My Rayne Roo!!!

Rayne is BACK in Texas for the summer and I saw her today!!

She's been on my mind today and I knew it was just about time to see her.

They've been here in Texas awhile but went straight to a 'river house' to quarantine before seeing more family and friends.

I'm in the process of printing into books all my blog posts from when I started Linda's Life Journal in 2010. I did so many posts that it takes at least four volumes - one for every season - for each year, except for the first year which only took two.

The pic above was from October 2014......and I have had so much fun today looking back over that year. Rayne was just 7 years old.....

And now here she is today about to celebrate her 11th birthday in a few weeks.

Note her classy Cowboy hat!! AND she was wearing really cool boots, too!

We all met up at the Bell Kids' hockey game this evening!

Rayne was so happy to see them and they were super pumped to have her and Sabrina and another friend there to cheer them on - in addition to her parents and us!

It was so much fun having all my younger grands together again.....

I love stroking their hair and looking at their sweet faces.

We lingered long after the game and visited for awhile.

I will be seeing more of Rayne and Sabrina while they are here - but this first visit tonight was truly special.

They went on to Babe's Chicken to eat tonight and I think they had a great time!

Look at that cute cowgirl on a horse with her rifle!

See her fancy boots?

Summer is rocking her cowgirl look, too!!

Thank you for the prayers for my daughter......

they are so appreciated.

Her pain level is faring as well as can be expected - one of the most stressful things Summer deals with is the loss of her so much.....nearly everything. All she has worked for over the years. Her career, her income, her health, her home, her possessions. She has lost nearly everything and is still struggling to get on disability. Summer has worked in the insurance industry since she was 18 years old and had reached a level of success to be proud of when all the physical problems and health issues came to a head nearly 5 years ago.

I think it's only normal to 'lose it' every once on awhile when you are dealing with so much over such a long period of time.