10 May 2026, Sunday

10 May 2026, Sunday - Day 2-Cruising

 Prioritized Daily Task 

Mother's Day

8:30 Breakfast

All day activities:  miniature golf, flow rider, water slides, climbing wall, sport court, splash park, pool hopping, endless ice cream, arcades, bottomless drinks

5:30. My Time Dining (Moms)

Note: Mother's Day card to my wife "To a Mother, Grand Mother, and Great Grandmother,                              Sunday, May 10, 2026

I have been contemplating about a mother, my wife, and her mother that I knew.  The love in their hearts for their children and the hopes and dreams they have, or in Jalna’s case, had and still has, for each one.  The poem by Temple Bailey came to my mind.  I did not want to waste her words on children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren about  my wonderful wife, by waiting until she had finished her course and reached the end of her journey.

A young mother, named Deborah K. Searle, set her foot on the path of life. “Is this a long way?” she asked.

And the guide said: “Yes, and the way is hard. And you will be old before you reach the end of it. But the end will be better than the beginning.”

But the young mother was happy, and she would not believe that anything could be better than these years. So, she played with her children, and gathered flowers for them along the way, and bathed them in the clear streams; and the sun shone on them, and the young Mother cried, “Nothing will ever be lovelier than this.”

Then the night came, and the storm, and the path was dark, and the children shook with fear and cold, and the mother drew them close and covered them with her mantle, and the children said, “Mother, we are not afraid, for you are near, and no harm can come.”

And the morning came, and there was a hill ahead, and the children climbed and grew weary, and the mother was weary. But she said to the children,” A little patience and we will be there.”

So, the children climbed, and when they reached the top they said, “Mother, we would not have done it without you.”

And the mother, when she lay down that night looked up at the stars and said, “This is a better day than the last, for my children have learned fortitude in the face of hardness. Yesterday I gave them courage. Today, I have given them strength.”

And the next day came strange clouds which darkened the earth, clouds of war and hate and evil, and the children groped and stumbled, and the mother said: “Look up. Lift your eyes to the light.” And the children looked and saw above the clouds an everlasting glory, and it guided them beyond the darkness. And that night the Mother said, “This is the best day of all, for I have shown my children God.”

And the days went on, and the weeks and the months and the years, and the mother grew old and she was little and bent. But her children were tall and strong and walked with courage. And when the way was rough, they lifted her, for she was as light as a feather; and at last they came to a hill, and beyond they could see a shining road and golden gates flung wide. And mother said, “I have reached the end of my journey. And now I know the end is better than the beginning, for my children can walk alone, and their children after them.”

And the children said, “You will always walk with us, Mother, even when you have gone through the gates.” And they stood and watched her as she went on alone, and the gates closed after her. And they said: “We cannot see her but she is with us still. A mother like ours is more than a memory. She is a living presence.”

I Love You, 

Your husband for time and all eternity, James Leonard McAlpin

This shoe fits many mothers I know and have known, my own mother, Inez Thrash McAlpin (Grannybug), Mathrash, Grandma McAlpin, Beth, Rae Lynn, Melodie, and Autumn.

Weston woke and was sick, throwing up. He got over and was sick again throwingup. Debbie and some of the grandchildren went ice skateing and rock-wall climbing.   Our genie, I call Angel, found Debbie, Rae Lynn, the boys, and Melodie and Ava.  I went by Beth room.  She and Ava went to the the pool and water park.  I arranged for the mothers, Debbie, Beth, Rae Lynn, and Melodie to get full body massages and facian at 10:00am on Thursday, 14th May.  Weston got sick again this afternoon.  He made it back to the room before threw up again.  Rae Lynn cleaned him up and he showered.

                                                  Mother's Day dinner