brief History of Blessings

My blessings had to start a long time before I was born.

Would it have been when Mom and Dad well in love?

Would it have been when my grandparents met and married?

Would it have been in Europe many centuries ago

when any ancestors of mine

met and procreated?

Somewhere in history

there had to be a flame of something

that started a fire

that worked its way through history

and ended up being me . . .

January 11, 1951,

around supper time

(Mom always said

she just remembered she sent Dad home

to have supper with Lee,

he had never eaten without one of them around.)

Paula Sue Gaumer Tooke.

A big THANK YOU

goes out to Dr. Lowell J. Hillis . . .

the 1st "masked" face I saw at birth

Not only did he bring me into the world,

but he kept me from bringing into the world

when I wasn't ready.

Maybe he is the beginning?

How do I decide where to start with my blessings?

I know I want to recognize

all those who have made me

ME . . .

but where do I start?

I must decide this

before I start

"Counting My Blessings."

Now, you are wondering why I posted a picture of a wedding cake display.

This is cake table from my wedding.

The small, top cake

was to have snowflakes on it

just like the other cakes.

But I had brought my parents wedding cake topper

to b e used on the table as decoration.

When we saw the table I was so pleased . . .

Rhonda had taken off the snowflakes

and added Mom & Dad 's topper.

So interesting . . .

Something important to their beginning as a family

appeared when my family started.

Signed,

One Who Wonders About the History of Blessings

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