Father And Mother I Love You

It all started with a Father and Mother and 4 children
and the circle grew and continues to grow.

On May 1st, 1983 I became a member of this family
known as the Turner's
at first I was scared I was the new kid in
the family by marriage would I fit in? I wondered
I fit in alright being apart of this family
became one of the best moments of my life.

I love each of them dearly I don't think
of them as " In Laws" they are simply
Dad, Mom, Brother, Sister's,Niece, Nephew
and I to them am simply
Daughter, Sister, Aunt,

my family gives me something that
I thought was lost when my own mother passed
a sense of belonging ( of course I had that
with my immediate family) but this was
something I needed to balance the sense of loss

My Dad (Jim) has a big heart and would do anything
for his family, he is a great b.b.q. man of a stack
of ribs (the family loves his ribs and he says he
would make Paula Proud! if you watch cooking channel
you'll get what I mean.

My Mom (Maxine) is a family oriented person
who loves having her family around when they
can, even if it is at different times.ideally
it would be great if we were there all at
once one day we will be.
she and I share the whip humor wisdom
of the character Maxine! it always feels
good to chat on the phone with Mom.

My Brother Jay ( James Jr) not in the wedding
photo is a very intelligent man, he has a passion
for so many things and he is interesting to chat with

My Sister Janna- she is single and lives in Idaho
I am proud of her she is a survivor of a bad marriage
she is strong and I love her so.
She has two adult children
Erin who's wedding we were all at in the photo
lives with her husband Jacob in Georgia
what a weekend their wedding was Jacob graduated
college and they were married the next day!
it was a great weekend they have been married
2 years now and I love Erin and Jacob a great deal

Janna's son Brian (not in the photo) lives
in Kingman, Az near Mom and Dad and Granny
he works in a hospital and is
a loving father to his children

My Sister Janine is Married to Terry they live
in Escondido, Ca I am proud of her too, she and
I are 6 mo apart Janine earned her master degree
two years ago. Terry is retiring from the Navy
they have three children.

Ridge is the oldest and is studying to be
a firefighter

Chase is the middle child and he is a month
older than our Kiel and will graduate high
school this year.

Lauren is the only girl, she is a sweet
girl and loves to play dress up.
I am told she enjoys a
good ice cream cone from Baskin Robbins
yum!!

and then there is Jeff(not in photo
cause he took the photo) retired after
20 years of service in the Coast Guard
and of course he is married to me
we live in the central valley
of Ca with our Kiel and Kaitlyn

we are all in different places
but one thing remains constant
we keep in touch when we can
we are there for each other when
need be.

I am so blessed to be apart of
this family for these 24 years
and look forward to all the blessings
this family will have to come.
if you read the title closely you
will notice it spells out
FAMILY.

Grandma & Granny

Grandma & Granny


Kiel and Kaitlyn are blessed in the fact that on
their father's side they still have their Grandma
Maxine and her Mother Their Great Grandma
Thelma" Granny"
Grandma Maxine is the only child of Granny
and they live near each other in Arizona
we don't get to see them as often as we
like because it's so far but when
we do it is a fun peaceful relaxing
bonding family time out in the desert.

Granny shares with us her stories of
growing up in Oklahoma and we are
fascinated by the family history in those
stories. granny is a week younger than my
mother. Jeff says they called her granny
because she reminded him and his siblings
of the Granny from the Beverly Hillbillies
show. and if you met her in someways that
is so true!!

Grandma gives us a lot to She has a
love for her family she enjoys all
of the family around the table
and no matter what time of day it
is there is always plenty of good
home cooking! she enjoys reading
and has created a beautiful garden
in her desert yard. she sees the
beauty in nature.

I am glad that Kiel and Kaitlyn
have gotten to know and still
have these ladies in their life
we love them so dearly.

To be Yourself

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" To be yourself in a world that is constantly
trying to make you something else is
the greatest accomplishment"
R. Waldo Emerson

The above Photo is from the Crucible
Kiel found out last year that he had a hidden
talent and passion for acting! In his
sophomore year he just did the behind
the scenes stuff this year he acted in both
fall and spring productions. of course I
enjoy watching him on the stage and am
glad he is so well rounded, I can see why
Kiel and is Aunt Eva share the passion
of seeing and talking about plays.

I am glad that Kiel is being who he
is in this world as it is, my Kiel is
very thoughtful and intelligent
and loves to talk to people of
all age, and race he is just
a well rounded caring young man
and his father and I and sister
couldn't be any prouder of him
soon he will be starting production
for the school play Alice in wonderland.

pondering

This is Kailtyn and she took a self portrait with
this saying. Kailtyn accepted
the Lord in her life on her birthday last
June I am not sure when she took this
photo but I thought it was a good one
Yesterday Kaitlyn went to a Adventist
Camp week to give her testimony to
let people know that their scholarship
fund for Christian education makes a big
difference to those who thirst for it
I came across this verse and
thought it to be appropriate for this blog.

"Strong Christian's aren't necessarily strong people
they just know who to run to"

I may not be adventist as my daughter
but I feel I gave her a bit of
root to flurish in her vine with the Lord!

who you are

"Who you are today is a product of
what you did yesterday,
Who you are tomorrow is a product
of what you did today
make every second count"
(Christine Jean-Bauptiste)

MARY MARY

I just wanted to give you an update
on Mary

I spent the whole day with her she is doing better
still fighting that infection in her leg
but because of the anti biotic for the leg infection
she developed a very bad yeast infection in her mouth!!

poor lady as she stated she got her heart fixed and now
the rest is falling apart!!!

I just told her it is the healing process

I enjoyed the day we talked and had a good
visit her blood sugars are still a bit low
but we are working on that

Eva & Kiel came home this afternoon
from Oregon they were tired from their
long train ride and all the late night
fun they had this past week

glad they are home, they really enjoyed
each other's company

Failure & Falling off the First Step!

" Failure seldom stops you, what stops you is the fear of failure"
Jack Lemmon

Okay, I tried to go back to school, I admit I had
great intentions of succeeding & taking that first step
this time out but that was before
I let my emotions of failing take over and
my fear of math! funny cause I use math everyday
by measuring when I cook, balancing a check book
but for some reason Pre Algebra and I just don't get along!
math as I was taught in school is very obsolete it is
a whole new language that I can grasp the concept but

I can't explain it, and of course I was not expecting
Mary's situation to happen either but life does go on
and good things happen to those who wait , I will
be starting a part-time clerical job for a charter school
that I really wanted at the end of the month I applied for
this job last Jan.

perhaps in the spring I can once again take that first step
if not there are other ways I can continue my education
and finish it may not be right away but it will be something
that I do in my life time, heck I may end up being the
oldest college student there is !!!!

another great quote :
by Lao Tzu
"People usually fail when they are on
the road to success, so give as much care
to the end as to the beginning"!

whatever road I am on I am sure
it will lead me to where I am supposed
to be.