Family

Family is everything, even if we have our differences and argue at times. I love family, the concept  of it and the idea of all of it. I love getting together with my older children and their spouses and their children. I like visiting with my siblings and their families.  I miss having a complete family though. Complete to me is having a husband. With two failed marriages I'm not sure I would trust another chance at it. And I don't miss my ex-husbands in the least. I miss the idea of a happy marriage though. I miss the good times, which were not too often, in both marriages. The bad was real bad and completely outweighed the good.

This is why I love quails. They are my favorite bird and have been for as long as I can remember. One time I was driving through the post office by my house to drop off letters into one of the big blue postal mail boxes. A family of quail crossed in front of my car. There was a mom, a dad, and six, I believe, babies. I know that the quail mate for life and both the male and female take care of their babies. I love that. I sat in my car in awe of this beautiful family crossing my path.
Where I live now I see many families of quail. I still sit in awe of them. They somehow give me hope, maybe one day I'll have a soul mate too. Maybe the old saying third times a charm will actually work for me.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. All of my children and grandchildren under the same roof. This Thanksgiving was one of the best ever! Everything turned out great, the fellowship, the food, and the fun that we all had. Laughter that made the stomach hurt was awesome. My grandchildren and my son Bo, and myself could hardly wait for Kurtis, and his wife to come over. They live in Flagstaff so we don't get to see them too often. Kurtis, is all the kids favorite, he doesn't have kids and so he pays these kids a lot of attention and love and wrestles with them any time he's in town.

Kurtis playing with his nieces and nephews and lil brother (Bo, who is on Kurt's back) Kurt's dog was very worried that he was getting hurt.

My first four children (Bo, my 14 year old was golfing that's why he's not in this).

Me in the purple shirt, Karen my oldest child (36), Keny (35) behind Karen,
Keith (32) behind me, and Kurtis (31) on the very left.

My son on the left with his wife Tarah in front of him, my son Keny and his wife Natalie in front of him and their
3 kids in the front (Riley, Landon and Kaylah) in the back in my son Keith, then next to Keith is Karen, my daughter with 2 of
her kids, (Lauryn and Trinity)

Coming to an end

It saddens me that this semester is coming to an end. I love this class and especially the teacher and all that she's taught me. I loved getting to know some of the students as well. I wish that there was a part two so that I could continue. It feels like a novel or even a movie that I've watched and loved. When it's over I want there to be a part two. I'm not done, I want more. I don't feel like this in most, if any of my other classes. Usually I am so glad it's over and that I get to choose new classes. Not that the teacher's in the other classes aren't good but because I probably just got overwhelmed and need a break. I guess like the saying goes: All good things must come to an end. I'll try to remember the other part of the saying though, but the next experience awaits. 

Sunsets

I took these pictures the other night during the sunset. I am always so amazed at the sunsets in Arizona. 

I've lived in many states in my life, this is by far my favorite state for seeing the sun set. 

What beauty! It looks like the sky is on fire. 

I have heard that people admire the sunset, not just because it's so mesmerizing but also because mentally we know it means the start of relaxation after a day at work. I think that makes sense.

The heavens declare the glory of God and the sky above proclaims His handiwork. Psalms 19 (KJV). 

I think God's handiwork is awesome and that His real life painting in the sky is incredible. 

Outside

I just moved recently, less than a month ago. I love waking up, taking my coffee out back and watching the golfers. I never thought I'd live on a golf course because of the fear of getting hit with one of the golf balls. I use to golf, I know how easy it can be to accidentally hit the ball in the wrong direction.

My back yard is serene, I'm at home, and I haven't felt at home in a real long time. During the day hours I watch a mother bird feed her babies and today they are trying to fly. I watch families of quail, my most favorite bird in the world, travel along the golf course and hide under bushes when they see the golfers. I see lots of jack rabbits all over the course too. At night I hear packs of coyotes yowling. Sometimes these coyotes sound so close it almost scares me. Also at night there are so many stars compared to living in the city. I can't believe how many stars I see every night and how many falling stars I've seen so far. I love my new home.

I love being able to take my laptop out back and write. There's a gentle cool breeze that keeps me cool this time of year. It causes the trees to barely sway and drop some of their leaves. Such peace, such beauty and it gives me inspiration to do what I like best, write.

Golf Course behind my house, my backyard view.

Books

This image I saw on Facebook the other day really made me stop and think about the future. It's crazy how fast technology has taken off and how advanced it's getting in such a short time.

It makes me think that books will become obsolete and that is sad to me. I love books, I love collecting certain books. The future generations will only know electronic books. I use to love, well I still do actually, encyclopedias. I never need to use them any more though. I can find anything I need on the internet. The fact that it's so convenient is making it more valuable to the world's fast pace life style too. 

Sometimes I think the world needs to just slow down a bit. 

What Does It Take To Be A Writer?

That is a question I heard someone ask my cousin who is a writer. He said first you have to have passion. I was shocked, I thought he was going to say you have to go to school and take classes for learning to write.

So I did a research myself on the internet and that question is what I typed into the address bar. Sure enough, several sites came up and said you have to have passion. One website said that you need passion, practice and study. This makes a lot of sense to me, especially since I do have the passion. Just because I do have that passion doesn't mean I am a writer or even good at writing anything. I need to practice, practice makes progress. I have to study, I have to study really hard because I struggle greatly with punctuation especially, and then describing and showing the story not telling it. I have hope, I am going to practice and study very hard. I really want to write and I'd love to write for a living.

I liked this website (the one below) it had some good things to say I thought.


http://www.betterstorytelling.net/writingtools/whatdoesittake.html