Throw Back Thursday....

I posted on Facebook yesterday that Onyx got a good report at the Vet!! He has gained a pound, in just a week, which is wonderful! Dr. Dunham was pleased with his progress and we don't have to take him back for another visit, as long as he continues to thrive. Hooray!  All the prayers and positive energy sent his way last week, worked! Thank you!

I am posting a few more old photos. Again there is no rhyme or reason. Just bear with me!

 This is Domenick and Rosella. They were Joe's first wife's parents. I was so blessed that they accepted me into the family when Joe and I were married. Joe's first wife and the mother of Joey and Jeff, died of brain cancer. It was (of course) a hard thing for all of them to experience.  Rose actually started calling me her 'adopted daughter', which was an honor I did not take lightly. They came to the United States, from Italy, as did Joe's folks. Joe and Loretta knew each other from the time they were kids. Close, Italian immigrant families stuck together. Joe's folks had the meat market, and Rose & Dom had a neighborhood grocery store.  I will offer that Loretta helped pave the way for me to be in Joe's life. She told everyone that she wanted him to find someone to love and to marry again, so to trust him. I think she and I would have liked each other, had we ever met.

 This is my Grandpa Kelly, when he was a very young man. I think it's great that these look like photo-booth photos that we still have taken today!

 

Above and below - I threw Joe a surprise 50th birthday party (1987). We had a house full of friends, and I asked everyone to bring something that is older than Joe (or represents something older than Joe). You can just see the head of a blow-up dinosaur on the table beside him. What made him laugh so hard was a can of Spam, which turned 50 that year, too, and the can actually said 50 years old! That was his favorite gift! 

 

 This is a photo of my parents. Probably in the mid-80s, is my guess. I just love it. The evergreen tree they are standing in front of was a tree I planted when I was in the Blue Birds, for Arbor Day. Dad dug them up (there were two) and moved them with us when we moved to this house. They thrived in our front yard, and got decorated for Christmas each year. Sadly, they are gone now (as are my folks).

I like this photo of the four of us, sitting on the fireplace hearth for our first Christmas together (1985). Me (see that cast on my arm, explained in a previous blog), Joe, Joey and Jeff. I am such a lucky girl!! Count my blessings daily!

Thanks for stopping by! I wish you a good Thursday! Be blessed!