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Rosemary's Blessing:

May you live a long life full of gladness and health,
With a pocket full of gold as the least of your wealth.
May the dreams you hold dearest be those which come true,
The kindness you spread keep returning to you.
May the friendships you make be those which endure,
And all of your grey clouds be small ones for sure.
And trusting in Him to Whom we all pray,
May a song fill your heart every step of the way.

Grace E. Easley

 

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Denni reading from Habakkuk.

 

Our Special Thanks

  •    For  the Readings:   Denni & Tom
  •    For out team: Buddy  & John
  •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
  •    For the Wine & Cups:  Mike & Judy
  •    For the Pictures:    Jackie & Mike & Connie
  •    For the coffee and extras:   Becky & Tom & Jackie
  •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Shonda & Ben & David & Hue
  •    For all who helped with communion         

 

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Tom reading from 2 Timothy.

 

 

Birthdays:    Leo (9), Jackie,   Georgie (18),  Sabrina (24),  Angela

 

Anniversaries:

Paul & Carrie (2nd)

 

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Rosemary reading her Blessing of the week.

 

Please Remember these special people:

For Sydney, For Sir Charlie recuperating from surgery;  For Gilberto who just had his gall bladder operation:  Claire Mazzei's (Rosemary's sister in Hilton Head) knee replacement;    For Tom Quinn's brother;      For a friend & neighbor, Karen, with brain cancer; For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg; For Meredith, cancer free & her dad, Joe;    For Hue;  For John O'Donnell;    For Dee, and for her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued health;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini; 

 

 

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The Communion Team.

 

For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay (at 91 years!) in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Lynn, plus Angela, & her mom;  for Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;    for Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;  For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;  

 

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Brent, Please accept our monthly check to Souls Harbor.

 

Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer;   Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues, especially Mark Terain; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

 

 

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Katie says she wants to get married next Saturday.  We got to talk with her!

 

Your Finances, October 6, 2019 

Expenses:   $745.00 

Outreach:    $380.00 

 

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Happy Birthday, Leo, and how about sharing some your boundless energy with me.

 

 

Thanks, Everybody 

(214-783-0443)

 

 

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Harper, you're prettier every week!

 

 

JSM Mission-Faith Statement  

      Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People,  provides for & challenges spiritual & total growth.  

      Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged & make the world  we live in a better place to live.

 

 

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Trouble Makers please sit  on the last bench.

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        Video: Roseamry's Blessing (1/2 min.)

      

     Rosemary’s Blessing  

    He has told you, O man, what is good;

    and what does the LORD require of you

    but to do justice,

    and to love kindness,

    and to walk humbly with your God?

    May the Lord bless you this day.

    Micah 6:8 

    Geri 7-15-12

    Geri reading the Prophet Amos

    Our Special Thanks:

    • For Reading: Mike & Geri 
    • For Serving:  Kevin  
    • For the Communion Bread:  Alison
    • For the Wine Cups: Beth & Rob
    •  For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Leo & Celeste
    •  For the Pictures & Video: Jan & Rick & Beth & Connie & John
    • For the pastries & coffee:  Joan & Jackie, John & Jean & Sydney
    • For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue

     

    Mike 7-15-12

    Mike reading Ephesians

    Birthdays:  Bonnie Rogers, Lily (Saturday), and Beth (Thursday)

     Anniversaries:

    Joe & Rita Hogan (31st Friday)

     

    Offertory 7-15-12

    The Offertory with Mary Ellen, Meredith, and Brent

      We Remember  

    Joan;   Alexander Occhipinti; Maureen’s toe infection; Sydney Bivona’s unborn grandson, Isaiah & his mom & dad;  Diane McClurg's good friend, Suzy McGonigle with cancer;  Karina in Cuernavaca, whose mom, Maria Luisa just died (this is the polio crippled, middle aged daughter & mother whom we have been supporting for 20 years or more, less lately because we helped them set up their shop);  Michael Kern’s dad;  Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;  Christine Drescher's grandmother Margie with a stroke;  Lisa's Ackerman’s  Louis & Jim;  Gina Adcock's mother with a new outbreak of cancer;  Dorothy Perry;     Rita;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;    Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;   Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer;  Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad  in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary; Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg & Chebino; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

       

     Video:  Recessional Hymn (1 1/2 min.)

           

    Your Finances: July 15, 2012

    Expenses:    $725.00

    Outreach:    $690.00      

    Thanks for your Generosity 

    Have a Great Week, J.S (214-783-0443)

        

    JSM Mission-Faith Statement

          Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People, provides for & challenges spiritual & total growth.

          Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged & make the world we live in a better place to live.

     

      

     

  • The Holy Family, December 28, 2025

    4th Sunday of Advent, December 21, 2025

    Sirach 3: God sets a father in honor over his children;  a mother’s authority he confirms over her sons.
    Colossians 3: 
    And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
    Matthew 2:  Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt. He stayed there until the death of Herod, that what the Lord had said through the prophet might be fulfilled, Out of Egypt I called my son.

    Paul reading from the Book of Sirach

    Music,  Ben
    Readers,  Carrie & Paul
    Homily,   John Cade
    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade
    The Magic Zoom makers,  David & Buddy
    The Organization man,  Mike
    Final Blessing,  Rosemary

    Carrie reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Colossians


    Remember these special people:

    For all the people affected by natural disasters like floods, earthquakes etc;  For the Ukraine and the Holy Land; For our new Pope, Leo XIV;  For John Stack;    For the Quinn’s daughter, Colleen  with breast cancer; For Carrie’s son, Chase, who was in an auto accident;   For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;   For Warren Wittek; For Tom Good; For Lambrini, John Cade’s wife, who is dealing with cancer ;  For Allen Stryker;   For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Hue; For Jackie;  For Ron and Marilyn

    Jackie’s sister, & friend, Lynn;  For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.;   For Jean & Cliff Wright;    from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford ;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.


    Birthdays: 

    Anniversaries:  Teresa & Tom Quinn

    John Cade sharing his homily

    Christmas
    Expenses: $  
    450.00
    Outreach:         0.00

    December 28th
    Expenses: $  
    765.00
    Outreach: $   135.00

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

    The Kiss of Peace


    Rosemary’s Blessing:

    Dear Lord, please give me
    A few friends who understand me and remain my friends;
    A work to do which has real value,
    without which the world would be the poorer;
    A mind unafraid to travel, even though the trail be not blazed;
    A sense of humor;
    Time for quiet, silent meditation;
    The patience to wait for the coming of these things,
    Amen.
    Anonymous

    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at
    9:30 at the ArtCentre of Plano,
    902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.


    JSM Mission-Faith Statement
    Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s
    People, provides for & challenges spiritual & total
    growth.   Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged &
    make the world we live in a better place to live.

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    Rosemary's Blessing: 

    • May you be poor in misfortune,

    • Rich in blessings,

    • Slow to make enemies,

    • Quick to make friends,

    • But rich or poor, quick or slow,

    • May you know nothing but happiness from this day forward.

    Megan

    Special Thanks:

    • For reading: Christine & Megan 
    • For the Communion Bread: John & Allison, Sabrina & Anthony 
    • For Serving:  T.J.
    • For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol,  Nancy & Ron   
    • For the music: Ray & Celeste, Roy & Hue
    • For the coffee & Juice: Richard & Carol 
    • For all the help The Old Geezer was given to finish the Hotter 'N Hell 100 in 8 hours, Saturday: 

    John's 100 Miles05

    Happy Birthday:  Jim Drescher; Jim Fossier; Melissa Meyers, 17; Laura McKinley; Marilyn Ackerman; Jackie McGrath; Theresa Quinn; & Joan Gleason

    Happy Anniversary:   

    • Paul & Jane Drake (22nd)

    Gerwers

    Please Remember:   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; Maureen Macchio's brother Michael with cancer;  Rick Cardenas's wife Linda & brother Bob;  Mike's Moran's mom, Marge; Carol's sister Ann; Nina's mom & Jon's back operation, 19th;  Barb Wittek's friend Lois, her brother; Kathleen's friend Jim Wallis; Jackie's Jack Brown & neighbor, Earl;  Nina's friend Nancy;  Mary's son John; Tom & Teresa's friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel; Cindy Cramer's friend Sarah Dixon;  Diane's dad & cousin Judy; Jean Atwood's friend Kerry whose dad is dying; Margarita's Aunt Lenore, & Yolanda; one year old Sadie with cancer; Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; David Pastula's companions in the military overseas, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy's son Chris,  Margarita's Matt Gomez on tour 3, & Lisa's nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip, his grandmother Alice Quiocho & Lisa's friend Shelly & Uncle Keith; David & Rita;  George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;  Dawn's friend Jessica & Aunt Ann; Fred's friend John with cancer & Maureen's friend Sharon; Casey & Rob plus Cameron & Reid, Brady & Trey.

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    Your Finances:

    August 24: 

    • Income for Running  Expenses: $ 1,418.00     
    • Income for Outreach Expenses: $    595.00       

    Thanks for your Generosity!

    Have a Great Week, J.S    (214-783-0443)

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    Rosemary's Blessing: 

       

    Spirit of Wisdom and Love,

    Help us to hear your voice,

    feel your gentle winds

    and  see your footprints. 

    Grant that we may always be open to your whisperings

    and ready to be inspired by you.

     A Book of Irish American Blessings & Prayers    Andrew Greeley

    Cade 1-17-10

    Special Thanks: 

    ·     For Reading: Sabrina & John  

    ·     For the Communion Bread:  Claire Occhipinti

    ·     For Serving: Kevin

    ·     For the Wine Cups & Cross: Mary Ellen 

    ·     For the Music: Ray & Shonda &Wendy

    ·     For the Pictures: Jan & Sabrina

    ·     For the altar & sound: Denni & Hue

    ·     For the coffee & donuts: Jackie & Lynda & Tom

    Sabrina 1-17-10

     

    Happy Birthday: Bobby Ekes,  Don Sessler, Bobbi Jo Whitley, Alexandra Hoover (15)

    Happy Anniversary: Ray & Claire Occhipinti (39th) 

     

    The Status of The Hip:

    1.  The whole process since Wednesday A.M. has been amazingly efficient and pain free (except when I forgot the pain med when moving from the hospital to the house).

    2.  I can walk with a walker, fairly easily & every day more easily.

    3.  I was told one hour of being up, one hour of rest.  So true.  After an hour sitting up, I am exhausted and can sleep an hour.  After a day of this, I am wiped out by 7:00. 

    4.  Thanks for everything.

     
     Fleming 1-17-10
      

     Please Remember:    David Hoover's mom, who just died this week; Bob McGrath's cut foot; Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; Mark Leutkemeyer's friend, Guy Knight, down with terminal cancer; Wally Banzhaf's sister Chris with cancer;  Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Bonnie's sister Laurie recuperating from open heart surgery; Theresa Quinn's dad; for the recuperation of Jerry's right knee;  Celeste's niece, Lexi Colmenero;  Matt Baggert & his family & parents; Christine Drescher's Grandmother; Ann Bivona with her broken leg;  Rita Dore;  Julie Johnston;  Margie Weynant;  Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;  Richard Froebe's dad;  Warren & Barb's friends Jerry & and Mark, and a little baby, Reese who has tuberous sclerosis complex;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Tom & Teresa's friend Neva Flynn with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel;  Lucas' Quiocho's grand dad; &  Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy's son Chris, Lisa's nephew Kristopher;  George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;  Dawn's friend Jessica & Aunt Ann & Hector; Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President  that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap. 


      Randall 1-17-10

       
      

    Picture 1:  John Cade reading Isaiah

     

    Picture 2:   Sabrina reading Corinthians

     

    Picture 3:   Tom Fleming with with the financial report

     

    Picture 4:   Georgie & Zoe with their Daddy, Randall

     

     

     

    Check out the Quads: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com  

    Your Finances: January 17:

     

    Income for Running   Expenses: $ 1723.00

    Income for Outreach Expenses: $  699.00 

     

    Rosemary's Blessing:

     

     


     

     

     

    Q4 Financial Report

     

    Operations Q4 2009

    Balance from Q3

    20,132.88

    Income

    29,517.24

    Expenses

    22,667.54

    Music

    4,800.00

    Liturgy

    277.58

    Salary/  Taxes

    10,765.00

    Rent/  Insurance

    6,449.00

    Coffee Dough  nuts

    206.00

    Misc

    169.96

    Balance after Q4

    26,028.33

    Outreach Q4 2009

    Balance from Q3

    5,205.19

    Income

    14,296.00

    Expenses

    12,700.00

    Local Needs

    3,700.00

    CCAC

    8,000.00

    LifeNet

    1,000.00

    Balance after Q4

    6,801.19

    Schwab Cash

    292.80

    Cashed Stock to be put in a CD

    4,115.09

    CD

    17,236.33

    Total

    21,644.22

    If anyone would like more detail on the financial report please contact John

     

     

    Thanks for your Generosity!

     

     

    Have a Great Week, J.S    (214-783-0443)

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    Rosemary’s Blessing of The Week 

     

    May we be blessed with the gift of contemplation

    of the blessings we have received

    and then put this appreciation into action to help others.

    And may there always be someone on our life’s journey

    to help us on your way.  

     

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    Mary Jane reading Genesis.

     

     

    Thanks to these special people:

    •    For  the Readings:   Mary Jane & John
    •    For The Team:   George, Buddy, & Mike
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
    •    For the Special Communion Cups:  John Cade
    •    For the Pictures:   Rick  & Connie & Becky
    •    For the coffee and extras: Becky & Tom & Jackie
    •    For the altar & sound:  Jackie 
    •    For the Music:     Ben & David 
    •    For all who helped with Communion
    •    For the homily, Mike

     

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    John reading from 2 Corinthians. 

     

     

    Birthdays:    Bill Ekes (62, Monday), Alison (57, Thursday), Mary Esparza (Thursday), Deacon Mike ordained deacon 40 years ago today!

     

    Anniversaries

    Kent & Diane McClurg (46th, Today!)

     

     

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    Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week. 

     

     

    Remember these special people

    For Beth & John O'Donnell & Mary Ellen;   For Carol's recuperation;   For  Joe Mazzei's sister, Nina with cancer; For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;   For Rosemary's niece, Beth and her partner, Sarah with cancer;   For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;   For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay in Ontario;   For Rose's daughter in law Jamie; For a  young father of two & married, Paul Day, struggling with a heart problem.

     

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    Hi, Rookie, so nice to see you back, & you, too, Paul & Carrie.

     

     

    For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;   For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why;   For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom;    For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;   John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;  for Frank’s brother with advanced Parkinsons;      For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

     

     

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     The Best Music, Ben & David.

     

     

    Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill, and Judy's aging parents;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen; Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer;   Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

     

     

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    Offertory time with John & Jim, Tom & Denni.

     

     

    Your Finances, June 10, 2018

    Expenses:    $565.00

    Outreach:    $220.00

    Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody 

     

     

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    Hi, Tori and Harper.  So nice to see you dear girls

     

     

    Have a Great Week, J.S.

    (214-783-0443)

     

     

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    Welcome to Legacy Charter School.  They even bought new chairs.

     

     

    JSM Mission-Faith Statement  

        Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People,  provides for & challenges spiritual & total growth.  

          Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged & make the world  we live in a better place to live.

     

     

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    Says Zoe, "See everybody next week."

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    Sunday Homily, June 9, 2019, Pentecost–Delayed

    A Note from Ye old Editor of our beloved Community Newsletter and Blog: 

    Sorry for the delay this week.  I was all ready to join the community for Pentecost, then came down with a beauty of a cold after arriving Thursday night from our cruise through Alaska, which is even more beautiful than I expected.  Hope to see everybody this Sunday, Trinity.

     

     

    Readings: 

    Genesis 11, 1-9, The whole world spoke the same language.  (from the vigil Mass)

    Psalm 104,  Lord, Send out your spirit, and renew the face of the earth. (Vigil)  

    Exodus 19, 3-8,   Moses went up the mountain to God.  (Vigil)

    John 14, 15-16, 23-26,   If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

     

     

    Homily:

    Alaska Dreaming

    Despite the fact that Rosemary & I would love to invite all of you to join us on the Alaska cruise, we know it is impossible.  In place of that, however, I would like to high light 4 specials that touched us.

    Of all the many specials that we experienced, l would say that the profound natural beauty that surrounded us was overwhelming, whether in the south of Ketchikan and Sitka to the north of Valdez and Seward.  It struck me as Yosemite on steroids.  Necklaces of glaciers and snow capped mountains.  We saw a lot because the sun rose about 3:00 A.M. and set about 11:00. 

    A small phenomenon that hit me was Juneau, the State capitol, chosen by the people in 1906.  You cannot get there by car.  No roads in or out.  A few cars wander the  town roads because they are shipped in by boat.  Instead, snowy peaks and glaciers.

    Another place that struck me was a little island called IcyStraight Point, an island occupied by the Tlingit tribe.

    This tribe has gone all in on tourism, providing 6-8 daily excursions around the island to see bears, go fishing, and wander the trails.  They also built the longest zip line in the world, so they told me, one mile long with six cables running simultaneously.  It takes about an hour bus ride to get to the top of this peak.  We all get buckled in, they double check everybody, then, “Away we Went.”  And it was beautiful.  If only I could have gone again I would appreciate it even more.

    Another thing that struck me and really touched me was the number of people using wheel chairs, walkers, and canes.  I remember seeing four women in wheel chairs.  I told the lady with a walker that I would give her $25 to use her walker on the shore excursion we were taking.  She said, “Make it $50 and I’ll think about it.

    At the gym where I worked out in the mornings two guys came in most mornings, put down their canes by their machines or bikes, and off they went.  This meant a lot to me because in future years I can see myself boarding with a cane.

    I feel doubly blessed that Rosemary & I could witness such natural beauty and such beauty in our fellow travelers.  Your blessing this week?