I missed my intended goal of publishing the 80th Blog by my 80th birthday, but we’re still in my birthday month. The Party was amazing, relatives near and far, came to our lovely Victorian home in Santa Cruz, CA. It’s 105 years old and has had many improvements. It has a double back yard, driveway area, and front yard, not fenced.
Relatives came from Alaska; younger son, his wife, daughter and granddaughter. From the washington, DC area; Son (twin of my daughter who lives with me) his 4 grown sons, wife and 2nd daughter. My younger daughter came from Portland, OR, with her 1st baby; their 7 month old son is a precious child. Others came from Baltimore, MD, and local areas; Southern California, San Francisco, Oakland, Palo Alto, San Juan Bautista, Aptos, Scotts Valley, Soquel and Santa Cruz.
Fifty relatives and friends gathered, starting on July 6th, through the 9th. The mother of my son’s 4 boys, wrote on Facebook that all her boys (men actually) were in Santa Cruz. A couple who live in Santa Cruz, and were associated with our Spiritual Family in the 1970’s, responded and asked about the occasion. They were told that it’s their grandmother’s 80th birthday. Those dear friends asked if they could ‘crash the party’. Of course they could, I would have invited them if I knew they wanted to attend.
I realize this Blog isn’t conveying much ‘spiritual information’ from the angels’ teachings, I am just reporting about a special occasion in my life. Several of the friends and realtives had not seen one another for a quarter of a century. For example, My younger daughter and I went to visit my son in Alaska in 1986, when his duaghter was 4 months old, and this was the first time I saw her again. Her Mom and Dad have visited us in Santa Cruz, but their daughter didn’t come with them on those occasions.
To include a spiritual note, I will conclude with my personal experience of how blessed I feel for having turned to God for help and Love. In the 1960’s, I felt ‘lost’ since I didn’t know how to find an upward direction. I now know that I am a spiritual being – a soul, and when I learned about God’s Gift of Love, which I can receive into my soul through prayer, I began my spiritual development path and will continue to follow it until I become born-again in God’s Grace. Amen