Umbrella man

This $20.00 die was half off!  I've looked

at it before but wasn't going to pay

that  kind of money for a die that I didn't

think I'd use all that often.  But I can't

pass up 50% off!! 

Isn't it cool?  I love the saying, too.  Obviously.

Yesterday my friend, LuAnn and I went to

Ft. Wayne to get some bird food, shop at

JoAnn's where I got the die and then out

to lunch at Olive Garden.  Next month will

be two very hard days for her.  The first

will be when her husband, Dennis, had a

catastrophic injury, the second two weeks

later when he died.  Grief is such hard

work.  I'd heard that before, but you don't

know until you experience it.  Everyone's

journey is different.  So while I understand

losing a spouse, I don't understand what

SHE is going through because it's so

personal to each person.  But she is doing

the hard work and more importantly, 

leaning on God to get her through.  As

hard as it is to lose someone to death,

it's comforting to know that they are with

their Savior.  I imagine John and Dennis

along with my cousin Ronnie, having a great

time together and probably wreaking havoc

 in Heaven!  Guaranteed John is trying to

run the place!  Of course, I know that's

not true, but it's fun to think of him

the way he was here on Earth. He was 

always right.  Or at least he thought he

was.  So most of the time I just let

him think that.  It was easier!!