Wk 6 ~ Best Friends, An extraordinary True North

posted over 3 years ago | 6 comments
If you are blessed and have a lot of good friends, they probably may come in a variety pack, like no other available. But they are good friends, nonetheless. I happen to have a HUGE variety pack of friends, some with nuts, some without. Like my fr...

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Wk 5 ~ My son, the caterpillar muncher

posted over 3 years ago, updated about 1 hour later | 9 comments
FOA (Friends Of Alcoholics) Many men’s True North

My beautiful, handsome and witty 32-year-old son Jeremy, who I adore with all my heart at soul, has had a long love affair with drugs. He knows better. He wants better. But for some reason, the ad...

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Wk 4 Laughter will always be one of my True Norths

posted over 3 years ago, updated 4 minutes later | 10 comments
When I looked up “Laughter” in the dictionary, it defined it as an expression or appearance of merriment or amusement. We have all heard that “Laughter is the best medicine.” I can tell you from my own experience that this is so true. On April 7th...

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Week 3, My Deep Fried True North

posted over 3 years ago, updated about 19 hours later | 3 comments
Recently I went to Hawaii and I must say it was a wonderful and fulfilling trip. The people are always so accommodating, and seemed to really want you to enjoy your stay. This wasn’t my first visit, so I knew that the usual 4 suitcases I packed fo...

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An Unexpectant Cougar "Tale"

posted over 3 years ago | 6 comments
As things in my life seem to go, sometimes I think my Mother should have allowed my Father to name me Calamity Jane as he originally wanted to. Last week on a hectic Monday morning after a busy weekend out of town, I rushed off to work doing the n...

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My Family "True North", with a Southern flair...

posted over 3 years ago, updated 17 minutes later | 6 comments
I guess in a way, even southerners have a “true north.” Oh we may not want to make it public knowledge, or even display it on Jerry Springer, (unless your talking about my neighbors)…but we want to leave our own legacy behind. When my children wer...

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My True North

posted over 3 years ago | 10 comments
Let me start out by saying, I was NOT looking for my true north, nut or not...but he found me anyway. My mother always told me "what ever will be will be." After all these years I now know she wasn't just quoting a Doris Day song. For years I have...

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Stolen Treasures

posted over 3 years ago, updated 2 minutes later | 2 comments
There it was, just lying there
For all the world to see,
A quick and easy lift to make
It’s like it was meant to be!

I’ll grab it fast, and just be gone
Before they know they’re hit
It’s almost like a game to me,
Grab the goods and then I split…
...

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Mexican Margarita Madness

posted over 3 years ago | 3 comments
Okay, before I get started, let me tell you that my title is somewhat misleading. Yes, I went for a Margarita, Yes it was as a Mexican Restaurant, and Yes I was MAD...but not the kind of "MAD" because ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I am SO crazy for it! MAD b...

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What makes ME feel like a kid again?

posted over 3 years ago, updated about 2 hours later | 6 comments
Many things, but I must say…I am 50 years old, and after 15 long years of believing I would never find true love, I got married on April 5th, 2008. Falling in love with my husband makes me feel like a kid again. So much that I almost skipped down ...

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