Combined post next week.

I will cover weeks 5 and 6 next week.  Today my mind is on a woman to whom we will be paying our last respects.  Sometimes when I was sick growing up, she would take me in if my parents had to work.  She knew how to make a kid feel special and pampered.  She was the sweetest person I've ever known, and she always made us feel so welcome (even though I'm sure we were a bit daunting, the seven of us).  I will never forget the twinkle in her eye when she would smile, or her laughter which was frequent.  She had the most infectious laugh. 

To know Thelma is to love her and think of her fondly.  We'll say goodbye today but she and her influence won't soon be forgotten. 

Until next week.