away” (Isaiah 51:11).

The Ant

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