Teresa's Treasures

For two days this week, I did yard work. Two sides of our house, the right side and the back had not been landscaped since we bought the house three years ago. Oh, I've kept the bushes trimmed, but never really given them the manicure they've needed. They've just been out of sight/out of mind. I've kept the front looking fairly well and the other side, that has all the air conditioner "stuff" in it, is hidden by a big bush, so all my efforts really had to go into caring for the right side and back, which, definitely had been neglected. To say these two places needed attention is an understatement. To say these two spaces were eye sores is the truth. I knew what I had to do, but didn't want to do it. There's a difference between big weeds and little bitty weeds. With the little bitty weeds all I have to do is rub my hand over them, and they go away. But with the bigger weeds, especially the ones that are illegal, I have to use the spade to uproot them...

I just had lunch with my sister and daughter-in-law at Zaxby's, where we meet sometimes to have a small reunion with our kids and grandkids. It's usually a spontaneous gathering, that is usually determined by the behavior of the kids on that particular day. Nevertheless, even with all the inconveniences they like to get together. Today was really no different than any other day, except that another little cousin came who usually doesn't. He came because my sister brought him and she tries to help his mom who needs help sometimes. One of the children has a mom, a dad and another mom. One of the children lives alone with his mom, but has a dad he's seen maybe twice. The other one has had only one set of parents and her homelife has, pretty much so, remained the same. When Bella, my granddaughter, saw me come into Zaxby's she lifted her hands, palms up and reached out and said "Hode. " "Hode." And I picked her up and held her. And nothing would have...