People love babies. So many people want babies. They are so cute. They are bundles of love. I loved my son when he was a baby. He had a laugh that came from his stomach, or so my cousin told me once. He was cute and every thing that a baby should be. But I find that as he approaches the age of 21 that he is an incredible adult. I am so glad that I decided that I would think he was great at every age. Most of the time I succeeded. I sometimes can not believe the man he is turning out to be. Why? Because I did understand we were raising an adult, not a child. Yes he was a child, but he will be an adult for much longer than he was ever a child. We are fortunate, he is incredible and so much more fun than the child he was.

A Favorite Passage from Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree by Nancy Atherton

I am not really sure of the reason for Aunt Dimity in this series, but I found a treasure of a scene in it. Lori's husband, Bill, is a lawyer and he explains one of his cases with their sons, Rob and Will. This is abridged.

As an estate attorney with an international clientele, he was always on call.
Will: "Are you going away, daddy?"
Bill: "Not tonight, but I may have to take a trip tomorrow."
Rob: "Why?"
Bill: "Because a very nice lady is about to die. When she does, I'll have to make sure that her toys go the right people."
Will: "Does she have little boys?"
Bill: "She has four grown-up sons and they don't get along very well."
Rob: "Oh, they'll fight over the toys."
Will: "If they fight too much, you can take the toys away."
Rob: "And bring them to us."
Will: "We won't fight over them."
Bill: "I'll bear that in mind"

Now that.... is the best way to describe what estate attorney's run into time to time.

To the world from Kurt Vonnegut: A Hoosier Bokononist writes...

Favorite quote from the book "Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut

"Someday, someday, this crazy world will have to end,
And our God will take things back that He to us did lend.
And if, on that sad day, you want to scold our God,
Why go right ahead and scold Him. He'll just smile and nod."

I recently read a book called "The Famous DAR Murder Mystery" by Graham Landrum and I became totally lost in it. Meaning I was confused, but I managed to pick out of the confusion a quote I liked.

"People talk about what is wrong with our government and our communities and all that; but if they don't do anything about it they are just as guilty of tearing down our country as people they object to.  Our patriot heroes did something about the things that were wrong at the time; and if they hadn't , we'd still be paying a tax on tea. (Come to think of it, I believe we still do, only they call it sales tax.)"

Today I made a lunch date with a friend. I think we have been talking about doing lunch for about 2 years. She really wanted to go to lunch together. Strengthening those bravery muscles!

College Success

Sometime I want to take the time to write more about this. But I really want to make this statement. I believe the best foundation supporting happiness is giving students skills for life success. College success is all well and good. But on the other end of the stick, many college students and many smart people that are considered successful are not really happy in the careers they have studied for. Life success is a great achievement. Also career success is another great goal. Life success and career success, what heights we can soar.

Today I made a phone call.
I sucked it up and made a call.
Actually I made two calls.
Very brave I was.
No fear stopped me.
Fear had no chance.
Once I made the call,
Fear had no chance.
Now, for now.
I feel free,
and brave,
I feel new.
It won't be so hard next time,
To make the call.

What a difference a day makes

What a difference a day can make. Yesterday I had the blues and considered myself to be a total loser. Today I am happy and feel like a person worthy of love and happiness. I don't understand the way I am wired. Not at all. It's best not to think too hard and just ride the waves of life.

Today I have an anniversary. Twenty-nine years ago I began a job that I was proud to hold for over twenty years. I became a meat inspector for the Indiana State Board of Animal Health. Truthfully I should have been something else. So glad I don't do that anymore. Most days I can forget it. Sometimes I have nightmares. When I wake up I am so glad to not be on that job anymore.