Following Akela!!

Thankful for all my years in Cub Scouts - and thankful that I still get to work with them now.  I am a Cub Master.  Porter came to his first Pack Meeting and said, "My grandma works for the Cub Scouts, and I get to come!!"

It was fun to work with Harry and Noah - and now Porter.

Gotta love 8 year-old boys!!

Remembering about having fun!

This photo is identified as July 1998, but I don't think it is. Noah doesn't look 11 here - and it's a beach in Santa Barbara and Bonny and Bruce weren't in Santa Barbara in 1998. I remember the occasion - at least I think I do - either Leslie was here or Alice was here and we drove up to see Bonny.

So much for labeling photos!

Anyway, this one is the trip to Yosemite in 1991 - and that's Noah as a 4 year old, sitting on that old stool that we still have, in his Batman cape - the one that was attached to a tee shirt. He wore that one out I think.

I wish it was a close-up, though you can click on it for a better view. It just seems like Noah is there waiting for adventure to happen.

Kind of a good way to start a day.

I need to remember that!

Making the best of things!

You probably know about Noah's appendectomy - frankly when we got the early a.m. call from him, telling us that he thought he was having another attack of kidney stones, and I heard Harry say, "I'll come right over," I assumed it had something to do with his mom! And I'd just had a dream with Noah in it!

Well, your kids are always your kids. When they are tiny and keep you up at night with coughs, and colds, and upset tummies, you think this is a passing phase.

But when they need you, you need to be there.

That phase never passes.

Daily Gratitude Journal

Hmm - love the oversized glasses, don't you? Noah would probably approve though - he's one for adopting his very own style!!

Noah was a sweet baby - and he still is a sweet person. Loved to sit in my lap as a very young baby - and have stories read to him. He would literally sit there for an hour while I read - he was 9 or 10 months old. (Remember Dad's Back?)

Usually not too critical of others. Very kind to children and old people. Comes by that honestly. Somewhat opinionated though. But then, he actually comes by that honestly too - we are an opinionated bunch.

One time coming out of the old Sav-on, a blind man was sitting on the sidewalk playing a guitar with an open case that folks were dropping money into. Noah was about 4 or 5. He wanted to put some money in, so I gave it to him. He came back and said, "I know what I can be when I grow up. I can be a person who plays the guitar for people on the sidewalk."

Noah is quite creative - hopefully he will find his niche some day soon!!