Thankful Thursday May 29, 2026, and pics of floral scenes

 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;  and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?

John 11:25-26

Greetings Sweet Friends,

Hope this finds you well and feeling healthy.

I am feeling better today,  as I have felt like I

was coming down with something,  but think it was

just overtiredness from recent circumstances hopefully.

At this point, we are trying to finish up things  that

have to do with Susan's Homegoing and they 

are many, but we are slowly whittling them down, 

so we can get back to some sense of normalcy at least.

She will definitely be missed,  but we are rejoicing

that she is with her Lord, and is also reunited

with her parents.  So we know, she is one 

Happy Girl.

and knowing that we will see her again,,,,

 just means so long for now.  Knowing the

Lord and knowing your loved one knows the Lord

 is everything when you lose them, cause you really

didn't lose them, at least not  permanently, because

 God knows right where they are......with Him!

and we will be reunited with them one day.

What a Wonderful Gift that is....that God

has given to those who believe in Jesus.

Pictures today are of Floral Scenes

compliments of Pixabay.

Now...on with my Thankfuls.....

#1

Thankful that we were all very pleased and delighted with

 the way Susan's Memorial Service went, especially

 since we had worked so hard on it......

#2

Thankful that hubby, our Son and another lady named

Mary, that Susan taught school with that also goes 

to our church,  spoke, and they all did such a lovely job,

and we learned a few things about her we did not know

which was neat.

#3

Thankful for our Pastors, and everyone who participated 

and helped put the Memorial Service Together.

  Such a blessing they were.........

#4

Thankful  that they did a coffee/tea station with

muffins, as we just greeted folks as they came in and

when they were leaving which worked out great.

#5

Thankful for all who showed up to the Service

and were so kind and comforting.  A few were

nice surprises, and most were our very loving 

and supportive church family,

all were a blessing........

#6

Thankful that we were able to go out to dinner as

a family afterwards, without lil darling, but picked up our 

Daughter's Father-in-love  who went out with us.

So that was nice!

#7

Thankful that we had 2 days of just the 4 of us,

like old times........It was truly a precious time

of remembering and just fun talking and pondering,

and I can not remember that happening any

time after they were both married, which is

totally normal,  so it was a very special to us 

and hopefully to them too.

#8

Thankful that one of the days was all of us working

together to help clean out Susan's home, as our Son

is getting it ready to move into it, in August after some

renovations are done, as well.

#9

Thankful that afterwards we had a nice dinner with

London broil, baked potatoes and salad.  Easy

and delicious as we had quite an appetite after all 

that work, plus Memorial day was coming up on

 Monday and Dee and Brooklyn would not

 be here and my Son had given me some Patriotic 

table decorations, so quickly came up with a cute

table to enjoy and we loved it....so we celebrated a

 few days early, then watched some dry bar comedy.

Nice evening......

#10

Thankful that I have gotten at least half of the

thankful notes out for those who attended the 

Memorial Service. Hoping to finish that

tomorrow.  

Note: They are all done just trying to get a

few addresses, and then we can get the rest on their way.

#11

Thankful that we already found an attorney a few

months ago since we thought we were gonna have to 

apply for Medicaid, but much to our surprise.....

we need her for handling probate instead.

#12

Thankful that we are able to keep her house which

was also hubbies parents house in the family and

our Son and lil darling are delighted to be able

to fix it up in whatever way they want.  Right

now they are still  just cleaning it out.....but getting

near the time to paint, strip wallpaper and put in

new flooring.  Unfortunately, we have a time

frame due to circumstances that we had to get

 on the ball and get it done as quickly as possible.

Well, this is it for Cozy Place this week.

Guess we should call  this the

 "Rest In Peace " Susan Edition #2

Happy you could visit today,  I know our

theme has been sort of on the Sad side lately,

but it is what our life has been like the last

months.......but the Lord has been incredibly 

good to us, even during this difficult time.

Love, Hugs and last of May

Blessings,

Nellie

Scripture Sunday (late)

 

I am a lil bit late,

but better late than never, as they say!!

Hope you are having a good week!

Hugs, Nellie

Thankful Thursday May 21, 2026, and floral bouquets

 

weeping may stay for the night,
    but rejoicing comes in the morning.

Psalm 30:5 NIV

Hello Sweet Friends,

Hope you are having a sweet day!  

We are having a sweet and restful day,

 after 4 days of  joy with our small family,

 even in the midst of Susans's  Memorial Service, 

which was on Friday, and the reason I am so 

late with this post....... but will tell you about 

it next  Thursday. Cause need to get this 

posted today.

Pics today are of floral bouquets since I didn't

have any new photos to show ya.  lol

Compliments of  Pixabay!!!

On with my Thankfuls.............

#1

Thankful I finally found what I think will be the

 perfect floral arrangement that will go with 

Susan's picture on the communion table.

Hoping the florist can make it come out the

way it looks on the website.

#2

Thankful for this really great news

story.  So touching.

Click here to read it.

or type it in for yourself.

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/doctor-adopts-4-yo-heart-surgery-patient-who-didnt-have-a-family/

#3

Thankful for a surprise on Sunday morning,

from the neighbors Daughter, that brought

me the plant for Mother's Day. She brought

us a cinnamon chocolate bread that she made

from scratch. A few months ago she came

to bring something back they had borrowed

so we had a nice long chat with her and

school which she was just so over!! and

we encouraged her to stay the course,

she came to tell us she Graduated with

her AA degree, and looks like she might

go to culinary school. That was so great

to hear, and the Cinnamon Chocolate

bread was delightful.

#4

Thankful that our church hired a seasoned Pastor 

to join our staff. He spoke this morning and it

was such an encouraging message. He is 80, 

and he and his wife have been missionaries on

the field for years, and have been in and out 

of our church for as long as I can remember

 (and we have been there almost 45 years.

He was born into a Buddhist family but lil by 

lil all of his family came to know Jesus. His 

message was "God is not done with us yet"

so as long as we are breathing God can 

still use us.  I believe that too.

#5

Thankful for the Rededication of America

Celebration on Sunday afternoon,  It was

quite enjoyable and informative and can't 

wait to see the affects of it on our culture.

#6

Thankful we got the Memorial brochure,

the Eulogy, and a poem all turned into the

church today, for Susan's Memorial Service

on Friday, so that part is all done.  

We did a lot of adding and editing

 (because different things come to you as 

you go along)  and you are having to

decide what is more important to add

and what to include in the brochure.

Altho, we were glad to do it....it was a

bit stressful cause we wanted to make sure

we got it as perfect as we could since it is

our last thing to do for her. 

#7

Thankful that I finally found the flowers

that hopefully will look perfect with her

Picture to be placed on the communion 

table, so am about to order those. Then

 the Memorial Service planning is all done.

#8

Thankful the flowers are now ordered and 

should arrive at the church on Friday.

So we are all set for the service which

will be on Friday at 3:30.

Note:  They did arrive on time but,

 Honestly, I was not too happy with them, 

after spending so much time looking for

 just the right ones, it really didn't look 

much like the arrangement I chose. 

It was disappointing to say the least,

but then I realized in the whole scheme

of things, it wasn't really what mattered.

I am beginning to think, the Lord is

 really starting to work on my

 perfectionist tendencies. lol

#9

Thankful our Daughter made it in safe and 

sound on Wednesday, it is so good to see

her as always.

#10

Thankful we have been had a lovely visit

on Wed. nite and then lil darling came over

on Thurs. morning and spent the day and

our Son came over later once he got home

from a trip and we all had Taco night

again.......

#11

Thankful my family remembered, with all that

was going on that we were supposed to celebrate

 Belated Mother's Day, as I had actually forgotten

 about it. 

#12

Thankful that we did our new tradition that

we started back in April the last time the

kids were here from S. Carolina,  Taco 

night, Dee and Brooklyn got a lovely dessert,

and loved the sweet gifts as always, but most

of all to have both my children and my grand

daughter present.  That was the best Gift

of all..............

Well, Folks, that is all for this week.

Glad you ould stop by

and

Have a Wonderful Week Ahead,

Love, Hugs and

last of May Blessings,

Nellie

Scripture Sunday

 

Have a Lovely week.

Hugs, Nellie

Thankful Thursday May 14, 2026, and Mother's day flowers

 Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Exodus 20:12

Greetings Sweet Friends,

Sorry I am so late........I got so busy with

things for the Memorial Service I completely

forgot about it.  Good thing I had most

of it done, as I usually write something

daily, which helps.....lol

Hope you all at a great Mother's Day!!

I actually did, but that was so unexpected cause

 hubby and I were worn out, so I said ya know,

 let's just post pone it till we get the Memorial

Service behind us and our Daughter will be here

 too, so it will seem more like Mother's day to

 have us all together.  We are still working

on things for the Memorial Service, but think

we will be done soon hopefully, then we can

rest a week, before we have to start cancelling

accts and things like that.  

Pictures today are of my Mother's day flowers

 from hubby. I always tell him to get me flowers 

from the grocery store cause I like to arrange my 

own flowers. lol

These look yellow,  but the are cream and 

white, and so pretty. 

So on with my Thankfuls.......

#1

Thankful that hubby didn't completely listen to me,

The flowers were a lovely surprise, and (I managed

to make 2 arrangements with them, which was nice).

Also, the cards and texts on Mother's Day, were so

lovely,and he also got lunch from Longhorn, and

we still plan on celebrating later, as think we will 

all be glad to have something to look foward to 

once the Memorial Service is over.

#2

Thankful for a number of people that I heard from on Mother's wishing me a Happy Mother's Day.

  So sweet and so unexpected.

#3

Thankful that one of my neighbor who I rarely get to see or talk to left a lil surprise plant with a one liner card, but so sweet and such a nice surprise.

  It truly is the lil things 

Just nice to be thought of...........

#4

Thankful that 4 people used our Mother's

Day cards from our shop, and that is

always a thrill for us!  It was like the

Lord just sprinkled lil blessings all

throughout the day. So felt very special.

#5

Thankful that our Son is going to be moving into Susan's home after it gets cleaned out and updated.

  He is working hard, and we are trying to help

some as well, but there is a lot to do, but We

are excited as that means he and lil darling will

 be less than a mile away. So hopefully we 

will get to see them a lil more.

#6

Thankful for a verse in the Bible that says

"Behold I am doing a new thing, don't you

perceive it............and I do.....

#7

Thankful that my long time friend is still hanging in

 there. She had another procedure where they drained 

 her chest cavity.and she is recovering from that, but

 they moved her out of ICU today and started her on

 rehab cause she is very weak.  Praying she can regain

 her strength and that they will be able to bring her

 back home in Florida from Tennessee when she

is up to it. She will still have surgeries to go thru.

We are so praying for the Lord to heal her 

esophagus, so she doesn't have to go thru that 

surgery.  Since she is eating thru a feeding tube

at present, so hopefully it will heal.

Update:  They wound up going down her throat and taking out the first stent they put in which fell into her stomach and then they put a new one in,  so we are praying it stays put and does it's job, but after all this of course, she needs rehab cause she is so weak.  So they want to move her to another hospital that is known for their expert rehab. I tell you she and her hubby have really been through it.

#8

Thankful that I have figured out what I am wearing

 to the Memorial Service. I have gained 3 pds. and 

so having trouble finding things that fit and look

nice at the same time.  lol  So found something 

that fit but wasn't crazy about how it looked, and 

I was saying Lord, what am I gonna wear???

Then I happened to look across the room on a 

love seat we have in our bedroom, and my eyes 

fell on a dress my Daughter had give me for

 Christmas, and I did try it on Christmas day

and we all liked it......but because of all the stuff

 going on with us these last almost 7 months 

somehow just never got hung up, or worn since

I haven't been able to attend church. As soon

 as I saw it, I thought, that's my answer,

 so tried it on and it is perfect.  

Thank You Lord!!

#9

Thankful to be done with the Memorial Brochure,

and pleased with the way it came out. The church would have done the whole thing for me, but I had already done half of it thinking I needed to do it, and have it printed, but then didn't know where to have it printed 

as our staples is supposedly going out of business, so asked our church secretary if she knew where I could have it printed and she said they would do it for me,

 so such a blessing, and I really wanted to make it

 since it is one of the last things I will do for her.

#10

I am thankful that our bunnies have been

out every day this week and sometimes twice

in the morning and afternoon, or could be

one in the morning the other in the afternoon.

  Thinking maybe cause we have had rain and 

the grass is full of water maybe. Funny,

hubby just said both bunnies are out, which 

is a rare happening.  One is eating grass 

the other our Jasmine. They seemto really 

enjoy that Jasmine.

#11

Thankful for quiet peaceful mornings

Journaling and reading devotionals

and just sitting with the Lord.

#12

Thankful that I can still see the beauty

of our backyard, even tho my perfectionist

tendency is to see all the yard work that

needs doing. lol  At my age I am learning

to let go of some of that perfection cause

it is just not possible to keep up with it 

like I used to............and especially with

all that has been going on lately.....

#13

Thankful for my sweet friend Becky

and for this sweet lil cloche she brought

me last week. (Pic above)

Just love it.....

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    Well folks that is all for Cozy Place

this week.

Glad you could stop by

and

Hope you have a delightful rest of the week.

Love, Hugs and 

Mid May Blessings,

Nellie