500 Saturdays: Nomad Diary

Our week has been very chilly, even dipping into the 30's and people covering their spring plants so that they won't freeze.  The hot weather is coming for certain because this is the South!  Saturday is tomorrow with plans of sleeping in without the alarm, easy exercise and homemade breakfast.  The afternoon has been filled with a request for helping Samuel cut some weeds out of his yard.  Sounds like big weeds to call us in for help! We so enjoy helping out.   April 24th is my sister, Linda's birthday.  I'm the youngest of 4 siblings.  I was born in 1964, and I have vivid memories of my childhood self looking up to my older brother and sisters in awe and pure joy.  We played together, and I know that they loved on me as the baby.  By the time I was 10 years old, my brother Wayne, and my sister Linda moved out into their own lives, leaving my parents with two remaining daughters at home.  We also moved that year I turned 10.  ...

 Update today:  two more Saturdays here in Harvest, Alabama.  The weather has been a chilly spring and beautiful for flowers and birds and for walking outside that we do often.  We know that hot days are coming here and we really enjoy this cooler weather ranging from 45-75 degrees.  Our oldest son, Eric was born in 1985 in Frankfurt, Germany Army Hospital.  For me, it was a most beautiful and difficult day of growth and love in our family.  I'm so thankful to celebrate Eric's birthday now with him and his wife Erin.  They bring me tears of joy and keep me ever thankful to God for their kindness and friendship. Last fall as I began my year-long plan to sell items from our house, Darrell would ask me why I was beginning so soon.  I just knew that I wanted to get started and be in the motion of moving items out that were just holding space.  Once the first furniture sold and the real estate agent offered a walk-thro...

The wicker set that sold first to a Real Estate agent, leading to our house selling a year ahead of out original plan. Heart dishes that I purchased at the factory in Germany in 1984 while living there as Darrell's Army wife. Familiar Christmas decorations mostly made by me. A painting by my mother given to a mutual friend of ours.  April is just loaded with birthdays:  3 sisters, 2 Moms, and 2 of our 4 sons, plus many more!  Our youngest son, Samuel gets the 3rd as his birthday.  We hosted him and his wife, Ariel to a nice steak dinner.  We enjoyed patio seating with the sunshine.  The weather here in Alabama seems to swing between just too cold and some heavy-duty storms to getting hot and sunny and letting us know that the heat of summer is on its way. We've enjoyed daily walks, and plenty of work from home and me at the pharmacy in these two weeks.  This week I took Wednesday afternoon to drive 2 hour...