Lights glow

Lights warm

Lights twinkle

Lights brighten

Lights illuminate

Thinking of Loved Ones

May bring to all our minds

The things lights do in our lives

Let us shine out lights for all to see

With a small $5.00 donation you can place a light

for a loved one on the Community Christmas Tree.

At Fountain View.

The lighting of the Community Christmas Tree will be

Monday, December 8 at 6:30 pm-Grant Fountain View

Commemorate a loved one with a small donation.

You can place a light for a loved one on the

Community Christmas Tree. A special service will be held

to light the tree with a time of Scripture, hymns and refreshments

afterwards.

The deadline is December 3. I will be sending copies of the form to all

the Mom's .

If you would prefer to send this right away, please send with your $5.00

donation for each person, the name or names of the person you would like

remembered along with your name and address to:

Fountain View Retirement Village of Grant

50 S Maple

Grant MI 49327

If you have any questions you can call Fountain View 231-834-8202

Hope to see you there.

Love to All

Shepard Christmas

Just a note. Mary and Marcia thought it would be fun to have a Shepard Christmas talent show. The hall is equipped with a Stage. Surprise us, maybe a song or a dance keeping with the Christmas theme. If your little ones have a Christmas carol.....anything. Could be fun. Personally, I'm hoping to see Sling Shots and Tulips, I heard they were pretty impressive at Wheatland!!

Love to all

Shepard Christmas

Please mark you calendars for Sunday December 28, St Catherines Hall in Ravenna. I'll be getting invites out yet this week with all the details. Hope to see everyone there.

Love to All
Gina

Thanksgiving Dinner

I am cooking tukey and potatoes and whatever else I may feel like Thanksgiving morning. Dinner will be at 1:00. Anyone who wishes to join my family and I for dinner are welcome. Please let me know if you can can make it.

Love to all,
Marianne

F A M I L Y

I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
'Oh excuse me please' was my reply.

He said, 'Please excuse me too;
I wasn't watching for you.'

We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we said goodbye.

But at home a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.

Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son stood beside me very still.

When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
'Move out of the way,' I said with a frown.

He walked away, his little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.

While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,

'While dealing with a stranger,
common courtesy you use,
but the family you love, you seem to abuse.

Go and look on the kitchen floor,
You'll find some flowers there by the door.

Those are the flowers he brought for you.
He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.

He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes.'

By this time, I felt very small,
And now my tears began to fall.

I quietly went and knelt by his bed;
'Wake up, little one, wake up,' I said.

'Are these the flowers you picked for me?'
He smiled, 'I found 'em, out by the tree.

I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.
I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue.'

I said, 'Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today;
I shouldn't have yelled at you that way.'
He said, 'Oh, Mom, that's okay.
I love you anyway.'

I said, 'Son, I love you too,
and I do like the flowers, especially the blue.'

FAMILY

Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company
that we are working for could easily replace us in
a matter of days.
But the family we left behind will feel the loss
for the rest of their lives.

And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more
into work than into our own family,
an unwise investment indeed,
don't you think?
So what is behind the story?


Do you know what the word FAMILY means?
FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU

Any one interested in a Dance/Exercise class? We've started our own Clogging Group! We will be meeting at
Fountain View, Tuesdays at 6:00 pm. We are working on a marching routine for our next years Walk. Hope
some of you will join us.

Alice's Army

The alzheimers Walk was a great time for everyone. We had 95 walkers and raised over $15oo.00 from Alice's Army alone. Mary can tell you what the whole group collected , I forgot to write it down. Just want everyone to mark your CALENDARS for next years Walk. The Saturday after Labor Day.