What is funnier than a right-side up pig?

An upside down pig, of course!

Yesterday, Mommy set up O's play things and Mommy did not know that she had set up the pig upside down. O was laughing and smiling and just having a grand old time. Mommy had no idea what was so funny. Then she saw! The humor! An upside down pig!

Well, today Mommy is finding out that the little girl with the orange flower in her hair is just as hilarious, and she is right side up. :-)

O is such a happy, smiley, chuckling young angel these days! Such a joy! It seems like it could not be possible that this is the same baby who was edging her way to gaining a title of colicky about a month ago. She is not colicky at all now.

Presently, O is sleeping well and long at night and well enough during the day considering her long nights. We are all getting sleep and we are all happy, smiley and laughing! God is good! Always! God was especially good to us during those difficult first months! He never left us and always strengthened us! God is good company all the time! Especially on sleepless nights at 2 in the morning! God is indeed good! Goodness, Mercy, Love! That is God!

This made me think of life with O

(This is AWESOME ... something we should all remember...

.....Thanks cousins Kathy and MaryAnne! )

A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably combed and shaved perfectly, even though he is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today.

His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready.
As he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual
description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on his window.

"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old
having just been presented with a new puppy.
"Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait".

"That doesn't have anything to do with it", he replied.
"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time.
Whether I like my room or not doesn't depend on how the
furniture is arranged .... it's how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it.
It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice.
I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with
the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be
thankful for the ones that do.
Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open, I'll focus on the
new day and all the happy memories I've stored away.. Just for this time in my life".

Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in. So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories!

Thank you for your part in filling my Memory Bank.

I am still depositing.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred.

2. Free your mind from worries..

3. Live simply.

4. Give more.

5. Expect less.