The Happy Couple

Nadine & Trevor Harris

August 28, 2010

Weekly Cleaning List

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The Family Grows...

In less than six weeks, Trevor Oliver Harris will become our son-in-law. He and Nadine will be joined in holy matrimony on August 28, 2010. We are all so very happy!

First Color of Spring!

The first color of spring in my garden is my sunshine yellow daffodils. Aren't they beautiful:

Children's Day

Did you know that today, June 1st is celebrated as children's day around the world? While it is not an official holiday, it is a reminder that we should set aside special times with our children daily. I'm so thankful for my children and the joy they have brought into my life. Not only have they enriched my life themselves, but they have brought friends, husband and especially my grandchild into our lives. Natalie and Nadine, I love you both dearly. You are both my pride and joy - priceless treasures :)

Trust

I like this poem. So many times we try to figure out where we should be or what we should be doing next. We simply need to trust in His leadership, listen to His voice and follow where He leads.



"It is only a tiny rosebud,

A flower of God's design;

But I cannot unfold the petals

with these clumsy hands of mine."



"The secret of unfolding flowers

Is not known to such as I.

GOD opens this flower so esily,

But in my hands they die."



If I cannot unfold a rosebud,

This flower of God's design,

Then how can I have the wisdom

To unfold this life of min?"



"So I'll trust in Good for leading

Each moment of my day.

I will look to God for guidance

In each step of the way."



"The path that lies before me,

Only my Lord knows.

I'll trust God to unfold the moments,

just as He unfolds the rose."



~ Charlie Gilchrist

Mother's Day Trivia

Do you know what flower symbolizes Mother's Day? It's the carnation!

Carnations have been associated with Mother's Day for a very long time. According to Christian legend, a carnation sprang up when Jesus Christ's mother, Mary, shed tears of distress seeing her son enduring sufferings on the cross. Then in 1907, Anna Jarvis used carnations at the first Mother's Day celebration because they were her mother's favourite flowers. Anna Jarvis handed out 500 carnations at her mother's church, St. Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, West Virginia - one for each mother in the congregation.

White carnations are used to honour a mother who is deceased, while red or pink carnations symbolize the feelings of affection for a mother who is living.

Just as I have for decades, I will pin my rose to my bosom as I go off to church this Sunday. Since 1997, I have been wearing a white rose.

Family Photo Update

Trevor, Nadine, Beverly, Geoff, Natalie

Rebecca, Wallace

See how we've grown?!