Hi, I heard from our son in Lebanon, he wrote me a small note, I am going to paste it here, so you can read it: Hi, Mom I'm back from the Syrian border. Had an amazing time distributing food packages to the refugees out there. I spoke to many of them thru translators. The stories they told me and the injuries I saw first hand were horrific.. I can't imagine how terrifying it must have been for them. 3/5th of the refugees are children. You'll never see any of this on our nightly news. So, we're back in Beirut for two more days, then home. Thank you for your support and encouraging words. Love you, Jim I am so glad to hear from you Sophie, I still have that photo of you in front of those beautiful Red or were they deep Pink Azaleas. I had another stroke about three years ago, they found a blood clot in my carotid artery, had surgery three days later, they were at it for over four hours, took a lot out of me, but had little to no disabilities from it, only my eyes would never be the same. Last year I had a blood clot in my eye, it blew out the vain and I have lost about 30 % of my vision in my right eye, I go for treatments every month, It's a little better, but I will never get the vision back I have lost. But my left eye is 20/20 vision with my glasses, so I am going to be all right. Age brings changes !!! We adapt the best we can !!! I am so pleased we have heard from so many members, it just shows once friends always friends !!! We did a lot of shopping today, it just wears me out, in one store and than out, waiting in line, unpack the shopping cart, than get out of the parking lot, and going a few blocks, pull in parking lot, look for a parking space, go in store, We went to four places today, I had already told the big guy I would make Lima Beans & Ham for dinner with cornbread, got home at 1:30 PM, started the corn bread, than put the a big pot on with a little water, a onion, a ham bone, than put some frozen baby Lima beans in and covered and cooked for two hours. We ate about 4:30 PM, I thought it was good, and than I came in here and read my e-mails, was so glad to hear from our son. I'll write more tomorrow about the changes our back yard has made these last twenty years !! Sully in Sunny California