It's Birthday Week!!

Eph 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.


My loving and faithful husband of nearly 35 years has a birthday this week. On Thursday, February 7, Richard will celebrate his 61st birthday. That seems impossible but I guess I am getting old right along with him (but I'm still in my 50's for three more years!).

On the first Sunday of the month, we look forward to eating out with son-in-law Brian, daughter Amy, and our four precious GRANDchildren: Jarrett, Isabella, Joshua, and Jaden. We eat out with friends on the other Sundays of the month (and thoroughly enjoy the fellowship) but still, we look forward to our first-Sunday standing dinner date with the kids. Whoever is celebrating something special that month gets to choose the restaurant. Since Richard is the "birthday boy" this month, he chose his favorite Mexican restaurant. We saw several friends at the restaurant (we invited one dear couple to join us at our table) and had a surprise visit with a friend from Tuscaloosa and his new bride ~~ Jason H. and Rachel. It was so good to see them! Anyway, we enjoyed kicking off Richard's birthday week with a fun dinner out with family AND friends.

The only damper of the day is that when Brian and Amy retrieved Jaden from Children's Church, he was burning up with a fever. A "bug" of some description had caught up with him. He stayed in the lap of one of his parents during lunch and then they left as soon as they were finished to get Jaden home, treated with his children's fever medicine, and down for his nap. I imagine I will have a little buddy here with me tomorrow. I would appreciate your prayers for his quick recovery and that the rest of the family doesn't get sick.

Happy Birthday Week to my Schweetie (name borrowed from Kay O. as that is what she calls her dear Dan.)