August 16, 2021

Posted on August 16, 2021 by

The next few days may have short posts. I need to be up and out of here early in the morning – have to go file a Power of Attorney at the Erie County Courthouse. It should be easy to find, but it’s a bit of a drive. I’ll stop at the farm afterwards, look for the several things that people have asked me for, then drive home in the evening. Kelly and the little boys are coming up Wednesday for the rest of the week so Tuesday is the best day to go. Seems I’ll have a lot going on so my posts may be very short.

We had a visit with Mom this afternoon. She was dressed and sitting in her chair with a few other residents in the hallway when we got there. We tied her balloons to her chair and wheeled her into the room so we could visit. She seemed to be pleased that we were there, and the nurse said she perks up after our visits. I hope she feels the love that we have for her and knows she is important to us.

I will share Greg’s message from Vanderbilt – ‘It’s happened to me, too.’ Everyone has had something go wrong. NO ONE escapes disappointment, illness, fear, hurt, loss. But we know that God’s statutes are forever right. We need to ask for understanding so we may live. The Lord gives wisdom, knowledge and understanding. He’s our shield and protects the ways of the faithful. When things are rough, don’t forget God is there. We must stay in His word. Nothing is everlasting except God – his Word and his Commands guide and protect us.

On this day in 1691 Yorktown Virginia was founded; in 1904 NYC began building Grand central Station. Ringo Starr became drummer for Beatles in 1962. In 1977 Elvis was found unresponsive and pronounced dead. Sports Illustrated premiered in 1954, and in 1619 the first slaves arrived in America in Virginia. Madonna was born in 1958. Babe Ruth died at age 53 in 1948; Margaret Mitchell (wrote Gone With the Wind) died at age 48 in 1949; Bela Lugosi (played Dracula) died in 1956 at age 73. Paul Simon married Carrie Fisher in 1983; Ellen DeGeneres married Portia de Rossi in 2008, and in 1968 Mia Farrow and Frank Sinatra divorced.