Glen sang a solo in chapel yesterday, a song I've heard him sing before. But it didn't matter; I wanted to hear him sing, so I went to chapel, sat in the back row, and basically tried to be inconspicuous. Yeah, right! How does a 40-something, conservatively dressed woman become inconspicuous in the midst of mostly jeans-clad college students? ( Read more... )

My week has been a month long . . . honestly!!! I was supposed to play "happy hostess" Thursday night at a bridal shower. The responsibilities of work prevented me from going.........which, as it turns out, is a good thing. I probably would have lost it right there in front of everyone. Why is it that friends take liberty with friends? They ( Read more... )

If my personal lj was a real person, they would have written me off as a friend a LONG time ago . . . I'm so hit or miss with this thing. But it's mostly here for me anyway; I don't share it's existence with anyone. It's basically a place for me to quickly and easily get what's in my mind out in the open, putting my thoughts someplace where I can ( Read more... )

I can remember when turning 30 was overwhelming. Then I turned 40, and I felt the brevity of life. Now I'm only 2 yrs away from 50, and I wonder where the years have gone . . . I turned 48 yesterday, but I don't feel as old as 48 sounds ( Read more... )

News of a tragic death was brought to me today . . . a bright, healthy, loving 27-yr old young man . . . a husband and new father to a 7-month old daughter. Just like that he had a massive heart attack at work. He had no prior health problems; he was fit; he had no unhealthy habits ( Read more... )

Yesterday morning after Glen and I dropped off his car at the body shop (he was rear-ended a few weeks ago by a irresponsible loser with no insurance), we started a chit-chat session while driving down the road. He very nonchalantly says, "Oh, yeah...there's something I meant to tell you.....I was given the tenor aria for Handel's Messiah." Here ( Read more... )

I've had this "thing" forever . . . today was the first day I actually felt half-way normal, so I did some things around the house. Now I'm so nauseous, I wanna die. But the nice part of all this is I missed out on tournament registration, which is always a LONG, hectic evening. And I'm able to work from home, update the website as scores are ( Read more... )

A jury has found the owner of a bar partially responsible for another man's death . . . why? because the man was trying to break into the bar late at night to burglarize it, completely ignoring the signs that were posted stating that the windows were electrified. As a result, the burglar died of electricution. And get this . . . the jury awarded ( Read more... )

after 34 years, I still feel the sting as strongly as when my mother first told me the news . . . I guess the fact that February 15 is on a Saturday this year, as it was in 1969, makes the reality a little more apparent ( Read more... )

I just experienced one of the most amazing weeks of my life . . . and now I can't wait to see what the future brings. Anna came to visit us for a week's vacation from Oklahoma and all of the stress and responsibilities that go with being a college student. She and my son, Glen, confirmed to themselves and each other what I, as his mother, already ( Read more... )