Happy 4th of July! I am enjoying a peaceful day - sitting here by myself, catching up on Facebook, looking forward to a cookout with friends and family later (if anyone shows up - we have a lot of 'maybes'). If no one comes, we leftovers for the week - it's all good!

I LOVED hearing "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" at Church this morning! It was my father's favorite hymn ("The Navy Hymn" - they sang it in the Worship service scene in "Titanic", by-the-way) and a quartet sang it at his memorial service. I only wish we could have sung it instead of just the organ playing it for the postlude. Oh, well. Then, when I got in the car, the radio station was playing "Highway 20 Ride" by The Zach Brown Band. That one always gets to me because my dad drove from North Myrtle Beach to Charlotte and back every other weekend for almost a year to get me. We had several long talks when he was dying and we always ended up going back to that drive. No matter what happened later, I never doubted that he loved me, even if he didn't like me very much. Funny, though, once we sat down, just the two of us, and he really got to know me, he decided I was pretty neat. I was just so different (different thought patterns, different interests, etc.)

Folks are on the way, so I'll close for now. Have a wonderful and SAFE Independence Day!