Grandma Ree's letters

 Dear Family and Friends,      I can’t believe that May has come and gone already. I hope you don’t get bored hearing about my daily activities, but it’s just my way of keeping in touch with everyone. So, here goes………      Since I was asked to be “Sunshine Lady” for the Park, I am required to attend the 1st of the month Residents Board Meeting to report how many cards were delivered the previous month. This also gives me the chance to get in on the discussions and plans for the next month and feel more involved here.      On the 5th of May I made up “Cinco de Mayo” puzzles to share with the Church’s ‘older ladies’ as we enjoyed the lovely ‘tea party’ prepared for us by the Primary girls, ages 8 thru 11, who did all the decorating, food preparing, and serving. It was delightful for us and good training for them. They had sent a really cute invitation, but I failed to see the notation at the very bottom which said, “Dress an...

  May 1, 2023 Dear Friends and Family, The month of April started out with inspiring messages from our prophet and apostles and others at General Conference in Salt Lake. Then the very next week was Easter with beautiful music from the Tabernacle Choir and more meaningful messages from our inspired leaders. Later, in our own ward’s relief society, a very resourceful former school teacher presented the Easter story very effectively by using objects to represent the various activities of that week. Very appropriately, she had small items hidden inside plastic Easter eggs that were numbered from 1 to 12. These were among the basketful of eggs that were passed to everyone, but containing only candy. As each number was called for and opened, we had a chance to guess what it might refer to, and then were given biblical information connected to that event. I can’t remember them all, but a few stuck in my mind:--- a leaf - palm leaves, a few coins - clearing the temple, bread - the last su...