Tales from Bloggeritaville: Bama Prepares for Bama

The clock is ticking and high school graduation for Bama is just around the corner (Thursday to be exact). My friends from the Clematis Club hosted a graduation celebration for Bama on Sunday. Bama got some great gifts. There were many ooh's and ahh's, as seen in this video below (Ok trying to figure out how to post it.... )

He will have one cool dorm room at Alabama. And he will be eating good, for a little while anyway...young men can go through some food, ya know. Friends and Family gave him several gifts cards to restaurants, coffee houses and gas cards. He was quite pleased as he opened each card. He actually really enjoyed the cards that gave advice from personal experience of those that have traveled that same road before him. He plans to put those on a bulletin board that he got for his room. It was a wonderful day. I just have to say, to all who attended, to all who made delicious food, to those that brought gifts and delivered hugs....my family sincerely thanks you from the bottom of our hearts! Here are some scenes from the celebration.

Words of Wisdom

"Older and wiser voices can always help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen."-Jimmy Buffett

Sea Joy
When I go down by the sandy shore,I can think of nothing I want moreThan to live by the booming blue seaAs the seagulls flutter round about me.
I can run around when the tide is outWith the wind and the sand and the sea all about,And the seagulls are swirling and diving for fish.Oh, to live by the sea is my only wish.
- Jacqueline Bouvier

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream." --- Mark Twain

The cure for anything is salt water---sweat, tears, or the sea. ~Isak Dinesen

I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.Philippians 4:12,13 NIV

Live a good life and in the end it's not the years in the life, it's the life in the years.~ Abe Lincoln

Let your boat of life be light Packed with only what you need --A homely home and simple pleasures,One or two friends, worth the name,Someone to love and someone to love you,A cat, a dog, and a pipe or two,Enough to eat and enough to wear,And a little more than enough to drink...For thirst is a dangerous thing.
-- Jerome K Jeromefrom "Three Men in a Boat"

The love of God is like the ocean, you can see its beginnings but not its end.

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
~Eleanor Roosevelt

"We can make our plans,But the LORD determinesour steps" Proverbs 16:9

"Let us not forget what is best remembered or may we not remember what is best forgotten."

"Fish and overnight guest stink after three days."
~plaque at Fish Camp Restaurant, Orange Beach, Alabama

"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human being experience."

"A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future and accepts you today just the way you are."
Proverbs 27:17

The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have. The richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.

Live simply. Love generously. Care Deeply. Speak Kindly. Leave the Rest to God.

Worry is a robber of time and energy. Take comfort within that God's power is what we truly need. He knows our needs before we can even ask for them.

If you worry, you didn't pray. If you prayed, don't worry. Faith is the ability to not panic.

Don't "find" a religion. "Find" your relationship with God.
~Bill Burgess

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you, too, can become great."-Mark Twain

8 comments:

Mari said...: Looks like such a good time! Congratulations to Bama!; May 17, 2009 at 9:10 PM
JennV said...: Looks like a good time was had by all! You're the Mom of a Grown Up! ACK!!!

Hey, I thought of you last night... we went out to Zamora for some Roller Derby! I watch for you to come in everytime we go! TCR kicked booty as usual!

Have a fantastic week!; May 17, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Chandy said...: Wow, you have some great friends and family!

Bama is such a cutie, I'd be afraid to let him loose with all these young girls around. LOL

Congratulations to him and may he have the best time in both his dorm studying and in college!

Leigh, you are such a great mama! He is one lucky man!

Hugs to you both,
Chandy; May 17, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Laura @ the shorehouse. said...: Congratulations to Bama! Some days I feel like it was just yesterday I was heading off to college...where the heck does the time go?! If I could do it over I would chill out a bit...I was in such a rush to get out that I didn't take time to enjoy it for the experience that it was.; May 18, 2009 at 12:36 AM
Keetha Broyles said...: Really cool Bama cake!!! Looks like a good time was had by all.; May 18, 2009 at 3:33 AM
j said...: THURSDAY! Wow! He is almost 'official'. It looks like a wonderful party to celebrate a wonderful guy.

(you look pretty lady - I like the new hair-do); May 18, 2009 at 9:23 AM
Lou Cinda @ Tattered Hydrangeas said...: Congrats to each of you! This is just the beginning for him AND you! I don't know if you are like me or not, but my oldest graduated from high school last year and when he left for college, it nearly took me down! I mourned for him! But I was tough and prevailed, though I cried alot!!

He will love it, you will adjust!

and....by the way....

ROLL TIDE BABY!!

Lou Cinda :); May 18, 2009 at 12:48 PM
Susan said...: How wonderful!!!!! I won't hold it against ya that he's going to that school......hahahaha!!! Enjoy the week, we're all getting teary right now!!!; May 18, 2009 at 5:17 PM

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