It's Hard To Frown When Mer's Around!

Hello blog buds!
I know you haven't heard from me for a while, but Mer and Glory are out of commission today so I'm covering. Let's say a little prayer for both of them, Mer has a horrible migraine and Glory had cataract surgery this morning.

As I explained in a earlier blog, it was financially difficult to visit Mer and phone calls could also be costly, since it was the time of land lines and long distant fees. Talking to Mer on the phone was trying anyway, her speech was still very difficult to understand.

So we are going to veer off course today, hope you don't mind.

Let me tell you just a little bit about who Mer is. She and I are exactly 3 years and three days a part in age. Mer was very bright and was allowed to skip kindergarten and jump right into first grade. This put us only two years apart through our school years, which was great.

Mer was and is a people pleaser. Your comfort, needs and concerns are always more important to her than her own. Which is very sweet but, she's really had to learn that her comfort, needs and concerns come first now. Let me put it to you like this, if Mer has five dollars and you said you needed it, it's yours, no questions asked. She would literally give you the shirt of her back and be happy to go without.

I really think this is why she had such a hard time with child rearing, Mer can not stand for anyone to be un-happy! Silly, she knows but, it's just such a deep part of who she is.

Mer bubbles over with charm galore! I remember when we were little and lived in Deming New Mexico. It was a tiny town and we lived in the boonies. But there was a pool! The summer heat was not so fun. We had no lawn thus, no sprinkler to run through. So, my brother Robert and I, being deathly afraid of our Dad's wrath, would con Mer into using that charm on Dad (I'm not sure she had any idea we were using her). Mer seldom got in trouble let alone spanked which for the rest of us seemed to be a given. So we would send 'Lil Miss Magical Charm' in to do the scary deed, ask Dad if we could go to the pool. What ever that magic was, it always seemed to work. We got to go swimming and get a treat. Woo Hoo!

Mer still has that power to this day with almost everyone she knows or meets. It's so amazing how quickly she becomes the best of friends with any child.

The woman is so full of fun, laughter and the silliest jokes, that it's hard to frown when Mer's around! Hey! I like that! I'm going to use that as her motto. Love It!

Anyway, Merrym Dawn Mathis (forget the Bruce), is such a loving, giving, kind soul. Let's take what she's shared with us, whether you know her personally or not, and PAY IT FORWARD!

For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths of the grave.
psalm 86:13

Love you Mer