Thoughts and stories, by Pal

For all who may be interested in our new apostle........ He is a concert pianist!  I don't know how to put a link here, but if you look on YouTube, and put in his name, you'll find several songs where he is playing the piano in a duet.  Apparently they have made a recording! Since I first began this, it is now March 22, 2026, and tomorrow my son Wayne will be in charge of the Family Home Evenig here at the Fairfield Assisted Living. He will be playig the accordion, and his grandson Spencer, son of his son Joshua and his wife Tiffany, also will play the accordion,  Wayne has taught his grandson Spencer to  play the accordion for 4 years, and he has learned well!  Also his wife Julie, and daughter Emily, will each play the violin, Sadie, granddaughter, will play the cello, and daughter Melissa (Missy) will play the flute.  I won't be playing with them, but there is a nice flyer up here, showing him playing his accordion.  I can't remember how to add pict...

 2056-- Thoughts on August 29, 2025 Today there are several things on my mind!  Mostly my granddaughter's husband who is close to passing away with leukemia.  He has had it perhaps 13 years!  It has been in remission off and on, but at this time he probably will pass away with it. Both he and his wife, my granddaughter Missy, (Melissa) are in their early 40's I think.  They have one son who is 9 years old.  I will tell more specific details when he passes.   I am in Fairfield Assisted Living in Layton, Utah, and I have been here since October 18, 2023.  I had been living with my son Wayne, and his beautiful wife Julie for 6 and a half years.  My husband, Wayne D Eckman, an identical twin, passed away at age 85, on February 21, 2016, after having radiation for esophageal cancer, and also being on dialysis for 10 months.  I had a dear friend Norma who heard my having talked to my son, also Wayne, and thinking it would be a good idea t...

Above, Wayne at our 60th wedding anniversary!--I'm trying to remember how to do this!  2055--I'm confused! I have been trying to print a name for me to take to the Layton Temple tomorrow with our group from Fairfield Assisted Living in Layton.  I printed a name and it just doesn't add up!   The Family Search gave me a name which says it is my 3rd cousin once removed, but the ancestor which says it is our comon ancestor isn't married to my great grandfather!  I need to go to the Family History Library here in Layton and get some help by someone in the staff at that Library!  I have the name printed, but I'm not going to do the Temple work for that woman tomorrow.  I know that names are sometimes put in the Family Search incorrectly!  My time is valuable when I can go only 2 times a month, and I want it to be absolutely correct! Have any of you had that kind of feeling on a name you wanted to do Temple work for, and just don't know for sure if it is...

2054-- About where I am living now, and some family history. This is a copy of a painting I made about 2007 for a granddaughter's wedding.    It is now July 29. 2025.  I have several family birthdays this month, July! We had one on the 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 15, then 28, 29, and will have one on the 30, 31, and again on August 2.  I have a list on a paper, but I have to add new birthdays everytime I get a new great grandbaby. I have 9 children, all living with a spouse, 28 grandchildren, and 33 great grandchildren!  I couldn't tell you the details, except 5 girls and 4 boys are my original children, the oldest being 69, and the youngest is 50 years old.  My oldest son Wayne, came home from going to BYU to see his new baby brother.  I have one sister, Mavis, who is now 85, and one sister who would have been 89, who passsed away, and I will be 91 years old on October 6th. Since I am now living at Fairfield Assisted Living, in Layton, Utah, I have had po...