SUNDAYMEMORIES
Judy Wills
I know that at the end of last time’s posting, I said it was “The End” but I would like to add another little bit.
You see, I have another family that I like to talk about – and that is my blog family. I’ve been a part of this family since my first posting in 2012. My wonderful sister-in-law, DiVoran Lites, told me about her writing for a Christian blog, and how she had convinced her husband (my brother) Bill, to contribute his thoughts, as well. I read a few of their postings, and enjoyed it.
However, I never…EVER….thought that I would be able to do something like that. I love to read, but write? Never happen. But then DiVoran kept after me to write about my memories – my childhood, growing up years, my life with Fred, our girls, etc. And then I thought about it, and thought, okay that might be something I could do.
And so began my journey with this website.
And something else I’ve enjoyed so much is when we “bloggers” get together for a meal and just “get to know” each other. Of course I know Bill and DiVoran, but I didn’t know our blogmeister, Onisha, and her husband, or Louise Gibson and her daughters. Occasionally, when we met, our spouses would join us (my Fred and Onisha’s husband Mike). Frequently, some friends of ours would join us at these meals.
Then I suggested to Jan Eckles that she might like to contribute, since she has written some books of her life. She doesn’t contribute weekly, but she does add her words of wisdom quite often – and she really has a way with words!
I am not big on poetry, but those poems that Louise Gibson wrote were wonderful. I can see why she and DiVoran got along so well, since DiVoran is a poet, too. Louise has left us now, to be home with our Lord and Saviour. We were blest to know her.
The first time we had a “bloggers luncheon” was at Sweet Tomatoes restaurant. Here we are at Sweet Tomatoes in 2013.
It was nice to get together and meet everyone. I didn’t know Louise at that time – actually I didn’t know Onisha and her husband, either, so it was a nice get-together and get-to-know each other. Seems like we had a couple of meals together there through the years, but more recently, we’ve gone to a great seafood restaurant called High Tide Harry’s. Food is good, and we have a nice long table where we sit a just visit with each other. Here are a couple of pictures from those events in 2017.
All that to say that, this is my family, as well. And we so enjoy being together and writing about our lives.
As I said before…I LOVE FAMILY!!
~~~~~~~~~~The End (I promise!)~~~~~~~~~~
Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .
Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.
After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson and a great-granddaughter. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.
resist. I had to have a bite.The next day he came down with a stomach bug, feeling all nauseated and yucky, and guess what I have today? You guessed it! The next time I ask for a bite of his hotdog or any thing else he’s eating, I’m going to bite from the opposite side.
Old Things R New 