Good Morning World!...
  It has been such a busy week...Eric, Nicole, & Jayla coming down to stop and visit for 2 days on their way to Virginia...was so much of a highlight to our life...We were totally blessed by their presence...and so very thankful that they were able to make it here to spend a little time with us.  We took loads of pictures,~etc..and had a real live Sunday Dinner with my kids...something I will remember for a life time!!...It hasn't happened for many, many years ...at least not in this house for just a Sunday evening dinner....it just doesn't happen with the kids so far away .  Life in the modern world prevents our family from being as close as I would prefer.  When I grew up  most of the time  we were at mom and dad's for dinner on Sunday and sometimes during the week also...we were all very close and lived in the same city~~that made it very easy to keep in touch.   I do cherish those years and it is harder to adapt to the way life is now with our children/young adults.
  But all and all it was a feeling that my heart is full of fun memories for the next year with having both of them in our home.  Thank you Eric & Nicole and Thank you Teresa Jo for making it so very special!  We all have a very special bond that is a sacred golden cord that is eternal & will connect us to eternity.  I truly am thankful that you have continued to work together on huge projects (like the Onyx house) and have determined in your minds to hold strong to those goals.  I am sure that is what you feel that your dad would have wanted you to follow through~ as Eric you have had a vision from the start of the project.  Don't ever let anything deter you from keeping that bond and tie or  let outside influences to change your directions.
   I wish I would have stood stronger with my family when my mom died and problems came upon us because of outside spousal influences--which took control of final decisions.  I should have spoke up and acknowledged the source of the wrong choices...and stopped it right there....it would have prevented the family from splitting up with such anger.  Always remember it is ok to be strong ...and keep close to your siblings.  My choices weren't healthy ones...because my heart was grieving for my mom and I wasn't strong enough to hang in there against the wrongs committed...  Someday we should all talk about the issues and sort it out before I leave this world.
  Til then I have made a movie for you to enjoy of our excitement we have enjoyed here.
Hugs to you all...
 BJM