For Martha

Happy Birthday to my longtime childhood friend who still lives back in Ohio...actually in the home her grandmother owned and that her mother was born in.  It's her 68th and she's had a very tough year so this flower for her today celebrates bringing new CHEER for a much much better year for her.
   Last year she lost her husband, her Mother, her beloved dog, and was diagnosed with Parkinson's!  Enough is Enough!  I talked with her today and she is doing well all things considered...going to some exercise classes for her Parkinson's and a couple grieving support groups...even found one for the loss of her dog.  I'm so glad as she had been really really down...so understandably.  So this bright cheery one's for her special day!