Life is Amazing!

Guess what Fritz and I saw this morning.....a bald eagle!! My first thought was that I wished Mort could have seen it....it was so close. I stopped and watched it with my mouth hanging open - like the eagle was a rock star or something. The crows were having fits, of course....and they finally chased him out of the tree and they flew up and down the river and right back to the original tree. I loved it! Then, one of the mama ducks came out with her five ducklings...and a couple male ducks decided to fight her and, boy oh boy did they ever chase her.....She won, however and soon herded her babies back to safety. All this during the first 10 minutes of our walk....What a treat!

Mother's Day was truly wonderful....it usually is, actually.....we had a brunch at Dian's house with sausage rolls, Eggs Benedict, hash browns, strawberry waffles...yum!! Everyone was there except Brooke who had to work...so Jocelyn brought Grayson and, of course no one could keep their hands off him. He weighs close to 15 pounds now.....quite a load to pack around. We were able to "skype" Susie and she got to see Grayson and Dian with her magnificent weight loss...I tell ya' that skype is a wonderful thing....while we were talking to Susie, Jeff was skyping with his niece, Cassidy... and we were able to shout out to her....the amazing thing is that she is in Egypt!!! The weather was perfect....shirt-sleeve, actually. Then, after I got home, dropped Fritz off and went on over to Jocelyn's for a delicious salmon dinner....which Greg (Grayson's daddy) cooked for us and his mom and brother came over too. It was wonderful!

Being a mother is by far the most wonderful thing for me - in spite of the fact that when I had five kids I often thought perhaps I was mentally ill. I am so glad I have lived to see them as responsible, caring, and sensitive people. AND they are surely wonderful to their mama!!