Birthday wishes for my big sis!

Happy Birthday Marsha! Hmm "double nickle" sound about right?  But really whose counting the years anyway. Just wanted to let you know I was thinking of you this day, the anniversary of your birthday.  Thinking back all those years of the young couple who are, thankfully, our parents.  I'm sure they never dreamed what their future would be, only living in the moment, their beginning of a new family.  They knew of their love for each other and it was truly the beginning of what we are all today. 
So happy birthday to my big sister, know that there is lots of love here for you.  Wish we could share a drink to celebrate together.  Love you forever and then some!
Debbie & family

Have you seen my Daddy?

I truly wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy, this disease that is slowly taking my Daddy away.  And I'm not even witnessing his slowly slipping away first hand, only through daily calls to Mom and sisters.  Dad's been battling some kind of dementia for the past 11  years, the worst years being the last two.  The stories of Daddy not remembering where the bathroom in the house is, or who is that lady he's been married to for the past 54 years and whats her name.  The silly things that could almost make you laugh quickly turned into heartbreaking stories filled with unbelievable sadness.  The time eventually came and he needed more care than Momma could possibly give, a hard decision  and the placement made.  This sweet man has been consumed by a disease so unfair and so cruel that my Daddy isn't truly there anymore.  Only time will tell what his future holds but in the meantime our family is mourning a passing of a Daddy in the hardest of ways.