I'm grateful that one of this log's previous entrants was nowhere near my grandmother's hospital. She underwent quadruple by-pass surgery yesterday and is recovering well. Sure, people's lives often end in hospitals. Lives are also begun, saved, and the physical quality improved there as well. It's all a matter of perspective...

Attitude matters, and Grandma's is super. She spent the last several years since Grandpa's passing finally doing some of the things of which she's always dreamed. She's done some travelling, taken different classes, made wonderful friends, discovered (quite skillfully, I'll add) the internet, and has been a valued docent at one of the museums where she lives. There's so much more she wants to do. Thank goodness she will have the opportunity to keep exploring, growing, learning and spreading her love.

Besides, she still has a great-grandson, another on the way and their daddy to meet. I can't wait!