grandma shank.

well, my grandma shank just moved from an apartment at Fairmount Homes, to a private room, that provides a little more supervision and care that she needs. we've spent more time than usual there the past couple weeks, trying to help my mom organize a bit...it's such an exhausting, painful time... to watch someone you love deteriorate little by little. grandma was a very hard working lady. she served my grandfather whole heartedly. she loves her kids and grandkids and great grandkids very much but isn't always good at showing it---nor am i. she made the best angel food cake EVER. she loved to sew, or mend rather, and ironed with the best of them. i have lots of good memories of my grandma shank, and hope to make some more. she's getting a bit more forgetful, and isn't as steady on her feet as she once was. we love you grandma, and will be back to see you soon. mk.

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:

a time to be born and a time to die,

a time to plant and a time to uproot,

a time to kill and a time to heal,

a time to tear down and a time to build,

a time to weep and a time to laugh,

a time to mourn, and a time to dance,

a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,

a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

a time to search and a time to give up,

a time to keep and a time to throw away,

a time to tear and a time to mend,

a time to be silent and a time to speak,

a time to love and a time to hate,

a time for war and a time for peace.

What does the worker gain from his toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on men. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil-this is the gift of God. I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him. Ecclesiastes 3:1-14.