Thoughts and stories, by Pal

  Dear Readers: I had my 90th birthday on October 6th, a week ago last Sunday!  I am forgetting how to do this blog! I really want to keep this blog going!  But my problem with a 90 year old brain, is how to do it!  A lot is going on in the world, and I actually don't watch much news.        I have a dear friend here in Fairfield Assisted Living in Layton, Utah, named JoAnn, who lives 2 doors from me.  Over the years she has had macular degeneration which has gradually gotten worse, until she is basically blind.  She has to have help just when she eats, as she can't see her food, and has to be told where her drink is, where her foods of different kinds are, etc.  She has had internal problems where she has to have different foods pureid, and eats a lot of protein drinks.                                       This is JoAnn She has been...

  I haven't written in here for over 2 months, and I need to start doing it again!  Today is my mother, Ruth Allen Miles's 116 th birthday!  I'm going to reprint one I did in 2014, and then I will get back in to writing again.  I am now in Fairfield Village Assisted Living in Layton, Utah, and I have been since last October 28, 2023.  I had pneumonia here around a month ago, and I haven't been well for awhile, but I'm starting to feel my old self.    and stories, by Pal Thoughts and Family History Stories by Pal 147. Memories of Ruth, written by Mavis, Vina, and Pal on her 80th birthday, 26 years ago today! May 10, 2014      We all wrote memories of our home life, which we gave to Mother on her 80th birthday.  I couldn't find mine, so my entry below was written in 1911, when we wrote the book of their lives.  This time, I won't underline certain parts -- It takes quite a bit of time which I don't have today.    ...