A Tribute to My Cousin

Thanks for the prayers for my cousin's daughter.  Everything went well.  The doctor did not feel like the tumor was anything serious but sent it off to be tested anyway. He removed her gall bladder without having to cut on her which was an answer to prayer.  She went home late yesterday afternoon.

My cousin and I have really gotten to know each other since I had to quit work in 1999.  I really did not know my mother's family very well because they all lived in either a different town or state, so getting to know this particular cousin has been a real blessing for me.  Right before Christmas last year or the year before (can't remember exactly when) she wrote a poem about me and I would like to share it with all of you.  If you click on Awards in the navigation bar just under my header you will find it after the Awards.  It is simply called "Alice".  My great grandmother on my mother's side was a poet and this cousin is really good also.  I don't feel I deserve what she wrote but felt very humbled by what she said.  Hope you enjoy it.  Actually I could put her name where mine is and I would say the same things about her.

Ephesians 5:20: "giving thanks always for all things to
God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."