Wow. This is just...I might have cried if I had seen this in my yard. Amazing.

I think Missouri Synod is Lutheran, if I'm not mistaken. And I believe Beth is at an Anglican church.

I took care of a little girl named Penny for years, and one evening as we sat at the dinner table, she looked out the window at the birds singing from their perch on a telephone wire and said, "Lauren! The birds are singing their evening song!" "Yes, they are, baby," I replied. I'll never forget it.

Yes! (Sounds wonderful.) Unless the thing you need sobriety from is food-related, not alcohol-related....

I sure miss my mother, so thank you so much for these words, Beth. You have some blessed daughters (and son-in-laws and grandchildren). <3 God bless *you.*