I have met my daughter and she is beautiful and amazing and wonderful! She came to visit on Thursday, and left this morning, this being Friday. In between, we drove home from the airport, we hugged, exchanged pictures of each our families, lunched at Subway, shopped at the mall 'til we dropped, rested, ate Hunan Wok dinner, zoomed home to sleep and ( Read more... )

Yesterday there were terrorist bombings in London. I am once again dunbfounded into silence. All those injured and killed have someone or several someones who love them. My heart hurts ( Read more... )

I found her through the Illinois Adoption Registry service, and we wrote to each other anonymously through the agency for a bit, then she decided she wanted us to exchange identifying information. We did this, and one morning I received a phone cal from someone who said "Good Morning, Mother." Since I never dreamed of hearing those words, I was at ( Read more... )

I'm getting smaller all the time, and I guess that was the whole point of the surgery, but I really miss eating regular food. I have been experimenting with food, and having lots of trouble keeping down things that are not pureed. This is a catch as catch can kind of thing, because sometimes I can eat real food, sometimes I can't. I have really ( Read more... )

I have discovered that ordering an appetizer or a side order of something is sufficient to my needs and I still get to take food home from the restaurants! Not that I go to restaurants all that much, but it's interesting how much less food I am eating and how long things last. For example, I had an appetizer portion of Gyros meat and it has fed me ( Read more... )

Finally my last incision healed this week, so no more visiting nurses. I am feeling lots better, and Really Appreciate being able to take a shower whenever I want, now that the bandage is gone ( Read more... )

Yesterday I ate almost all real food. I had Tuna Salad (pureed) for breakfast, and refried beans for lunch, and mashed sweet potato for dinner. For my snacks I had one protein shsake, split three ways. I'm beginning to get the hang of this; I wasn't sick once ( Read more... )

The problem with LJ: we all think we are so close, but really we know nothing about each other.

I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about.

Ask away. Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you.

_One Woman's West: Recollections of the Oregon Trail and Settling the Northwest Country by Martha Gay Masterson 1838 - 1916_ Ed. Lois Barton. I haven't been able to stop reading stories and journals about life on and after the Oregon Trail since I first went to Oregon in 1973. These are stories of sacrifice and struggle, viewed with the faith and ( Read more... )

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