HAPPY NEW YEAR

***** WE CAN JUST ABOUT CLOSE THE BOOK ON 2011. THE YEARS SEEM TO GO BY FAST AT THIS STAGE OF LIFE . THE SAND IS ABOUT THROUGH THE HOUR GLASS .

I REALLY WAS NOT EXPECTED TO MAKE 2011. THE END OF 2010 WAS ALMOST THE END OF ME . I WAS ONLY IN THE HOSPITAL 4 DAYS IN 2011 COMPARED TO 68 DAYS IN 2010 . I DID HAVE HAVE 50 CHEMO TREATMENTS AND TWO SURGERIES IN 2011. SO BY MY STANDARDS OF LATE 2011 WAS A GOOD YEAR .

THE HIGH LIGHT OF MY DAYS NOW WOULD BE MY GRANDCHILDREN , ABBY & HADDEN . HADDEN CAME TO US ON 9/9/2011, & ABBY WAS A CHRISTMAS DAY BABY IN 2009 .

THIS WAS HADDEN'S FIRST CHRISTMAS SO HE IS JUST GETTING STARTED . ABBY WAS TWO ON CHRISTMAS DAY & CAN BEST BE DESCRIBED AS A CLASS - 5 HURRICANE .

I HAVE HEARD THAT CHILDREN TAKE AFTER THEIR GRANDPARENTS . ABBY MUST BE LIKE HER GRANDMOTHER CHILI PEPPER WAS AS A CHILD . NON STOP, HIGH SPEED, ALWAYS IN TO SOMETHING .

ABBY REARRANGES DRAWERS & THEIR CONTENTS THE WAY CHILI PEPPER REARRANGES OUR FURNITURE : CONSTANTLY.

CHILI PEPPER , NOW KNOWN AS NANA , & ABBY BOTH HAVE HIGH TEMPO STYLES , ALWAYS IN TO SOMETHING , NEVER REST UNLESS THEY SLEEP . THEY ONLY HAVE TWO GEARS , FULL GO OR STOP .

NANA & ABBY BOTH HAVE BIG BLUE EYES , & A QUICK FLASH TEMPER THAT ERUPTS LIKE LIGHTING THEN GOES AWAY . ABBY'S HAIR IS RED ,NANA'S HAIR IS AUBURN . AT LEAST IT USED TO BE .
I THINK NANA HAS BEEN TO THE COLOR BOTTLE , CAN'T PROVE IT .

THIS IS THE FIRST CHRISTMAS POP-POP HAS NOT BEEN DOWN FOR THE MEDICAL COUNT & HAS BEEN ABLE TO PLAY WITH ABBY .

ABBY IS SO SMART & CAN RUN CIRCLES AROUND POP-POP . THE ONLY TIME I CAN SLOW HER IS WHEN WE WATCH MICKEY & MINNIE .

THIS REMINDS ME OF WATCHING THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB WITH MY GRAND- DADDY OVER 50 YEARS AGO . I LOOK AT ABBY & HADDEN & WONDER WHAT LIFE HOLDS FOR THEM .

I THINK ABOUT MY GRANDPARENTS WHOM THESE CHILDREN WILL NEVER KNOW . I STAND AMAZED AS THE CHAIN OF LIFE GOES ON & ON . JIMMIE GRAVES NEVER KNEW RHETT, MILFORD WILL NEVER KNOW ABBY & HADDEN . RIGHT NOW POP-POP IS THE ONLY LINK TO THE ENDS OF THE CHAIN .

I CAN'T HELP BUT LOOK AT THEM & WONDER . I HAVE TO GO NOW ,IT IS TIME TO WATCH MICKEY & MINNIE .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!!!