New job? Cool.....something you like I hope ........ hi journey

Well I don't know yet zippy

Hello (((zippy)))

It will be driving one of the local school buses

It will do until I find my path again I suppose

I'm good, thank you for asking.
And congrats on the job!
I'm having family dinner here tonight which is always a blast.

Good Morning Everyone

I think another cup or two of coffee is in order to get this day going.

How was your dinner last night Twisted?

Thank you klc

Klc, I have alot of family herr, I feel very fortunate:)
And for a long time it was just me and my daughter, so I understand.


G'morning Ms. Journey!

It's just as house they say
Brick and wood combined together
Shelter from the forces of nature
It's more than just these things
We all know that this is true
I can still hear the laughter
It's echoes are bouncing off the walls
The smells of dinner as it cooks on the stove
Your favorite meals waiting for you
The holiday gatherings of years past
Wonderful moments captured in time
The smiles that filled those frames
Childhood memories of sleep overs and games
The love that filled the inside of these four walls



Today the finality of it all hits me strangely
Grandma has been gone for almost a year now
That alone has been a big struggle for me
Her little house was all that remained
Grandma and Grandpa built this home with their own hands
The place their family was raised
Cabinet doors crafted with love and promise
It will no longer be a part of the family
Except for in the memories and photographs
Not sure I really have the words today to express the emotions that fill me

It is a strange feeling at that.
Material things somehow hold the keys do they not?
Time cannot take the memories away.

Somehow the thought of never walking through the back door again.
Never smelling those fresh green beans on the stove,
Knowing she made them just for me because she knew I was coming.
Maybe tonight I should grab that last bag of her frozen beans and remember her and everything that is flooding my thoughts today.

I understand completely Ms. Journey, klc. My grandmother passed 2 years ago this january and I miss her still. Nobody can duplicate her goulash. I have a ring of hers that I wear sometimes when I miss her most. I've driven by the old farm and cried at how much it changed when my uncle sold it.
But my memories won't be touched or changef and I can still see her picking apples...planting the garden...making cobbler and jam.

Journey, you should do the beans thing. I keep reading everywhere that smell is the sense that connects us back to past moments.

Oh I plan on doing the green beans kurly
Probably tomorrow since I already had a roast in the slow cooker.

Franky, it's more on the lines of this



Grandma's green beans cooked slowly for hours
in a large pot with bacon for flavoring
It took me many years to make them as she instructed me
They will never taste quite like hers
They are very close though still not the same

That looks absolutely delicious.

@Franky. What a pretty pic to just be beans.

Oh kurly, you have no idea how good the beans are when cooked according to Grandma's instructions.
I can make a meal out of just them and actually have done just that.

Good Morning Everyone

Good evening!

Hello Twisted

Those green beans looked delicious!

Oh let me just say that no one makes them like Grandma did.
I forgot to cook them today, tomorrow I believe I will.

Good Morning Everyone