HAS GOD REALLY TURNED MY LIFE ROUND SO DRASTICALLY
posted over 2 years ago | 6 comments
lately, (mostly during the past several months), i have had a few exceptionally dear people comment to me about "how good" or "sweet" or "caring" i am or what a "blessing" "good friend" i have been...ME! ? ! i was shocked.
i've done nothing speci...
i've done nothing speci...
THE HOUSE IS SOLD...NOW WHAT?
posted over 2 years ago, updated 3 minutes later | 5 comments
well, i'm glad to know that somebody is making out in this horribly depressed economy. my home (market value = $135,000) was sold by way of "short sale" today for $35,000 -- $100,000 under fair market value. i put almost that much into it over the...
Another Year without You Ma
posted over 3 years ago, updated about 4 hours later | 1 comment
It's that time again Ma. September 19, 1924 - the luckiest day of my life - and I wasn't even born yet. But, that's when you came into this world: Katherine Elizabeth. Oh, the stiffness and formality of that name! You know, you actually fit into i...
MOMMY FORGIVE ME; I'VE LEFT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
posted over 3 years ago, updated 7 days later | 1 comment
i was born into the democratic party 55+ years ago. i never saw myself being anything but! i had always had leanings to the left during my younger days. but with age, one hopes, comes wisdom.
I grew up in a close-knit American-Irish-Catholic, si...
I grew up in a close-knit American-Irish-Catholic, si...
Mommy - A TRIBUTE TO YOU: IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS
posted over 3 years ago, updated about 8 hours later | 1 comment
You often said “pain has no memory.”
Well, if this adage of yours is so,
Why do tears so freely flow?
The keen sharp edges dulled by years
Still pierce my heart and spill my tears
Not as before when the wound was new
But often enough - when I’m m...
Well, if this adage of yours is so,
Why do tears so freely flow?
The keen sharp edges dulled by years
Still pierce my heart and spill my tears
Not as before when the wound was new
But often enough - when I’m m...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SISSIE; I SURE DO MISS YA!
posted over 3 years ago | 2 comments
Today, we would be celebrating her 61st birthday had the cancer not taken her. God was merciful to her though. She suffered some pain beginning the end of July 1995; as the pain worsened and doctors told her she had bursitis and sciatica, the canc...
. . . BUT SHE'S STILL MY BABY!
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
there she is, my baby girl at the age of 2-1/2 years. at this very moment she is on a plane going to philadelphia to meet her biological mother, a woman who had no time for her the entire time she was growing up. i pray so for a happy reunion, eve...
Play a little "catch-up" here
posted over 4 years ago | 1 comment
Haven't blogged anything for a while so figured I'd get a few thoughts out there.
Feeling pretty tired now - but in a good way. Been a long day (started for me at 2:00am LOL) but it was a beautiful beginning to my day. I spent the first part of ...
Feeling pretty tired now - but in a good way. Been a long day (started for me at 2:00am LOL) but it was a beautiful beginning to my day. I spent the first part of ...
CHANGE OF SEASONS?
posted over 4 years ago | 4 comments
I was so happy the weatherman just announced that we were about to have a change of seasons. It's been summer here since February and I can't take it anymore!
I miss the vivid color scheme of Autumn, the tasty, crisp, tart apples, the feeling you...
I miss the vivid color scheme of Autumn, the tasty, crisp, tart apples, the feeling you...
