Recent Entries

• My brother Will

  February 29, 2012

  It's been a rough week.  Will passed away 3:45pm February 28th shortly after pulling him off of the ventilator.  Monday the 27th he suffered a massive stroke into his brain stem.  I'm beginning to feel like Job.  Those of you who grew up in a Masonic family will get that refer...

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• Kati is gone

  November 28, 2011

  My sweet German Shepherd of 12 years has passed.  I spent this morning on the floor next to her bed until she gave her last breath shortly after Marko got back home.  This has to be the most sad thing I have ever witnessed.  She was 'my' girl.  We got her when David was 2,&hel...

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• Whale or Mermaid — SO GOOD!

  January 18, 2010

    From a friend via e-mail - Dawn     Recently in a large city in France , a poster featuring a young, thin and tan woman appeared in the window of a gym. It said, "This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?" A middle-aged woman, whose physical characteristics d...

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• Better today

  December 20, 2009

  Sorry so dark with despair yesterday.  You guys are so sweet. Honestly.. there are good days and then there are bad days.   I did get my period yesterday and those first days I always struggle with feeling down. I am sad a lot.  And I miss my brother oh so much.  There ar...

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• From my Dad

  September 19, 2009

  I don't know who to give the credit to, but felt this was too good to miss.   Stress A lecturer when explaining stress management to an audience, Raised a glass of water and asked; 'How heavy is this glass of water?' Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer replied, 'The abso...

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• Life as I know it now

  May 11, 2009

  Here's my standard I suck I don't write apology.  I'm scared to write.  I might find out how I feel.  How fucked up I might really be.  And I get tired of feeling, or talking about that I have issues. My mom is/was doing well.  Slowly recovering.  The operation defin...

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• One of the more difficult days

  February 23, 2009

  huh.. you can back date entries.  This will be fun exploring all the 6.0 changes. I should back date this as it's about yesterday. Though one of the longest ever, it went by so fast. My 78 year old mother had serious heart surgery yesterday.  6 surgeons, Pre-Op started at 7:00 am a...

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• Washington

  January 29, 2009

  Washington,  I loved this.  And since I never have an original thought in my head ;-) I hope you don't mind my using this to get to know all of you better.  1. I love my children unconditionally. Always. Forever. I love mine like that too. But why do they gotta be a pain in…

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• grace

  January 21, 2009

  Sometimes you get an opportunity to meet someone you greatly admire.  I recieved that today.  I am grateful.

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