I have to thank Russell for urging me to see Limelight a long time ago, as it has truly become one of my very favorite movies. Chaplin spent more than two years writing "the immortal love story of the gentle clown and the beautiful ballerina ( Read more... )

In just a few hours, Daddy will have been gone two years. It’s about 3:45 AM now. Two years ago at this hour, I was watching him fade away. How can it seem like it happened so fast, yet at the same time, gradually, in an extended slow motion sequence in someone else’s movie?

He fought for every breath that last night. He kept trying to speak ( Read more... )

I was gone a total of 28 hours.

When I got home the house was trashed. My mom (remember, she is 81) just kinda let the kids run amok, so they were pretty happy. I don't think they missed me while I was away, but they were excited when I pulled up in the driveway.

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Roland Mason Tillman Frederick (my Daddy)
September 9, 1924 - November 17, 2006

A different kind of birthday wish today. I wish I had one more chance to say Happy Birthday to my dad. Today he would have been 83.

I got out all my Daddy pix today, and for some reason it didn't seem enough to just look at pictures and think about him. So I am ( Read more... )

I can't say the fallout from my trip was any worse than expected. But it was (is) pretty intense.

So! Let's look at pictures, shall we?

Waiting to be picked up at the airport. The John Wayne statue:
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Thank you, Patty! I appreciate this message so much:

"I don't have a tiara! I'm pretty sure I need a tiara.

Great pictures! Thanks for sharing.

Here's my thoughts. Life's short. Life's messy. Things change from day to day. Each day you take it and make it the very best, happiest and loving that you can. I firmly believe we are put on this earth to ( Read more... )

Yesterday after school, Kidalinas swimming:

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I'm pretty sure because of all the crying relating to my dad's death and the divorce drama, my eyes are a mess. I feel like my vision deteriorates a little everyday. I needed to get new glasses, so here they are:

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The weekend was full of a lot of things. There was some rough stuff and there were some very sad times, but the end result was worth the struggle.

For a little over a year now I have felt severely tested. There has been a lot of bad, and only glimmers of good. And it seems like, even though the good is actually better than good, it disappears and ( Read more... )