THE MOUNTAINS I HAVE CLIMBED


Over the years, I have climbed many mountains. Some have been small, others large - some steep - some not.


With these mountains, I have also received many blessings. I have been blessed with a wonderful daughter and two handsome, healthy and intelligent grandsons who are the lights of my life.


My father and grandfather were storytellers. My mother is a poet. Even when I was small, I can remember her writing poetry and reciting it to me and my two siblings. She and Dad taught us to love nature, to respect our fellowman and to be honest. I thank God He blessed me with such loving and wonderful parents. For surely if I had handpicked them myself, I could not have chosen better. God in his infinite wisdom knew the parents that were perfect for me.


I married my childhood sweetheart and later, he was taken from me when he died suddenly of a heart attack. I was hurt and felt betrayed by God. Not only had he been my husband but my best friend as well. So, God had given me another mountain. While climbing it, I learned many things.


There have been many more mountains since that day so many years ago and there will be more still I am sure. My second husband just recently had two heart attacks. The results of the angiogram weren't good. Another mountain faces me. But God has always been there, reaching down the side of those mountains to help me to the top. I thank Him today for His Blessings


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