Family

Hawaii: Last day on Oahu

We started the day in Honolulu with another beautiful sunrise and the skyline acting as a very nice silhouette. Honolulu skyline at sunrise We intended spending our last day on the island going to the beach at Kailua but when we got there, it was so cold and windy, that we decided to go to […]

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Maui’s road to Hana; Happy Birthday Karran

Today Karran is celebrating Freedom 55 and what a way to celebrate – in Maui! I woke up about 5:45am but it was too early to get out of bed so I laid there and enjoyed the motion of the ship in the water. It was a relatively calm sail to Maui. About 7am, Bena and […]

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Ronin’s funny story

A few days ago, Sunita called me with a funny story – funny for her, not so funny for Ronin.  She’s been wanting to sell her 6 seat SUV for some time and has been looking for a replacement vehicle.  Last week she finally found a Nissan Murano.  She took Ronin to pick it up this week. She […]

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And a third birthday: This time Sunita

Happy Birthday Sunita! I know it is not turning out to be the day you expected (somewhat like my last birthday) but I hope the birthday party goes well in spite of the challenges of today. Stay cool and level-headed as you usually are, and things will work out fine. mom Related posts:Alaskan Cruise Day […]

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Next birthday: Ronin

Happy Birthday Ronin!!! I am again celebrating my youngest grandbaby’s 4th birthday.  I asked him a few days ago if he was looking forward to his birthday and he said yes and pretty soon after his 4th birthday, he’s going to be 5. It’s interesting that when we are young, we can’t wait to be older and when […]

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A new baby is a welcome addition Eddie

Congratulations to you and to your daughter Eddie (and of course the rest of the family) on the birth of her second child – baby Musa.  It must be an especially auspicious time to be born during the month of Ramadan.   As I understand it, during the month of Ramadan, God revealed the first five books […]

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My Belle amour

Too cute! Last night I received the cutest picture of Izabel golfing and she looked so cute that I had to post it.  You grandparents will know what I mean.  She’s all of 8 and she is already golfing.  It’s the one sport that I don’t seem to have any interest in learning but from […]

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Perfect grandchild day yesterday

We had a great day yesterday with Sabreena at Gimli.  She was such a joy to have and she is so smart!! I am sure every grandparent thinks their grandchild is the smartest but she is really smart! The weather was perfect.  We went to visit my friend’s cottage in Matlock because I am hoping […]

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A sleepover with my grand-baby Sabreena!

I am having a special evening this evening and another special day tomorrow.  Sabreena is sleeping over tonight and we’ll spend the day at the beach tomorrow. She came over about 5pm and was looking a bit sleepy so we went outside and I gave her a small pair of shears and we snipped some […]

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Troubling times; happy times

Dad I received an email from Sophie this afternoon to say that the hospice called and said that dad had a big bleed today so I called the hospice and spoke to Nurse Donna.  She said that Dad had a bleed last night and they managed to contain it but he had another more aggressive bleed today […]

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