Smiles All Around

Stephen Colbert, John Legend and John Baptiste

America the Beautiful

Last night on the Late Show

Holy Father in Philadelphia

My niece asked for our favorite moments of the Holy Father's visit - this is what I wrote to her on her Facebook post:

When he went unscripted speaking to the families he was so eloquent, so filled with love for the people. He should have been exhausted and totally rundown after 10 days of a schedule a young person would find difficult. Instead he looked rejuvinated, full of energy. 

He showed he understands family dynamics, about arguments (plates thrown) family relations (mother-in-law) - the things that happen in a family. 

However, this is my favorite: "Sometimes, at home, I see some of my collaborators who come into work with dark circles under their eyes. They have a baby who is a month old, or two moths old, and I ask them, "You didn’t sleep?" "Oh no, he cried all night long." In families, there are difficulties, but these difficulties are overcome with love. Hate doesn’t overcome any difficulty. Division of hearts doesn’t overcome any difficulty. Only love is capable of overcoming difficulties. Love is a festival. Love is joy. Love is to keep moving forward."

M.E. is Very Happy This Morning!

This is the Feedjit from my Book Blog this morning

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6 out of 7 people came into my blog to find Bishop Ken's homilies.

That they get a chance to read his wise words makes me so happy.

Not a Good Sign

We saw an eagle by the side of the road eating a carcass.  It never flew away even when a women got out of her car to take pictures. We stayed in the car a good distance away.

It could walk so I would guess it couldn't fly. Maybe we can go again tomorrow to see if it is still in the area.

My Mom's Friends

All through my Mom's life she made friends.  When working at St. Mary Cathedral the teachers all came to her office for advice and relief from the tensions of teaching.  Over the years, towards the end of the school, she became very close with a few of the women who would work with her until the school closed.  They were much younger than my Mom, but friendship knows no age.

Barb Geary was the last Principal of the grade school.
Suzanne Robinson was a social worker
Velma Breidinger ran the learning center
Bette Jo taught fourth grade

There were many, many Friday nights at the Shea home.  Over the years, they became very good friends.

I am writing the book, New Beginnings, and I have a chance to have the grade school be a part of the book.  In all the other books the high school has been featured.  Now, I wanted my Mom to be a part of a book and I wanted to honor these women for being such pillars of the school and such good friends to my Mom.

I wrote to them asking if I could include them in the book.  The notes I received with their permission made me cry.  I am so thankful they are still a part of my life.

Fun Up North

I love going to the bridge. We usually cross, but I am just as happy to sit and watch traffic drive over it. The weather was so beautiful we sat on a bench by the Lake in front of the lighthouse.

Honeymoon Weekend

We had such a nice time at Huron House.  The weather was a little more crisp than usual becuase it was a week later with Labor Day being so late this year.

On Saturday the wind was blowing so hard that we even moved off the Sunrise Room deck to the table and chairs in front of our front door to block the wind.  That is where this picture was taken.

A little hazy, but still good!  (The photo and the couple!)

We ate at Topsider and Bikini's - both in the old Holiday Inn - on Friday and Saturday.  OK, but not Pier 23.

We watched some of the triathalon.  Four people with hypothermia with one first responder.  They couldn't stop shaking after the swim portion.  One girl so disappointed she couldn't stop crying.  We decided to take off when most of the bikers had returned and were off on their run.

The sunrises were covered with cloud banks this year, but as you can see from the post below they were still beautiful.  Can't say enough about how much we love the Huron House.

And certainly can't say enough about how much I love my Paco.

Delayed Sunrise

The sunrise was projected for 7:09. The cloud bank made it 8:05!

But still beautiful both days.

 Sunday above - Saturday below

Cute!

Driving down Forest St. off old US23. Saw this cute door. Love it!

Class of 70 lunch at El Rancho Grande

We had a great time.  Mary Ann was in Saginaw from Arizona.  Joe from Massachusetts.  Carla was in town from downstate.  Tom from Flushing.  Noreen and Tom from West Branch.  Kathleen from Warren.  The rest of us from Saginaw.  Joe and Elinor took people around the restaurant showing pictures of their relatives.  It was a great day.

Very Thankful

Our friend, Jack, came over to help Pat. Our tenant's garbage disposal died. His back isn't totally healed (he says it almost is - I say not even close to being healed). Must be hard for a plumber to ask for plumbing help.

Now Jack is pulling weeds out of the gutters. We are so thankful for good friends.

Sew Cute

Javier asked me if I ever sued anyone. My mind went blank and then I wondered why he wanted to know. Was someone getting sued in our family?

He said, "Well I was wondering if it took a long time."

He said we just passed Speedy Sew and he wanted to know how fast that would be!