Dear Reader:

As I watched Eva Cate accepting her kindergarten graduation “diploma” Thursday evening… my thoughts went back over three decades when Mandy graduated from the Summerville Presbyterian Church kindergarten with “Miss” Kitty Murrell as her teacher. Wasn’t it yesterday? Now it seemed like (the title of Madeleine L’Engle’s popular children’s book) a “Wrinkle in Time.”

Proverbs 18:9:  “A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.”

Thank goodness for God, not only directing my steps, but literally pushing me in the right direction…to where I am today…as close to heaven as I will get here on earth.

I have my grown children and their families living close to me, my garden, a diverse group of friends and health that allows me to not only “sit up and take nourishment” but go basically wherever I feel like going! Pure freedom! A blink and all my dreams have come true!

But besides blinking….I had to laugh at a God’s Wink that hit me square in the face when I discovered what part Eva Cate had in the graduation skit.

The children wrote and scripted the play….the basic plot was that the mean old wolves were trying to prevent graduation…. all the other animals and hunters had, in turn, to try to stop the wolves from ruining the ceremony. As the “ELEPHANT” Eva Cate used her trunk (arm) to squirt water on the wolves to push them back. Obviously the hunters and forest animals were successful since the “show went on” as scheduled.

So there I was remembering my request to God to be present for Eva Cate’s kindergarten graduation so she would remember me….and the role of the animal known for its extraordinary memory is given to Eva Cate at graduation. A Wink for the Blink!

I am just so happy at this stage in my life….I can finally see God’s blinks and winks and share His smile in the God-made “coincidences.”

Here are some pre-graduation surprises….even Jakie was  excited on the way to the ECDC Graduation at the Stern Center Garden (ended up inside the building….rain.)

*Anne…Eva Cate loved the watercolor painting and poem…she took it to graduation with her and had me show it and read the poem at the dining table. Thank you again for sharing your remarkable talents so generously!

As we were heading out of the Stern Building the children spotted a game room for the college students and made a mass invasion. The way Eva Cate was holding that pool stick….I think she learned more than just the ABC’s in pre-school. (“Yes….we have Trouble…right here in River City…it begins with “T”  and rhymes with “P” and stands for “Pool.”)

So until tomorrow…Remember there’s no “Trouble, Trouble, Trouble” if we follow the footsteps and direction God has provided  us…nothing we can’t overcome with His guidance .

“Today is my favorite day”  Winnie the Pooh

*Happy Birthday to my “sistah” Brookie! (Reminds me of another cupcake devoured lately!)

May you always wear a feather in your hair my dear friend!

*Kaitlyn and Tommy….Eva Cate loved her own and her doll (Gracie) matching nightgowns! All three of us slept together Thursday night!

Gracie is very well behaved and rarely talks!

With spring here….thoughts turn to baseball and hot dogs. Lachlan is getting prepared for the season….Now will someone please bring him a hot dog?