I got the "Itch-ies" Mom !

Marky presented himself yesterday covered with hives !

Yep tons of em, all over his arms, legs, torso, and everywhere in between!

MISERY !

If you've ever had hives before.......
---you know what I'm talking about.

If you've NEVER had hives before....
---Dont get em !

Johnson & Johnson doesnt make enough Hydrocortizone cream to even start to relieve the "itchies" !

He's gotten into something that's irritating his system.  Could be just about anything with this guy!

He's is still, as always, a MYSTERY!

A MISERY MYSTERY !

Quote from Maddie

Here's a quote from Marky's "favorite" cousin named Maddie ........

If you do NOTHING....

NOTHING will happen !

So I decided to do SOMETHING....

and pass along this quote to you!

Love to all of you, Markysmom

DOUBLE DIGITS !

Marky turned TEN !

That's right, double digits!

How'd that happen?

He's had a fun summer.  Lots of fishing, camping and just generalized "hoopla-ing".

Hasn't had a single sniffle or gurgle or twinge!

That means....Mom had a great summer, too!

If you're hearing a loud clonking, it's me, knocking on wood!

I bought a treasure at my dear friend, Vickie's, yard sale last Saturday.

It's a wooden cut-out that sits on your shelf...a very prominent shelf in my house.

It simply says.....

......"So. . .! "

I don't understand why she could give up such a treasure with such a great inspiring message? !

She did say, however, that when she put it out on her table for sale that she thought of me.  And thought that I might like it.

Yep, priceless !  Genius !

To all the heaps of "growth opportunities" that keep hurling themselves our way.....

I say...."So...." 

Which means, in my mind, "Bring it on!", "We'll tote it like we always have..chin up--shoulder's back!"

Carry on!

Love, Lynette

Whattheheck?

What happened to all my pictures???

I must've been naughty.....

.....AGAIN !

Well, you tilted your camera, so I tilted my head!

Well, you told me to hold my head up ! !

My favorite people

Markysmom will not be "Fortysomething" for very many more days !

Just sayin....

I'm not gonna verbalize the actual age of my biological tissues outloud, I'll tell ya that !

However, my spirit and intellect are WAY under age in comparison to my bio-age.....thankyouverymuch !

I've got an "Angel" friend.  She gave me a pre-bday gift today.  Actually her gift to me, that I treasure above all tangibles, is her friendship.

Her card to me quotes this statement:
   "The number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness,
     but the number of prayers we answer may be of greater importance."

I excitedly read that over and over...thinking....WOW, how can I live my life more effectively so I may possibly help to answer someone's prayer? 

What an inspiring idea ! 

My Ph.D. brother, (also...my favorite bro...one of em), wrote a book that I'm still trying to translate a word at a time so I can understand whattheheck he's saying.

But in his book, he contrasts the difference between "Action" and "Passivity".   He refers to a German author whose characters revolve around this conflict of terms.

Man could I relate.  How many times do we "sit and stew" instead of "go and do" ?

As expected, I've only dredged through the first chapter of my bro's book...I think I need a better dictionary to look up his "big-boy" words.

But I'm getting a teeny whiff of what is possibly being described  by him. 

I gotta "go and do" MORE !  Just incase someone needs an answer to THEIR prayer.

Thank you Angela.
And...
Thanks to all of YOU for answering many, many of our prayers!  And for being MY inspiration to keep "pushing my hand-cart" .

Love from your "not forty-something anymore" friend....Lynette

Mother's Love

MOTHERS DAY BLISS

Yeah, that's right....Marky got bullied at school !

They came at him from behind and jumped him.  Landed head first on the asphalt.

He's got a pretty impressive goose egg.  And a very stiff neck from the whiplash of doing a head plant without time to put his hands out to brace the fall.

"Pappa Bear" and "Momma Bear" and "Big brother Bear" are pretty upset ! 

School principle loves Marky, as you could imagine, from the last couple of years of his history.  So she is handling the whole thing with extra concern.

We will see how it all plays out.   Meantime, Marky is home resting..watching John Wayne movies, starting with "The Green Beret's" !   "True Grit" is next in cue!

Bully Battle wounds, Yikes

Song from the Hollies: He aint heavy he's my brother. Sing it in your heart as you view these pics !

chest scar, belly scar

But I'm strong. Strong enough to carry him. He aint heavy, he's my brother. If I'm laden at all, I'm laden with the gladness of love for one another.

tpge

Together, we win !

The road is long, with many a winding turn that leads us to who knows where, who knows when.

But I'm strong, strong enough to carry him. He aint heavy, he's my brother.

Jo carrying Marks feeding bag, took 4 hrs to feed him.

His welfare is of my concern. Nor burden is he to bear, We'll get there.

Jo carrying Mark's  IV pic line "feed bag"

He aint heavy, he's my brother. We'll get there I know, he would not encumber me.

It's a long long road. While we're on the way to there, why not share

uncle Kendude

uncle Lee