Be Strong

Full Service Banking - is it a thing of the past?   My grown son has an account at the same bank I do.  I wanted to deposit a check from my account into his account, and the teller refused to look up his account number by his name or his social security number.  She said she could ONLY do it if I had his account number.  I know I've done this in the past with the same bank when we lived in the mid-west.  So what's the deal?  I know she could look at his account, see that we have the same address, etc.  It's not like I wanted to take money OUT of his account.   Shame on you, full service bank.  I know that because of the length of time I've had my account, and how it's designed that I don't pay monthly service fees, but I also don't use the bank's services very often.  Cash from a debit card when making a purchase is much too easy, who needs to dash into a bank every time you want cash these days?   I was really disappointed in my bank after making a special trip to their location.

When I got home, they were surfacing my street!  I watched them run hot oil down the street, followed by little asphalt rocks on top of that.  Rollers came along to pack it down, they let it "rest" for about 10 minutes, then a street sweeper unit came long, picked up most of the little rocks, and conveyored it back into the dump truck as it swept along.  By the time I got inside my house, poor Sadie was an exhausted wreck!  I don't know how long they'd been out on my street, but she was barking up a storm to 'chase them away'!

I'm feeling stronger today, even with all the bad news lately.  I know that there is a circle of life, a season for everything.  Some day it will be my own turn.  In the meantime, I can make the most of the time I have left with my family.  Creating memories is never a bad thing.  I did it with my dad, flew up once a month to have time with him.  I'll make whatever time I can with others as well.

This was in my FB feed, and it was a great reminder, put things in perspective: