Sisters' - Orilla Landers/ Gram'ma L Service

Revelation 21:4

He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.

"Landers' Sisters" Constance Knuckey & Barbara Klundt

November 6, 2009 - Friday

Jim & Connie Knuckey: Barb & Vic Klundt
"Landers' Sisters"

Keith, John, Kent, Julie Nellis (Klundt), Dave & Dan Knuckey
1st Cousins - "Landers Sisters"
Klundts' and Knuckeys'

Victor & Barb Klundt Family

Julie Nellis, Keith, John & Kent

Vic & Barb Klundt

12 Grandchildren

Back row: Brittney (Zach's fiance), Zach, Matt, Alex

2nd Row: Faith, Emily, Hadassah, Tia & Mya
Missing: Alizabeth, Arlis (Fiance), Josh, Kameron & Haley Nellis

Uncle Kent & Hadassah with his nephew Alex Reed (Julies' son)

Kent & Ana-Maria Klundt -Barbs' Eldest Son

Tia & Faith Klundt
Kent's second and third daughter
Tia, Mya & Emily Klundt
Kent's third, first & fourth daughters

Dan, Janice & Samantha Knuckey
Jim & Connies' youngest son

Dave, Thomas, Amy, Abigail & Emma Knuckey
Jim & Connies' eldest son

Kent & Ana-Maria Klundt Family

Mya, Hadassah (baby), Emily, Faith & Tia (blonde)

Vic & Barbs' eldest son - Missouri

Matthew, Tabby, Keith, Zach Klundt and Brittney (Zach's fiance)
Vic & Barb's second son - Illinois

Julie Nellis (Klundt & son), Alex Reed - Iowa
John Klundt - Arizona
Vic & Barbs' daughter (youngest) and son (third)

Missing: Gary & Haley Nellis

Kayleen, Alizabeth, Josh & Kameron Klundt

Keith & Tabby Klundt

third cousins fellowshipSisters - Kent's girls

Vic & Barb Klundt with Marv & Ruth Klundt

2 of 5 brothers

Jim & Connie Knuckey Grandchildren

Abigail, Thomas, Emma and "Sam"

Knuckeys' 1st cousins

Papa (Vic Klundt) with 2 grands

Tia & Mya Klundt (Kent's daughters)

Uncle John visits with niece Faith (Kent's daughter)

Tia Holds Hadassah Klundt (10 months) and Ana-Lou Holds Samantha Knuckey 5 months)

The newest "Great Grands to Orilla Landers" day of Services

November 6, 2009

30 Days

"Thirty days has September, April, June and November . . . ." ???

Whisking by "30 Days or less". As the deep morning hours around 1:30 this morning anticipation aroused my senses as well as my sense of SMELL and a whimper, no a cry. I couldn't get the sent or sounds out of my head. It smelt as "fire or a smoldering smoke" out of place. "Am I dreaming? Wake up, wake up!" I was awake. What if there was only but a moment to take another step? Did I have everything in order? Are the Girls okay? Is it a fire? What's going on? Oh my . . . . what IS going on? I awoke because Hadassah was crying herself awake. I gingerly cradled her in my arms as I lifted her from her bed. She had tears that softly moistened her eyes, her cheeks and she clung tightly around my neck as if life depended upon it. That is when reality hit that it wasn't a dream. She was in my arms, melting into my neck while upon my chest. The smell . . . it didn't diminish. Quickly walking around the house trying to stay calm. I did smell smoke!!! But where was it coming from? The inside? And if so, where from; the basement, the chimney (but we haven't used it this year!), the landing or girls room, the attic, in the walls? WHERE!!! Kent noticed my absence asking what was wrong. We both began to smell the odor rafting around but from where? Girls all asleep - even Hadassah in my arms they are all secured in their slumber.

Kent . . . thinks it is from outside. It smells like leaves burning . . . but why at 1:30 in the early morning?! We reside and chide our self to go back to bed. Kent, Hadassah as well as all the girls are sound asleep. I can not. It was stronger! What if it was a neighbors home like four almost five years ago when I smelt it from the basement four doors down?! Pray . . . that always works. I went outside the front door to be greeted by a brilliant light from "The Man on the Moon" and the very deep permeated sky filled with the deep odor of burnt earth and leafs'. Assured now that it was not an emergency but an awareness of my surroundings.

Those very surroundings ~ The trees almost completely barren and looking cold. Fall getting ready to surrender to Old man Winter . . . as the brilliance of colors turned the leaves that painted the sky; now flayed on the ground in hues of brown like a heavy blanket trying to warm the creation that lie beneath it from the bitter bite of freeze coming around the bend.

I breathed deeply in the cool crisp air and began to walk around the house Thanking the wonderful creator for the sense of smell. For the foliage that always cycles here in the mid western state I preside in. Than I began to pray over the occupants that lie with in. Kent . . . Mya, Tia, Faith, Emily and Hadassah. ;-) Now for a brief moment it came to me . . . The daily parts of life make the new month of 30 days to be THANKFUL.

What if I only had 30 days left? Would be any different? I remembered the little poem I learned very very young in primary elementary school in Colorado: "Thirty days has September, April, June and November. All the rest have 31 . . . . EXCEPT February which has 28 and on LEAP YEAR has 29." "So Mommy . . . This month." Faith reminded me "guess how many days are left for the birthdays just around the corner. Guess!!! 28, 30, 40 and well . . . Then Hadassah will be ONE!!!" It it me . . . again, there it is "30 days". There were 30 days again. What is IN the next 30 days? I want to LIVE, LOVE 'cuz the days we are given are from ABOVE! Yep like one of my favorite songs from Super Chick says in it's lyrics . . . May my next 30 days be Lived in LOVE from Above.

Live it with me. Won't You? Here's to the next 30 DAYS ~ LIVE as if it were your last! ;-)

"This is a Sick World"

"This is a SICK world we live in, Sick, sick world" Jingle all the way; the postman - Sinbad. Okay so I had to do something crazy on this 31st day October. This is a Christmas movie but this is funny. Lately Tia has been making us laugh with her carefree one liners and lately this one has been hers!!!

Yep . . . that's right TIA JOY!!! Quiet little Tia breaking the moments in one liners and cracking us ALL up. She has done this one liner so often lately that she came home Thursday letting us know that her and her friends were laughing about something (I think at lunch) and she just blurted out this one liner and started giggling only to have them look at her rather strangely, smile, mock laugh and she was able to LAUGH at herself. It broke the weird and "AWKWARD" nano second silence. When she told us about it . . . we all giggled and then broke out in round table family laughs at dinner! Tia, our cute turned beautiful young lady has definitely come OUT OF HER SHELL. It is SO fun to see her Joyful once again - her namesake.

So when your out tonight, or any other day or night and you need a one liner that makes you giggle . . . rent the movie and see the movies' one liner that made us laugh with Tia!


"Sick, sick world we live in" . . . not really when there is still Salt and Light to hand out freely to bring smiles to others or to allow a good belly laugh. Go out and see this potential to live For HIM today - Like Tia Joy, won't you?

Life

Wow how time does speed along so quickly. It is much like traveling on I-70 just a week ago along the rolling hills of Kentucky. Kent & I were able to just "BE"; read scripture out loud (since Kent would read it while driving otherwise) talk, evaluate, rest, entertain our youngest princess and wonder about the other four back in MO TOWN.

Already some many things. So many perplexing and rewarding "daily" days. "Inch by inch it's a cinch." ??? unknown.

Yes it is true. As I get older I try to take each day to remember how truly blessed I am. Inch by inch it really is a cinch. Like Kentucky now twice in my past but fulfilling while it was a present to live in the PRESENT and no hurry to rush into the future. For it will soon enough be upon me to live and pass through it. Life. ;-) many twists, turns, straight a ways and full of new horizons; it is all to cherish, joys & even when it is a bit rough - LIFE.

When much younger all my thoughts kept craving the days to go SO much quicker, faster, to the point that I could hardly contain myself. Now, oh my only desire is to just enjoy the ride. Oh don't get me wrong, i truly enjoy the thrill of an adrenaline rush of the heart pounding events and those favorite things that make you say, "Let's do it AGAIN!" Yes sir reeee. I don't know that that will ever diminish! Like the time of Bungee jumping BEFORE GOING TO A CIY event as a sponsor ;-D to only tell Kent about it after the fact (that was the day BEFORE EVERYONE had a cell phone, also since he doesn't like heights). Or the days of my youth doing other events of fond memories. You get the picture, we all have them. Some things don't drive me to re-live but others, well - you might say I'd do them all over again. LIFE.


Life, Live it with no regrets to honor the Lord as well as serve him. Be REAL. Be GENUINE. Be HONEST. Admit when "I am wrong". Ask FORGIVENESS (and mean it). Be COMMITTED. Be TRUSTWORTHY. Have CHARACTER of HUMILITY and SERVITUDE. LIFE. We only have one to GIVE HIM ALL the GLORY!

Thanks for Your LIFE! Because the good Lord allowed it to come into contact with mine and he Knows I needed your color weaved upon my LIFE to develop in me a piece of HIM!
BLESSINGS to YOU and YOUR LIFE!

Music

Melodic

beat, beat, beat,
hick hick u hick hick u
hummmmmm,
shhhhh shhhh,
whisk, whisk, whisk

kaboom boom boom
girgle, girgle
shhhhh shhhh

"meeeee meee,
meeeeeeeeeee meeeeeeeeeee
MUM . . . mum . . . mee mee

meee mee . . MUM"
this is music to my ears . . .

blessed to be home
holding her
gazing at her
calling her
watching her
listening to her
crying with and over her
LAUGHING hysterically with her
wondering about her

music
SHE (all five) are music to my heart

"My Daughter
. . . my mirror,
my friend (sooner or later ;-) . . .)
my HEART." author unknown and parenthetical mine.


knowing how much I LOVE HER - my music!