My little cat died today of cancer. She was 15 3/4 years old and a yellow eyed orange tabby with an M on the forehead. She was special to me and had a type of feline cancer that took her tongue away from her until she could not easily swallow, or enjoy her fishies anymore. I told her she was a good cat at the end and she was the best and first cat I ever owned.

I had a busy December helping out as a Santa helper. I was blessed by Mannington Fire Department to be a Santa helper and give Christmas to two little boys who needed Santa. I was blessed to give Christmas to 15 hospice patients in three counties in one day with hospice nurses for Baptist Health Hospice who continually restore my faith in humanity.

It was a good Christmas and I was able to hold my little cat and let her see the lights and try to eat the tips of the cedar tree. She loved me and was actually jealous of females that she met for years including stalking my wife and mother in law.

She was always more playful with my neighbor and friends that she did not perceive as a threat.

As I get older I keep thinking that one price of getting old is losing the friends and family that share memories with you. If you are the last one left as you age you have to hold close all those memories to keep them alive in your heart.

I am truly blessed since I have at least twenty friends that are special to me and I can look up to still and I have a lot of really great uncles and aunts that loved me and I loved.

When I got married I gained more relatives and got more folks to care about. I was lucky enough when younger to get my friends kids to think of me as an uncle and I got to pick my nephews thanks to having good friends, and I got to get wonderful god daughters who are turning out wonderfully.

It is a sad end to this year, but I have more blessings than sorrows as well.

Santa Claus with the wonderful Elves of the Mannington Fire Department for Christmas

Santa Claus meeting kids with the Mannington Fire Department

The Adams family tree

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My father is Rev. R. V. Adams, son of Obie Frank Adams,son of Albert E. Adams, son of John Adams with links to Christian County Ky in the 1800's. It turns out many of the family married into the Dunning, Cansler, Lansden, Fox, Dunn, family area and have links to Caldwell Co, Trigg Co Adams family members near Adams Cemetery Road at Cerulean, and Cansler Cemetery near Crofton in Christian Co with Adams Cemetery near Adams Store Road near Poole Mill bridge over the Tradewater River in an area west of Crofton and east of Pennyrile State Park. The Fox's are in Dunn Cemetery north of Dawson Springs and Albert E. Adams is buried in Rose Creek Cemetery.

Crimestoppers of Hopkins County Inc.

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President Tim Thomas conducts monthly meetings of the Hopkins County Crimestoppers program designed to have anonymous rewards provided for tips by calling 270-825-1111 to get rewarded for information to solve or prevent crimes. It is designed to keep the caller safe as a paramount concern and to have a means of rewarding with cash those tips that solve crimes. Intelligence gathering is at the heart of most law enforcement in investigations and citizens help is of vital importance to keeping a community safe and a decent place to live.

William Blake Page

William Blake Page

I heard the reading of The Lamb used at a funeral service by Rev. Loescher from St Mary's today with a mockingbird singing in the tree above the grave site. Blake works so well for that setting and time.

Photos from my childhood at Mt Washington

Photos taken from the trunk I found with photos of party's from Mt Washington. I have been testing Picasa photos and their ability to be emailed and blogged from my upgraded computer capability. Live long and prosper.