Today Eddie and I went to the cemetery, to see Dad. Dad past away 12 years ago today.
Being Memorial Day, Ft Sam was busy, so many families there paying tribute to the ones they lost. There where American Flags on every grave, as far as you could see. There was also a man going from one grave to another playing a bagpipe for the families that where there, after he played he saluted the grave. It was very touching, both Eddie and I had tears in our eyes.

A friend email this to me. I don't know who the author is but this story touched my heart.





Clay Balls
A man was exploring caves by the Seashore. In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake. They didn't look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could.

He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open on a rock . Inside was a beautiful, precious stone!

Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls. Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left.

Then it struck him. He had been on the beach a long time. He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves. Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he could have taken home tens of thousands, but he had just thrown it away!

It's like that with people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and we see the external clay vessel. It doesn't look like much from the outside.. It isn't always beautiful or sparkling, so we discount it.

We see that person as less important than someone more beautiful or stylish or well known or wealthy. But we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden inside that person.

There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time to get to know that person, and if we ask God to show us that person the way He sees them, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to shine forth.

May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of clay. May we see the people in our world as God sees them.

I am so blessed by the gems of friendship I have with you. Thank you for looking beyond my clay vessel.


APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE
THING YOU HAVE, ESPECIALLY YOUR FRIENDS!
LIFE IS TOO SHORT AND FRIENDS ARE TOO FEW!

THIS IS A REAL BIRDS NEST THAT FELL OUT OF OUR PINE TREE. NO BIRDS WHERE HURT. THE BIRDS MADE THEIR NEST OUT OF ANY THING THEY COULD FIND.

MAY 15 2010
MAXCIE GETS A PASSING PAWS CERTIFICATE
FOR TAKING KINDERGARTEN PUPPY TRAINING

I am trying to work on my blog but Ms Maxcie won't let me. When Maxcie was smaller, I would hold her in my arms. But, now that she is bigger she still wants to be held.

Because of the special weekend with my Mom and two sisters. I added to my collection of Willow Tree Angels. Sisters of the Heart.

This was a very special weekend for me, I want to thank Mom, Kathie & Linda for sharing their weekend with me.

I would like to introduce the newest member to the De La Rosa Family.
Maxcie, part Dachshund part Terrier,( more Terrier then Dachshund) She is going to kindergarten for puppies.

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