"My Happiest Moment of 2018"

As the year draws to a close, there's no doubt that marrying Mercedes Jones, 8 months ago today,
is and was was my happiest moment of 2018!!

A few days before that gorgeous Spring day, my dear daughter Jenna gave birth to her first child (my fifth GRANDchild) down in North Carolina.  THAT was amazing, and I love the little guy very much...but it can't compare to the joy of marrying Mercedes.

After our marriage on April 28th, Mercedes and I went on a WONDERFUL Honeymoon, driving around to visit 13 different states.  We stopped in Maryland (seeing the Babe Ruth Museum), N.C. to see my new grandson, Tennessee to check out Dollywood,, the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame in Ohio and we ended up in NIAGARA (the New York State side) during our two week excursion.  Then, we took a SECOND Honeymoon in OCTOBER, visiting Niagara Falls from the CANADA side, and checking out the Boxing Hall of Fame and BASEBALL Hall of Fame, both in New York State.  But none of that compares to the joy of marrying Mercedes and knowing we are formally, LEGALLY on the same team as husband and wife, SERVING OUR SAVIOR TOGETHER.

Above: I had this bat made for us in Cooperstown when we visited.there to see the Hall of Fame.


Today, we are closing on our new house, but none of that would mean a thing without HER...see, it cannot compare to the JOY of marrying Mercedes eight months ago today.  I thank the Lord for His GOODNESS to me, giving me a good wife to share the rest of my life with!! Marrying HER was my Happiest Moment of 2018, without a doubt.




My Biggest Writing Achievement of 2018.  Because of my marriage, Honeymoons and house-hunting, I haven't written MUCH this year other than this blog.  Hopefully in 2019, Lord Willing I'll get back to writing BOOKS and more (and better) poems than I've written recently!!  Stan Lee would have been 96 today, and getting my tribute to him printed in the New York Daily News when he died last month was my biggest literary achievement of the year, considering I had limited literary activity.  (My favorite POEM of the year was in my LAST post.)  In case you missed it, here's what I wrote about STAN....

Finally, My Artistic "Achievements" of The Year.  Again, 2018 saw me occupied with many other things, and I hope to get back to OIL PAINTINGS in 2019, after we move and get settled.  These two drawings below made it to the paper, yes, but they were OLD pieces I retouched because of lack of TIME. (In fact, the FLICKER got retouched AGAIN before they printed it, as noted in an earlier blog!!)  In case you missed them, here they are again...

See my Facebook page "Writing From Whiting- Poems by Chet Jelinski" for more of my art / poems.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!! May we ALL love the Lord Jesus Christ more, in 2019!! I do not see how 2019 can have a happier moment than 2018's marriage to Mercedes, though!!