I would like for everyone to meet Aunt Violet. I got a chance to spend a little time with her this past weekend and everytime I am with her, regardless of where we are, it is an amazing time. Time well invested. She is a woman who is very strong - she has to be to live in Tupper Lake NY in the winters up there where temps can get down to 20 below zero for days on end. She carries her own firewood and goes to town for shopping and for a woman in her late 70's - she is an amazing, loving, and full of life woman. Violet has always lived a spiritual life in some shape or form. During the summers she attends a church that meets in Saranac Lake NY and the church is on an island that you have to take a boat to get to - has no electric or plumbing - how awesome is that? She is the most loving of people, animals, the earth and all plants - that I have ever met. She knows she is blessed and God has given her so much in life. She has traveled the world - grew up with nothing and went to bed hungry everyday as a child. Her parents - which are Walters parents as well since they are brother and sister - came from Sweden and Norway. So coming to America was a dream come true. Walt and Violet got to travel a few years back - went back to Sweden and met many of their cousins and relatives they never knew they had. What a blessing to be able to find family that we never knew about!
Well - this past weekend, Violet and Denise made Bob and I supper Saturday night. Before we ate, I was asked to bless the food. Violet thanked me for such wonderful prayers and words... some of which were for her during my prayers. But the thing that got me during the conversation that followed is - Violet has no regrets. She is happy and blessed for each day in life. Blessed to have the things in life - blessed to find happiness in everything she does - blessed to have it in her heart to help others and reach out to anyone and everyone around her and those she meets - blessed to love everyone regardless of who they are and where they have come from .... I am so proud and honored to have someone like Aunt Violet in my life. Her birthday is the same is mine - May 24th - so that makes us both Gemini's for whatever that is worth - but its more about a day to share. We have been doing that since before Carol and I were married ~some 18 years ago!
Everyone needs an Aunt Violet in their lives..... I am thankful and blessed to have her in mine.
Love you Violet!!!! God has His hands on you and thank you for enriching my life - for Carols life and Kyles.... for being a great example of how a Christian should live their lives.
Well - this past weekend, Violet and Denise made Bob and I supper Saturday night. Before we ate, I was asked to bless the food. Violet thanked me for such wonderful prayers and words... some of which were for her during my prayers. But the thing that got me during the conversation that followed is - Violet has no regrets. She is happy and blessed for each day in life. Blessed to have the things in life - blessed to find happiness in everything she does - blessed to have it in her heart to help others and reach out to anyone and everyone around her and those she meets - blessed to love everyone regardless of who they are and where they have come from .... I am so proud and honored to have someone like Aunt Violet in my life. Her birthday is the same is mine - May 24th - so that makes us both Gemini's for whatever that is worth - but its more about a day to share. We have been doing that since before Carol and I were married ~some 18 years ago!
Everyone needs an Aunt Violet in their lives..... I am thankful and blessed to have her in mine.
Love you Violet!!!! God has His hands on you and thank you for enriching my life - for Carols life and Kyles.... for being a great example of how a Christian should live their lives.
~this picture was taken on our deck a few years ago when Violet came for a few months of Winter escape from upstate NY. She still looks this great!
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