Tuesday May 10, 2005 From the Sunny Southwest

It's sunny and breezy down here in Albuquerque, New Mexico. If you like high desert with sun and a bit of wind, this is the place. The folks around here are really nice. The area is growing, but then it's growing everywhere, isn't it? Wouldn't you know it that just as soon as I got away for this trip, Dad started having more medical problems. You feel helpless when you are far away and can't do anything. Luckily, my sisters and brother are there to help him. I'm 2 days of hard driving away, so they will need to be the strength for him right now. After I visit my daughter and son-in-law here in Albuquerque, I head up to Wyoming to visit my other daughter and son-in-law. I may be leaving the sunny southwest for the frigid northwest. I understand that Wyoming is getting snow in May. I expect sunshine and lollipops by the time I get there. I always assume that butterflies and bluebirds will escort me on my trips and the rainbow is just beyond the next horizon. If you keep thinking positive, everything can be taken in stride and you can enjoy whatever happens along the way.