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~~~Blessings to all who Journey here~~~

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We also have a section for book, music and movie recommendations. (anyone is encouraged to update these) Become a member of our Spirit World Community and enjoy adding pictures and recommendations yourself!! ; )

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  • Life marches onward. -- Betsy, 16:32:01 09/09/06 Sat
    First of all, I miss you all and think fondly of the times I have gotten to hug some of you in person. I miss the laughter, tears, insights, and outsights we've shared. But, life does change and we all are pulled so strongly in different directions, eh? Ever wonder why we all ended up here when we did? Why each of us was moved to be a part of this board that has been important to us and has helped forge friendships that will go on and on?
    For me personally, it has been a year of tremendous changes. I have cared for my parents full time (except when I was at work, also full time and then David and kids pitched in. I held my dear Dad in my arms as he left this life and then two months later did the same with my mother. Her passing was not a lovely, sweet death even though I did my best as a daughter and a nurse to assure her comfort. My DH says that it was her way of flipping me the final bird as she left....and he might be right. But we accomplished what we all wanted. My folks lived home with us, surrounded by the comings and goings of daily life and died in their own beds, in my arms. It is so bittersweet.
    And my children....DD#2 is preparing to leave for grad school in England. DD#3 has joined the Navy and although she was scouted, recruited, auditioned and MADE the Navy Women's Soccer Team (that's BIG STUFF!!!) she has opted to give up the soccer to go to Japan. For three years. Next month. DS, child #4, is in his final year of school, and he's headed somewhere-to-be-decided-at-a-later-date. Captain of his football team, and after that is basketball then baseball. I bought a new bleecher chair so I won't get such bad bleecher-butt! DD#1 and her husband, dispite two forms of birth control and him being gone to hike the Apalachian Trail end-to-end, somehow managed to get with child. So I am to be a granny in March!!!
    I will refrain from discussing how I have reacted to this all. Leave it to say that our intellects and our emotions seem to be two seperate (and not equal) parts of us. Hahahahahahaha. BUT, life DOES go on. I bought myself a refrigerator magnet the other day that says

    "everything will be okay in the end if it's not okay, it isn't the end" (unknown)

    I do believe that might be so.

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  • Great Saturday morning Everyone!!!!!! -- Keira, 08:48:51 09/02/06 Sat
    I've been lurking and reading the posts but not answering out loud, *g*, but I'll follow your lead and post to keep this board and the threads of our friendships alive.

    This summer of change is coming to a close and I have much to reflect on. The changes have been good. Our eldest DS moved out to Oshawa. He has a job at the airport there while he is working on his commercial pilot's license. He is set up in his own apartment and is enjoying becoming independant. It is truly a good move for him but I do miss him. He is still young. However, he is showing me that I have done a good job in raising him to be a responsible and happy person.
    Second son has enjoyed a part time job (finally) this summer and hopes to continue it during the school year. He returns home from football camp today so I guess I can say the season has officially started in our house, lol.
    DD-lots of very positive changes for her. She is discovering an inner faith and has met a wonderful group of young people that are showing her just how wonderful she is. She also worked part time at the Build a Bear store and is really enjoying it.
    Youngest DS, well, he is not old enough to work so just enjoyed the summer hanging out with friends.
    DH is great, working lots, worrying lots, *vbg* but he's good!!!!!
    As for me, I finally finished my last two courses for my BScN. I passed both of them, which was a huge relief as I came out of the exams very worried that I hadn't done well. Funny thing about adult learners is that we don't just settle for a pass-we need more than a "C" in our courses but the higher the better. We also don't want a lower mark on our transcripts. That would just take away all the joy of those higher marks, lol. Anyway, I'm finished-will convocate in October (maybe we can squeeze in a visit Viive). I am beginning to look at Master programs at the different universities, but not sure if I'll apply next year or the year after-we'll see.

    So, as you can see, life has taken an interesting turn but has brought a lot of excitement with it. It's taken a lot of work to get where we are but it's been worth it.

    I hope all of you continue to enjoy the journey!!!!
    Hugs!!!!!!!
    Keira

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  • Work on You -- Viive, 14:01:14 08/31/06 Thu
    You are the root
    of your financial success or failure.

    If you work on the roots,
    the fruits will take care of themselves.


    quoted from my"Secrets of the Millionaire Mind" cards

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  • Book recommendation -- Martina, 06:45:26 08/21/06 Mon
    Matching the subject below I would like to hint to a book that shows how to make wishes come true. ;)
    I still don't know how to do links, but you can find it at Amazon.com.
    "Barbel Mohr"
    "The cosmic ordering service"
    Those who trust in prayers will be surprised how effective prayers actually can be, if done right. ;) It's really similar to normal praying, but different. ;)
    I've got amazing results with it!
    Sometimes I have to re-read to get back on track, because my usual way of thinking isn't that simple. I am my worst enemy when it comes to creating what I want!*VBG*

    If you give this book a chance you will see that it got very bad Amazon reviews. This is because the original is German and the woman who wrote it is a very simple person, I would say "just like you and me" (or even simpler*G*). Back then she didn't know much about writing, her later books are much much better, so the translation may read worse than the orginal German text. But the message makes up for the lack of literary quality!
    I believe there are also used-offers and it is not very expensive.

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  • The best way to keep this board active is... -- Isabelle, 21:26:21 08/14/06 Mon
    to keep posting 'g'... So, there is nothing spiritual about my week-end, but we went back to Venice Beach on the Gulf coast of Florida. We are starting to know the place pretty well, probably should buy shares in the hotel where we always stay 'g'. DH and I have discovered ourselves a passion! We are almost obsessed about it, but we can spend hours, yes, easily 8 hours on the beach to look for shark teeth. This is our 5th time there in 1 year. We found out last year from a friend that Venice is the best place to find shark teeth. We've got over a thousand teeth by now. All different sizes and colors. It's funny, it doesn't have any value, it's just for the pleasure of it. It's just like finding stones, they are black or brown and polished and shiny and it feels good running your fingers in it 'g'. Some are definitely fossils, a few thousand years old, millions may be. Did you know that sharks lose about 4000 teeth in their life time ? Well they all seem to end up in Venice! and only there ! 'g' We keep them in a big vase and we just keep running our fingers in it. Oh well, nothing more, hope I didn't bore you, but hey, we need to keep this board going 'g'...

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  • Creating Abundance in our Lives -- Viive, 23:04:15 08/05/06 Sat
    I'd like to share some inspirational thoughts from my new set of "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind" cards...I just pulled a card to post here...

    ~~Decide that You're Worthy~~


    If you
    say you're
    worthy, you
    are. If you
    say you're not
    worthy, you're not.
    Either way,
    you'll grow into
    your story.

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  • Viive you sent me an email a while ago but somehow within hours it was gone from my email box ? never had a chance to write back and don't have your address... Could you send it back? I appologize if you think I was ignoring you, it's just that I keep forgeting to let you know... -- IsabelleKiltup, 08:56:39 07/18/06 Tue
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  • What is Life?
    ....food for thought....     -- Viive, 10:18:44 08/04/06 Fri

    WHAT IS LIFE?
    It is the flash of a firefly in the night.
    It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.
    It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the Sunset.

    CROWFOOT
    Blackfoot, 1890, on his deathbed.

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  • ~~Taking count ~~
    ~Who are we?~ Where are we? ~ Why are we?~     and so on... ;)     -- Viive, 11:54:49 05/10/06 Wed
    Who are we?

    This board originally came together as a group of Diana Gabaldon booklovers, we romped through THE books and went onward, exploring all kinds of esoteric topics, we joked and laughed and got to know each other well. We poured out our souls to each other, we explored unknown realms, we shared in our beliefs. Together we prayed for each other and lived through our ups and downs. Some of us have visited together, some even married, like a dreamcatcher we were all caught together in a layer of time and space...We are a Spirit Family, wherever our lives have taken us, a grid invisible to the human eye unites us through time.
    I wonder who still comes to read this board? I didn't sign on for ages, but you all have a place in my heart.
    Please sign your names here if you feel inclined to, what are your passions these days? what twirls you, what makes you laugh?
    (I seem to have lost so many email contacts, I'd love to reconnect)
    Thinking of you all with love!
    Keira, Donna, Melissa, Jennifer, Michelle, Betsy, Isabelle, Lori, Antje, Christine, Reenie, Lissa, Colly, Martina, Ann, Brenda, Arlene, Jeannine, Ellen, JohnScott, JeanClaire, Sharon B,on and on...I didn't mean to omit anyone, please add names if you wish

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  • What a pleasant surprise! -- Brenda, 00:57:42 07/04/06 Tue
    As I was cleaning up some old bookmarks on my computer, I thought I'd take a peek over here and see if anybody was posting again....what a lovely surprise! I have just had a wonderful time reading back on your posts and seeing so many familiar, if long absent, names. I am going to go back and add some replies.

    Our family is leaving in a couple days for a long awaited trip to Disneyland, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Utah, and Yellowstone. We are driving the whole way with our two, now teenaged, children so it will be interesting. They have never been to Disneyland or any of our other destinations so we are all excited. Our son will be 16 in August so we thought we had better travel now otherwise he will be off on his own before we got the chance. They grow up too quickly.

    I lost my dear Nana this past April (as in she went to be with God....we didn't misplace her). She had been battling dementia and was receiving ECT (electric shock therapy) to keep her dementia under control. It was working but she had to live in an extended care facility and she never would have wanted that. My mom, an only child, spent every afternoon for the last four years visiting with her and trying to help her maintain a positive attitude. Nana contracted pneumonia and passed away on April 2nd. She will be missed although I do feel that even though I have lost my Nana, I have got my mom back. My mom can now get on with her own living.

    Wishing you all peace, love, and happiness....I am so happy to "see" you all again.

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  • Passing -- Betsy, 23:13:05 06/08/06 Thu
    As most of you know, I have been caring for both my parents for a number of years. It has been bittersweet to watch them as they age and prepare for the next leg of their journey. This last year has been particularly difficult for us all. Heartbreaking. I watched as my strong, brilliant, talented, active, fun-loving Dad slipped further and further into his own land of senility, and that once-huge-man-of-steal fell apart a piece at a time.
    David and I found ourselves changing our lives and spending all of our time night and day caring for my parents. I am ashamed at how many times I grumbled and wondered if it was worth all the time and stress, all the missed plans, all the late nights and early morings. It is like having twin three year olds. Naughty, defiant twins at that!
    Last Sunday night my dear Dad died with me by his side. In his own bed. In the home he loved with the family who loved him close by. Comfortable, calm and at peace. I lay by his side and hugged him and the Dali Lama was chanting, and there was an aura of serenity I will never forget.
    Go in peace, Hank. You've a rest to take and then I know you'll be back to work. I love you and miss you.

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  • The Summer Solstice is upon us this coming Wednesday, June 21st! -- Viive, 23:10:56 06/17/06 Sat
    Best wishes to everyone for a wonderful sun-filled day on the longest day of sunshine in the year!
    ..."Summer is the season of fire, historically greeted with warmth and light festivals to give strength to the Sun. Summer Solstice is fulfilment tinged with sadness. It is a time of abundance, warmth and fertility. The nights are short and the days long; Mother Nature is at her peak. And yet, light will retreat and darkness will increase, giving way to the bitter sweet scents of autumn.
    In ancient times, Summer Solstice was the more prominent of the solstice celebrations. It is a celebration of the Earth and the divine feminine. With the feminine Earth energies at their height, connections with the plant kingdom are a main focus, especially healing herbs. Mugwort, verbena, vervain, rue, St. John's Wort, pennyroyal and thyme were woven together in fragrant garlands.
    As a festival of the Divine Feminine, Summer Solstice is a time to honour the qualities of nourishment, unity, spontaneity, non-judgement, relationship, passion, sensuality, ecstasy and delirium.
    Storytelling and leaving gifts for the fey folk adds a mist of magic to the age-old wish of humankind to honour the sun and bless its continued presence in the lives of people everywhere.
    Above all, midsummer is a night of dreams. Think about a question, your hopes, or fears as you drift off and ask that they be answered through your dreams, perhaps even by faeries."

    Bright Blessings everyone!!
    Does anyone have any stories about Midsummer's Eve?...

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  • Guess where I just was!!!

    I was at a luncheon with Diana Gabaldon!     -- Viive, 22:12:19 06/10/06 Sat
    A friend of mine called up a few days ago and told me she'd won a few tickets to a luncheon at a book sellers' expo to hear three writers speak. Hehe, one of the speakers was DIANA GABALDON!! so...I was there lunching at the round table right next to her. She was brilliant and witty as ever, gorgeous too. SHE hasn't changed a bit since I first saw her in..was it 1999? Long shiny raven black hair, beautiful smile, wearing a gorgeous brilliant sky-blue and purple wrap...she spoke about her days as a prof, lecturing to university students, she spoke of how she first started writing and how her characters were born. Jamie came from watching an OLD rerun of Dr.Who, with a guy in a kilt, named Jamie, from 1745. She apparently fixated on that kilt image...more later, I have to run for a bit..cheers!

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  • Sending prayers to the Middle East -- with love, Viive, 12:01:25 04/28/06 Fri
    I'm sorry to have lost touch for so long, but I think some of us are still around here in Spirit..;)
    If anyone feels moved to join me, I try to spend some time every morning in meditation, sending prayers to heal the earth and the people of the Middle East, prayers for peace and understanding and love to prevail, for the Earth to regain it's balance, and for the people to be healed. Bless all the troops who are being sent there, bless their families here, bless the children. I pray especially for the healing of all the children everywhere who are growing up in a world that doesn't make any sense to them. I visualize all the waters of our Earth to be cleansed and filled with the essence of love.

    Please feel free to add to the prayers here. Thinking of you all and your loved ones.

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  • Was it a special day for you? -- Viive, 23:49:45 05/04/06 Thu
    Today is 04/05/06..and at two minutes and three seconds after 1am it was 01.02.03 on 04.05.06...
    It just SOUNDS so special that I can't help but wonder if anything special happened to anyone today? Is there any numerological significance, I wonder?
    My day was uneventful as far as days go - a pretty spring day - the sun was shining despite threats of rain, and I saw a lilac bush about to burst into bloom.

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  • Gone too long... -- AE Rought, 11:20:48 01/19/06 Thu
    Hi, Everyone,

    I have been gone so long from this board! But, I have often thought of coming here to read, to post... But, the link to the forum was trapped in the motherboard of our computer that got melted in a fire. *sigh* Life happens to the best of us.

    Anyway recently, my DH rescued that motherboard and I got the link back. WooHoo!

    So much has changed. Through my struggles with RA I have learned that I do have limitations. *g* Through my writing and blogging and forum visiting, I have built conections to precious souls so valuable to me. And, recently, Christmas Day in fact, I received an offer for a contract on my first novel that I wrote, and spoke of here, so long ago. Yay! Needless to say, I accepted!

    So, coming to e-print (and then later trade paperback) this year will be Nuermar's Last Witch, published by Samhain Publishing. http://www.samhainpublishing.com

    Hopefully, I will be able to visit you all, now that Spirit has returned the link to me!

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  • Hi Guys ! -- IsabelleKiltup, 18:12:01 04/26/06 Wed
    Woaw it's been so long ! I see some familiar names back here too 'g' Hi Viive, how are you ? How's everybody ?
    You know I realized that I was still living in England when I joined this board and since then, I've lived in California, New Jersey and now Florida, so with all those moves, it seems like ages ago! But we are all doing well, DH is still flying around the world, the girls are growingand doing well, and I've started work ! Yeah I can't believe it myself ! 'vbg' I had not worked in 17 years, I didn't even know how to fill the paperwork, and to the question 'year of your last employment' I felt a little odd putting '1989' 'g'! They took me anyway 'g'. I work for Carnival cruise line and I work at Port canaveral at the embarkation counter. It's a part time job, sometimes it's fun, sometimes it's exhausting depending how nice or painful the passengers can be 'g' but it got me back in track and having worked mostly in tourism in my 'previous life' 'g' this job is easing me back gently into working mode. So nothing really new. Ron, will you come to visit again ? Our friend Al came back in Feb, but this time it was a very short trip and he stayed at the hotel with his group. We got to spend one evening together so it was fun, but it reminded me also that it's been a whole year since you came !
    Anyway, big hugs to all and I'll try to show up more often 'g'...

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  • For those who haven't heard yet... -- Christine, 21:26:16 04/02/06 Sun

    We had a 9 lb 9 oz baby boy, 20 1/2 inches long with dark blue eyes and light brown hair on Tuesday March 21 at 1:02pm!! His name is (long like the other two)....

    Kieran Christopher MacDonald Sullivan.

    He is beautiful and HUNGRY! He ate 1 1/2 oz 20 minutes after he was born and hasn't stopped since! :) He's now up to 3+ oz at a time...anywhere from 2-3 hours apart. Can we all say I'm glad not to be nursing??

    He seems to be over the indignity of the circumcision, his belly button is all healed and his diaper rash (developed in hospital) seems to finally be healed since we started using Lotrimon (for athletes foot and jock itch??!!).

    He looks like both boys...a bit more like Joey's baby pics than Declan's though.

    Love to all!!!

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  • I get busy and look what happens -- Michelle, 23:58:58 02/15/06 Wed
    Jeez...Viive reappears...Christine's pregnant...Jennifer's boys are way too big...Lordy...where have the years gone?! And, I'm sooo bad about getting here to update --

    So. The health stuff resolved. Seems that I have a rather impressive case of Raynaud's Disease -- and, 24 years of pretty constant vaso-constriction plus the stress of AJ's out-of-control year (stress and cold both aggravate Raynaud's) sent me into over-production of cryo-globulins. So...the abnormal blood work that sent me into heme-onc last summer is normal for me. We worry if levels go up. The blood-pressure? Same darn auto-immune. Seems that the vaso-dilators I'm now on for Raynauds have me in such good control that the small vessels are what chuck would call "peachy-ducky", and so's my BP. Of course, the visit to the rheumatologist also got me diagnosed with early osteo-arthritis. Oh joy. Don't overuse my hands the man says. You ever tried marking essays without overusing your bloody hands?!

    The jobs are great. Chuck takes over as Director of Technology in July, and I will be taking my turn as Department Chair. Three year rotation -- I'm thrilled, but wish it had come a little later, just from a kids standpoint.

    Dylan is downstairs right now finishing a project. Of course he had two weeks and three weekends to do it. Of course stepmom bails his little rear out and starts typing (I went to grad school why?) from dictation, wincing at the grammar errors all the while. He's still playing soccer -- and I'm boycotting out of state trips. Too hard to be effective in my classroom and be gone all the time. He's a babe magnet (her name is Sam) and knows it.

    Kyle was a babe magnet - till the novelty wore off. Now, he's just trying to be Mr. Cool. What he is is Mr. Sweet. Problem is, he's trying to live up to his dad -- and doesn't understand that it's okay not to be "cool". He's now also playing club soccer -- so, with his schedule, Dylan's, and the two that Chuck coaches -- yeah...my life is shinguards.

    AJ continues to exasperate and break hearts. Life with an angry adolescent who has Asperger Syndrome is a constant struggle. It's our hearts he breaks...not the girls. He is so book smart, and so socially inept -- and while he has come a long way to acceptance, he wants to do this on his terms, and make the rest of society adapt to his AS. Chuck and I figure he's on his way to a big train wreck -- and as he approaches 15, we struggle with the idea of his driving.

    Maddie the schnauzer is snoring in the corner. She remains my only female housemate -- help!!!! When we were at my parents' at Christmas, she gave the spirit of Muffin, their former schnauzer, a wide berth...and looked at her in disgust when Muffin tormented the new puppy. I'm not kidding. It's actually getting really old for the puppy to be nipped by a p.o-ed schnauzer ghost.

    I think of you often. I wish life were simpler so that I could talk to you all more often. Keep us in your prayers -- we struggle daily with the depth of AJ's needs, and the inability of the system to meet them.

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  • Is there a moderator around still? Can she remove the next post down? I might be interested in some of the things listed, but I'll never buy it from someone out to exploit this board. -- Ron, 17:00:19 03/03/06 Fri
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  • RUMI poetry, Does anyone have a favourite? -- Viive, 09:34:54 11/28/05 Mon
    Some Kiss We Want

    There is some kiss we want with
    our whole lives, the touch of

    spirit on the body. Seawater
    begs the pearl to break its shell.

    And the lily, how passionately
    it needs some wild darling! At

    night, I open the window and ask
    the moon to come and press its

    face against mine. Breathe into
    me. Close the language-door and

    open the love-window. The moon
    won’t use the door, only the window.


    ~ by Rumi~
    translated by Coleman Barks

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  • Happy Thanksgiving -- Betsy, 22:32:14 11/23/05 Wed
    To All of Us, whether we get to this site to read this or not...for the friendships and love we have shared over the years, I give thanks.
    May the Creator that is Love surround us all and may we feel the wonder of Peace.
    Happy Thanksgiving.

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  • Going to see His Hiliness the Dali Lama Nov. 13 2005 -- Reenie, 15:01:34 11/07/05 Mon
    Hey everybody I hope all of you are doing fine. I miss everyone so much I wish we all still had the connection. I think of you all often. Anyway....I am going to see the Dali Lama Sunday 3rd row woo hoo at his talk on World Peace through Compation. Lissa remember when we saw him in July of 2000 can't wait to see him again. I will tell you all about it.

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  • Re-posting from the Social Board -- Christine, 10:43:01 08/30/05 Tue
    An announcement....

    After just putting 9 year old Joey on the bus for 4th grade...and finally getting wee Declan (almost FOUR) completely potty trained I've been wondering what my next great adventure should be.....*g*

    So this is what I came up with...

    We're having another baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I am currently just about 12 weeks along and feeling totally nauseous all the time (but not actually getting sick--which I did for the older two) unless I am actually chewing something...then I'm fine. Never thought in a million years I would get tired of EATING! :) And I'm losing weight although eating all the time...but it's okay becuae I have TONS to lose and I think it's just because I'm eating much healthier than I usually do.

    And yes it was me who posted Anon a few weeks back because I was spotting. It has stopped...we saw the heartbeat at 6 weeks...exam was fine...and I heard the heartbeat on Thursday.

    We are all excited and a bit nervous...if you were around when I was preg with Declan you know how stressful that was. But seeing as my single kidney child is now a 42 pound almost 4 year old...there isn't much to worry about with him. Not until he tells me he wants to play football--UGH!

    Rambling on and on...oh yeah, I'm due March 16! :)

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  • New email address -- Betsy, 12:14:45 08/17/05 Wed
    I have a new email address as of this week. It's:
    barefootspinner@verizon.net

    Hope all is well with everyone. The summer has flown by here. Lately I have been acutely aware of how short life is and how fragile we all are. Well, not fragile...most of us are pretty sturdy, a bunch of survivors we seem to be... I guess I'm just feeling the effects of caring for my parents as they dwindle and watching myself age everyday.
    By the way...for any of you who wonder...my gastric bypass was two years ago and I have lost somewhere in the vacinity of 140-150 lbs. I feel wonderful and have more energy than I've had since I was a teenager. Would I recommend it to anyone? NO!!!! It's way too hard. And the choice has to be individual. But I am very happy with my own choice.

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  • Happy Canada Day, Happy Fourth of July!!! -- Betsy, 08:56:14 07/02/05 Sat
    I just got home from work (a 15 hour shift..then back for three 12 hour shifts, then OFF for a couple of days) and what a busy night we had! Just before leaving to come home, we had a woman come into the Emergency Room who had been a patient a couple of weeks ago. She is 98, lives alone, and had fallen and broken her hip. Sharp as a tack, just as bright as a penny, and just a beautiful person. We had replaced the hip and sent her to rehab, in the hopes of having her return home again, perhaps with some home health help. Alas alas alas...she had a stroke last night. Standing at her bedside this morning I was overcome with the feeling of how very short this thing we call life really is. I started to weep, standing there by her side. And once again, it washed over me how precious every moment is, how much we are all a part of each other, how much we NEED each other.
    I am sending each of you a huge hug and only wish it could be in person. I miss you all. Hope you're all fine and are having a grand summer so far. Big smooches and hugs.

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  • Looks like big gaps in time between posts -- Jennifer, 15:10:33 05/13/05 Fri
    Hello to all... I'm having a very quiet Friday at work so I checked out Lallybroch to see about this new book of DG's and started reading some old posts (the green eggs and ham) and then thought I'd come see who's here and it doesn't look like anyone visits on a regular basis anymore. Did everyone move to another site or has life just become less tolerant of us being at the computer as much as before? You can only let things slide for so long before it all catches up.

    I was surprised to see my gate wallpaper on the screen when I showed up... made me feel like I came home to gramma's house and my old drawings were up on her wall. Remember when we started that and everyone's talents surfaced and were shared our goodies. For me it was digging in the drawers and finding all the old "me" stuff, realizing how little I did of the things I loved doing nowadays (still don't do diddly except gardening). Always think... I should try that again. Never do. No time, no quiet place to call my own... too many boys in my life messing up my space.

    Rundown on the family - oldest Jamie is still in the Air Force, heading to Japan the end of this month for 3 months and then to Qatar for 4 months. His home base is Westover AFB in Massachusetts so we've been seeing quite a bit of him. Not looking forward to another long absence especially to the middle east.

    Daniel my middle son is in college for engineering. Doing well, aced his exams this month. He's working at a pet store part-time and borrowing way too much money from me to live in the style he'd like to be accustomed to.

    David, my youngest just got his driver's permit. Yikes. This happened on the heels of two of his good friends being killed two weekends ago in a tragic/stupid car crash (vs. tree, tree still stands, scarred and worn... they are in heaven). Very sad for my son, their funerals were both on the same day, following each other. This was my son's first funeral. He was crying constantly, but funny how after the funeral he was smiling. He said it helped to hear the words, be with his friends, see that everyone was coping as best they could. This will have an impact on his "decisions" and "choices" forever.

    I'm still working at an engineering firm and the other half of my life is helping my boyfriend Tom build our new house (still). We started in February of 2004 and it looks like next month we will move in. Waiting for the kitchen to be delivered. The house is great, the yard is wonderful and my fish pond is almost complete. The fish (koi) overwintered in it and all made it except one. It was a horrible winter here in RI.

    Remember my friend in California? He has been hospitalized and recovering now from a tumor in his liver. I feel like I'm getting the "cheery" version of what's happening. If everyone could just say a quick prayer for his recovery. I couldn't imagine my life without him in the world (way in the background). The once upon a time dream that we women tend to never forget.

    Life is good. Spring has sprung. I'm happy and broke and healthy. How bout you???

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  • Energy change -- Betsy, 17:02:07 04/26/05 Tue
    Does anyone else feel that the energy of the entire Earth, including our own personal energy, has altered drastically over the last few years? To me, it seems like ever since 9/11 happened, the energy has changed. Not that it is a BAD thing...just different. I do know that this board was very active and alive up until that day and now we are all busy in different directions, contentedly so in many ways, but it is a drastic change from what was before. Do you suppose that sometimes horrific events are needed to facilitate change? Or is it that the Hands of the Devine orchestrate Good from Evil?
    My own life has taken radical changes. I am smack in the middle of menopause, my dream job was terminated and I found myself in a possition (at age 53) that I had never been in before....unemployed and afraid and feeling unworthy, my relationship with my Dear David sagged a bit (but is now stronger than ever), and in general I feel like a different woman. The energy surrounding me is different.
    What do the rest of you think? Have you sensed a difference?

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