W-O-W-!

I think I finally found the spot to "introduce" myself! I tell ya' this new-fangled computer/ gizmo-type stuff is mostly beyond my comprehension. I don't even know where all I've been on this site just to get to here -- and I'm hoping "here" is at the beginning -- introductory part. I'm Nellawyn's baby sister! I always have been, always will be! So except for the Claude and kids and grandkids and great-grandkids parts is a ditto! Oh, and of course -- AGE! I'M a mere 58 for a couple more months anyhow. I got Roy Dethloff for the last 23 years. He's my chosen honey -- it's pretty obvious God picked him out for me. After 10 years of marriage to my first husband, I found myself a single mom. Roy married me and my kids and a year later adopted my two sons at the ages of 14 and 12. They (Shane [37] and Scott [35]) have both been married to their wives (Shelly and Laura, respectively) longer than I was to my first husband, so our family is proof God can still bring about good stuff. Both their wives are now Christians, and they've blessed us with 9 grandchildren from age 17 down to 4. We expect to have great-grandchildren, but HOPE AND PRAY they don't come until AT LEAST after 9 months of marriage unless they're really preemies, and hopefully until their parents are able to take care of them. I know, I know: God can and does take care of us all, but to operate under His blessing is a whole lot easier than not! Anyhow, guess I'm gonna close out for now. I'm going to try to leave in the morning to see Daddy. He's 86 now and has Alzheimer's. He and Alice seem to be doing fine, but those of you who knew Daddy before wouldn't probably know him now. He has in the last year become quite sedentary and sleeps a lot. Up until then, he was still so very active -- he took on a full-time position as maintenance man when he was 78 and built a full-size working wooden windmill (including building the gearbox from marbles and other such stuff!) at the retirement village he was maintenance man for. They wrote up an article in the Burnet, Tx., newspaper about his windmill, and made and presented a plaque to him about it. That was neat! Anyway, like I said, I'm getting ready to call it a day. Look forward to some more posts!