I am out at the counter wrapping all the Birthday Presents :
Lori’s  ( shhhh )
Chris Conrads’
Sally, my sisters……   and I thot, what DATE is it TODAY …..

I cringe inside…..I DID NOT…..miss MY MOM’s BIRTHDAY….did I ?

NO….Thank YOU JESUS….today is the 26th…..and TOMORROW…
Is my Mom’s Birthday……

She would look for hours for every persons gift…that it was just fitting for them…
She would take hours signing the cards, wrapping the present just so…..
and then in the deepest love she could give us…she would hand us our PRESENT.

She cared……..for us.
and in return………..we cared deeply for her.

She would be thrilled with each one of her grandchildren…..
She would love …the most….THEY LOVE THE LORD.

As I think of no ” Alfred Dunner ”  clothes to buy….
No singing to Marilyn….Happy Birthday….after 7 yrs…..you think it would not
be this hard……but it is.

It was how she loved……and how we received her love.
It sounds dumb, but when I give a birthday gift, any gift, I think of her….
and it was how she cared……she showed us how to give….
by giving of herself….to others.

Each grandchild can attest to her gifts….her love….her JESUS.
How can you ache and be blessed so deeply….
WE all were blessed….and I am glad….Sept.  27th……
God chose….With Hattie Belle and Walter Manan Swaney….
to birth Marilyn Marie Swaney…. Sept. 27th.