Do you ever wonder?

Do you ever wonder if you were to die, who would come to your memorial/wake and what you would be remembered for? I know this is a dark thing to think about, but I had a hard week last week. One of our clients passed away and she was only 52. She had a lot of health problems, but was always happy and quick to joke and laugh. I went to the party to honor her on Sat. night. It was so interesting to see pictures of her before I knew her. It made me start to wonder what will I be remembered for......
A sister, a friend, a daughter, a wife, hopefully a mother, but will my life fill up books of joy like Susan's.
Her passing was really hard for me, because she was so young.
Add to that another week of no referrals and my nephew's baby being born and I was ready to go crawl under the covers for a day.
I'm excited for my nephew and his wife, but also jealous that he is so young and has his family and we are still waiting for ours.
Ok I'll stop whining now. Here is to a better week!

168 Days and counting

168 days since our paperwork arrive in Ethiopia. No word at all.

More zoo pictures

Zoo Trip

Today was such a perfect spring day. We went to the zoo for a goal party for my work. We couldn't have asked for more perfect weather. It was sunny and the high 70s. The animals were out and all the magnolia trees are blooming. One of the our Drs, is a plant nut too so we were looking at all the flowers/trees/shrubs as well as the animals. It was so nice that almost everyone came and came with their children. A good time had by all!

One of my receptionist has 5 children, they are really sweet, nice children. We all stopped and had snow cones and her little boy said to me, this is even better than the train, because the train ride isn't sweet:)

Enjoy some of the pictures I took. My favorite is the giraffe pictures he was definitely hamming it up for the cameras.

Peonies

Hi my name is Becky and I'm a peony addict. I love this time of the year! Watching the peonies grow and anticipating their blooming. One of my favorite clients started me on this addiction. She gave me 2 of her peonies and I went to her home and all I could see was peonies every where. They were in bloom, trees and shrubs and I was immediately in love with this flower.
Since then I have collected both trees and shrubs and I am always on the hunt for new ones.
Last year we re-landscaped our yard and I finally got to plant all my plants that had been living in pots for two years. 33 of them.
They are loving their new digs and I can't wait to see them in bloom. Hope this pretty weather holds to speed up the flowers.
Enjoy this beautiful weather, it always make me feel so much better to see the beautiful sun!