How weird I ventured back to Live Journal. The last time I was there was maybe a month ago, just skimming through to see who was still using it. Saw Tristan's tribute to Jo. I gotta say, it's the most beautiful thing that was said about her. I plan on sending that to a couple of friends of hers from Toledo - they would love it. I also saw where ( Read more... )

Been saying "nope" for the past 20 years or so. Guess that's over. Mom went in yesterday with two, and is going home today with one. She is the most amazing woman I've ever known. I used to say that about my grandma. But mom just inherited the job. Two weeks ago she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and they scheduled her mastectomy for April ( Read more... )

Tonight I was perusing the friends page of my journal and finally found something that inspired me enough to make a new journal entry of my own.  I was reading Lisa's entry and was drawn in by the comments about her trust issues.  Lisa wrote:

...[all i know now is that my trust issues with people are worse than ever! sweet]...There were a few ( Read more... )

hello mom are you at the computer yah - i just downloaded this thing, and i'm tyring to figure out what to do - i dont know how to navigate it ( Read more... )

Just looking for a moment of comfort and peace. Minutes and hours are invisible, days are imaginary, weeks and months and years shoot like a rocket ship away from sight. Memories come back to me like a big surprise - did that really happen? I found a 10-year old letter from me to my husband yesterday. He had saved it all these years. Back then ( Read more... )

I've got my own personal soapbox that I've climbed up on when I felt the situation warranted. It's the "truth" soapbox. I know it's not the most original soapbox, lots of people either claim it for themselves, or know someone who does. Most people have at least one "virtue" that they adhere to that either helps them stay centered, gives them some ( Read more... )

Does it shock anyone else to know that it has been an entire year since the Tsunami hit? I know a lot has happened in the past 365 days - but man, it doesn't feel like that much time has passed. Maybe it's my age - maybe I'm losing short term memory like Dorrie in Finding Nemo. There's been a gazillion hurricanes, a cruise, citizenship for Nancy ( Read more... )

We are all pretty psyched about our vacation, starting on Saturday. We've gone from disbelief, to excited, and every other emotion I can think of. Today I've been on an extreme obsessive packing/organizing trip. It's ok - I need to do that. Everyone in my family always knows that the last few days before we leave for any kind of trip, mom is ( Read more... )

I was having a conversation today with my son Tristan, and I do believe that it resulted in a moment of enlightenment for me. Or at least I'm closer to enlightenment. I was reminiscing with him about a relationship in my life "gone bad". This relationship is/was with my father-in-law. I've been married for 22 years, and I knew my father-in-law ( Read more... )

Today I went to visit my forever best friend I've known from 4th grade. She pulled out a little pink carrying case with little "funky" travel icons all over it, and lo and behold, she had about a dozen letters that I had written her throughout high school. When we were about 13, she moved to Illinois, and this was a most traumatic time for both ( Read more... )