I had promised the sons and daughter-in-law of my friend Leighoda that I would publish pictures of her beautiful Christmas centerpieces on my blog. After a week of trying to figure out to which computer they had been downloaded, I finally found at least some of them.
I have stumbled across many eloquent statements today, not the least of which includes the following from Marion D. Hanks. He asks, "What is our response when we are offended, misunderstood, unfairly or unkindly treated, or sinned against, made an offender for a word, falsely accused, passed over, hurt by those we love, our offerings rejected? Do we resent, become bitter, hold a grudge? Or do we resolve the problem if we can, forgive, and rid ourselves of the burden? The nature of our response to such situations may well determine the nature and quality of our lives, here and eternally. A courageous friend, her faith refined by many afflictions, said to me only hours ago, 'Humiliation must come before exaltation.' It is required of us to forgive. Our salvation depends upon it."
In deference to those who are surely wondering after viewing the extraordinary pictures in the most recent Bits and Pieces post, Alice Haddow is pleased to announce the final results of the Vallarta flight in the 2008 Puerto Vallarta Pro-Am Golf Tournament. The handsome group above managed in the end to eek out a victory, outlasting many other fat old guys on the course. They took home some pretty big money--at least enough to pay for 15 minutes of their wives' shopping--and saw no reason in the end to exhibit humility in any form. Go Summerhays, Haddow, Bake, Miller, and Wallin!
Val and Chris: The picture speaks for itself.
I arrived in Puerto Vallarta yesterday, grateful for the perfectly straight hair generously provided to me prior to my departure, courtesy of my talented hairdresser and her trusty Conair 1600. Less than 24 hours later, my hair no longer appears as the blonde version of the girl on the phone in the image above. The dog's hair? Well, that's more like it.
