That today is celebrated as the day that Jesus gave his life as a permanent offering for our sins.

Listening to Ray Boltz's song " The Lamb " several times today, as well as reading scripture to remind me. My husband is struggling today (they said he might, but it is still a bit scary), so I didn't make the church service.

When my son called to check on his dad yesterday, he said that he wanted to cook dinner on Sunday for a family gathering at our house if we are up to it. I had figured that we would not have one this year. It is nice that he stepped up and took over.

Sod is being cut now. One of our grandsons picked up a few strips of sod today and laid it over the area that got dug up when the sewer had to be dug up around Christmas. Although he watered it, we are supposed to have rain tonight, tomorrow, and part of Sunday, so it should help get it established. We had such a beautiful yard, but it has been a wreck since Christmas. It looks better now than it has since. I think it will look nice again in a few weeks when all the yard greens up well and makes the new blend in seamlessly.

A picture I found of my mom, dad, brother, sister and I that I have on the riser under my computer now. It was made on Easter Sunday when I was 13. Daddy didn't go to church much when I was a child but he had been going some and decided to be baptized that day. He also didn't like being in pictures so it was a very special day all around. I am glad that I found this picture. Dad and my younger sister are both gone now.