Aaaah, Thanksgiving.

One of my favorite times of year. A time to reflect on all the many blessings we have in life and the memories.

Thanksgiving morning always found Mom in the kitchen preparing the turkey. If I close my eyes, I can smell that wonderful aroma of onions and

celery browning in butter on the stove for the stuffing. I’d watch as Mom pulled out all the innards of the turkey and then boiled a few bits for the gravy and for Dad. Then Dad would appear and make his infamous sage stuffing. Yum.

I’d sit glued to the telly watching the Macy’s Day parade, because you know who always appeared at the end …...........S A N T A …… and that meant the countdown to Christmas!!!

This Thanksgiving, my tribe and I are going “over the woods and thru the dell” or should I say “over the desert and across the river” to Laughlin to visit Dad and Rosemary.

This will be the second time we’ve spent Turkey Day there as a family. Love new traditions!

I have a lot to be thankful for ~

a new grandbaby on the way

a new job

a place to live

a loving fella

wonderful friends

and

one awesome family

And a HUGE thank you to all my friends who visit this blog and your loving comments. We just hit the 10,000 visits mark. You are awesome!

Hugs XOXO

Heart this.

Meet baby Castillo.
He or She will make their debut early June.
Is it me or is this little peanut floating in a heart?
Ahhhh, I sooo can't wait....
that's my little grandbaby
life is good.

THIS IS IT

Today I experienced a moment in my life that has to be on my Top Ten list of moments. I received an email this morning asking me if I had ever seen Michael’s “This Is It” movie. I haven’t, and I can’t. I’ve seen the previews and it makes me want to climb right up into the movie screen just to be with him again and bring him home. I will say for those of you who have seen it, that is the REAL Michael, the way you see him interact with his dancers, his producers ….respectful, polite and silly at times. That is how he was with us at Neverland.The email included a link to the credits that scroll at the end of his movie. It said for me to scroll to the very bottom. I did and there it was……….. I can’t even describe the emotion that filled me when I saw it. The tears began to fall and the memories flooded in. And then the flood gates opened, and the sobs began.Even at the very end, with everything he was going thru, he still had clarity. We were still in his heart. We were family, we were his Neverland family and he NEVER forgot that. In that moment, I could feel him. It felt like a warm blanket had just been draped around my shoulders. All my sadness and pain just slipped away with the spilling tears. I suddenly felt such peace and then calm. Smiling thru tears, even giggling I finally felt it. Closure…at last. I am so honored.

Scroll to the very bottom

This Is It ~http://www.michaeljacksonlive.com/thisisit/credits.php