The Blog by Christella indicating that I had been tagged by her Blog 10 Things that make me happy struck a card with me. At 77 years old there are some things that still make me very HAPPY.

1. Seeing a young mother and father with their children having fun. It brings back such pleasant memories of the joy we had as young parents.

2. Seeing grandparents with their young grandchildren reminds me of the fun we had with our grandchildren when they came to Michigan to visit with us or we went to Atlanta to visit with them.

3. Writing,  GRANDPA REMEMBERS, a book that was shared with our grandchildren. The book shared with the children sayings that his parents gave to him and his brothers and sister when they were growing up.

4. To hear the grandchildren state some of the sayings in Grandpa Remembers as they attempt to demonstrate that they understand that the world does not revolve around them.

5. To have lived long enough to see our grandchildren become young adults living productive and independent lives.

6. To have lived long enough to see former students and employees making their mark in the workplace.

7. To see nieces and nephews and grand nieces and nephews making their marks in life.

8. To see Chris through her blog and Art by Christella being encouraged to continue to develop the artist expressions that she has until now not realized or accepted she had.

9. To see young colleagues continuing their work that was started during our time when we were working together.

10. To see the projects that Chris and I started with South Africa still going strong and growing stronger.