Viviana Sutton's Page

Not me! I WISH! :-) My friend Kim just had her fifth child. Her eldest is 7, to give you some idea how close these kids are in age. I think that deserves something.
So, I brought her dinner!

My mom, AKA Mrs. Manners, made sure we were all drilled in the important aspects of social graces. I'm grateful now, of course.



One of the most important, and the one I liked the least, was the ever-present Thank-You note. Today I got caught up on my written correspondence, and I sent a few thank you's for little things people had done for me recently. I think it's wonderful to receive a thank you for something small and… Continue

I've always wanted to do this---have you ever heard of the "Random Acts of Kindness" book from several years ago? Lovely little missive. Today I employed one of the sweet ideas from this book. At the (SEVERAL) toll booths I passed through today, I put the EZPass aside and went to the ones with live attendants. I paid for myself and also for the car behind me. They must have thought I was out of my mind. :-)

It doesn't feel that way, in any significant, recordable sense, because the receiver is my little boy. Giving to him is what I am SUPPOSED to do, and it's something we moms do a million times per day without recognition (and often without thanks!). I write about this example only because it was a special moment for us.



He has just finished kindergarten, and is enjoying a typical kid summer. He has always had an irrational fear of taking the training wheels off of the bike. My husband… Continue

...and blessed, as always, is this giver! I've had the privilege of helping to care for a terminally ill relative of my husband's. She knows where she is going when she passes, and so do we. That situation makes it all so much easier, and so much less complicated. She did what she was sent here to do--she raised her family to the best of her ability, and taught them to love God. I will rejoice when she no longer suffers.