BIRTHDAY WISHS UP IN HEAVEN

TODAY IS MY GRANDMA NIELSEN'S BIRTHDAY, SHE PASSED AWAY ALMOST 5YEARS AGO, IT IS STILL HARD FOR ME I MISS HER EVERY DAY, I KNOW THAT SHE IS IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE, SHE WAS MY 2ND MOM, SHE LIVED ONE HOUSE DOWN, ME AND MY COUSINS ALL LOVED BEING AT GRANDMA'S HER HOUSE WAS ALWAYS SO CLEAN, AND WELCOMING, WARM, SHE WOULD ALWAYS MAKE SURE AND FEED US GOOD FOOD, I STILL REMEMBER HER LAUGH AND SHE WOULD ALWAYS CALL YOU HONEY GIRL, MY GRANDPA PASSED AWAY WHEN I WAS 6 MONTHS OLD, SO MY GRANDMA LIVED HER LIFE ALONG TIME WITH OUT HIM, I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DID IT, SHE NEVER GOT HER LICENSE IN FACT I TOLD HER SHE COULD TAKE DRIVER ED WITH ME SHE WOULD JUST LAUGH, WE WOULD TAKE GRANDMA ALOT OF PLACES WITH US I LOVED IT, I LOVED WALKING DOWN TO "GUYS" WITH HER IT IS A LITTLE STORE, IF FACT IT WAS LIKE THE DOLLAR STORE, IF FACT IT IS STILL THERE, THE MAN THAT OWENS IT IS STILL THERE, THE LAST TIME I WENT IN HE WAS THERE HE ASKED ABOUT GRANDMA AND I TOLD HIM THAT SHE HAD DIED, SHE MADE THE BEST PJ SANDWICHES EVER AND I KNOW THE COUSINS CAN SAY THE SAME, SHE WOULD HAVE ALL THE GRAND KIDS OVER FOR SLEEP OVERS, WHEN I TURNED SIXTEEN I LOVED DRIVING GRANDMA AROUND, SHE HAD THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FLOWER GARDENS, EVER NIGHT YOU WOULD SEE HER TAKING CARE OF THEM, I LOVED TO GO HELP HER WHEN WE GOT DONE WE ALWAYS GOT ICE CREAM WE WOULD SIT AND TALK,I LOVED GOING TO CHURCH WITH HER, THE CHURCH WAS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR HOUSES, WHEN I WAS AROUND SIXTEEN THEY PUT MY DAD IN THE SINGLES ADULT WARD, IT WAS A CALLING FOR BOTH MY MOM AND DAD, MY SIS MELANIE WAS ALSO GOING TO A SINGLES WARD, SO IT WAS ME AND MY GRANDMA, I'M SO GLAD FOR THE MOMENTS THAT I HAD WITH MY GRANDMA, SHE HAS TAUGHT ME SO MUCH ABOUT LIFE, HER EXAMPLE WILL ALWAYS LIVE IN MY HEART. WHEN SHE DIED, I GOT TO READ SOME OF HER JOURNAL, I FOUND SOME OF THESE THINGS IN IT AND SOME IN HER SCRIPTURES, WHEN I READ THESE THINGS IT WAS LIKE SHE WAS TALKING TO ME, I HOPE TO LIVE BY THESE WORDS... "LOOK EVER TO JESUS AND HE 'LL CARRY YOU THOUGH"
" DO GOOD TO THOSE THAT HATE YOU."

GOD GAVE US TWO THINGS BEFORE WE CAME HERE A NAME AND A TALENT, WE ARE THE CREATORS OF THE WORLD. THE THINGS WE HATE MOST WE SHOULD CULTIVATE TO DO WELL. LOOK EVER TO JESUS AND HE'LL CARRY YOU THREW.

RULES FOR BEING HAPPY
1- KEEP YOUR MIND STORED WITH CONSTRUCTIVE THOUGHTS.
2- LOOK FOR THE BEAUTIFUL AND PLEASANT THINGS IN LIFE.
3- ADJUST YOURSELF TO WHATEVER HAPPENS IN LIFE SO AS TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT.
4- HAVE NO REGRETS. LIVE IN THE PRESENT INSTEAD OF THE PAST.
5- GIVE EVERY MAN A SQUARE DEAL
6- DO YOUR JOB NO MATTER HOW HUBBLE IT MAY BE, WITH THE BEST EFFORTS YOU CAN GIVE.
7- DO SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE EACH DAY.
8- HAVE FAITH IN YOUR SELF AND YOUR FELLOW AND GOD.
GROWING UP MY GRANDMA WAS FACED WITH MANY THINGS BUT SHE NEVER LET THEM GET HER DOWN, SHE AND HER BROTHERS WALKED TO SCHOOL MANY MILES, ONE DAY WHEN THEY WERE COMING HOME THERE HOUSE WAS ON FIRE THEY LOST EVERYTHING,SHE HAD TO QUIT SCHOOL BECAUSE HER MOM WAS REALLY SICK, AND SHE HAD TO HELP TAKE CARE OF HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS, BUT GRANDMA WAS SO SMART, I DO BELIEVE SHE GOT TO GO AND FINISH SCHOOL, I LOVE YOU GRANDMA AND I CANT WAIT TO GIVE YOU A BIG HUG WHEN I SEE YOU, I BELIEVE THAT SHE WAS TAKING CARE OF ZAK BEFORE HE CAME DOWN, HE LOOKS AT HER PICTURE AND CALLS HER GRANDMA NIELSEN. AND THE WAY HE LOOKS AT HER, I KNOW HE KNOW HER.