Mountain Ash,
Thank You, I love to hear from you no matter how busy I get.
Today is a day off but I will be writing a bit. I have found someone to help me write what I must so I am writing when I have the spare time. It feels good to say what I want to say and have wanted to say. I've much to report in abook. I will not focus on my child abuse although it will be mentioned frequently. I did not want to write another boodk about abuse but I wanted to show a big life after survival. I felt if I wrote about them,I would let them win, but if I wrote about career, adventures, and things I am proud of, I would win. Sounds strange maybe but they are mmy feelings!

Yes, I've been busy as I've entered the public again. It is making it hard so far as pain but I've been keeping up and hoping my body will adjust to more work.

I enjoy my work at the Veteran's Hosptial as well. It feels good to help and it also gives my husband something he likes to do when he works there as a volunteer when I am there. I see things that teach me a lot. I'm there for four hours three days a week. I try to keep this quiet so I am not bothered there but I trust this site.

Dancing, singing, and wearing clothing are things I have done all of my life, since the age of 5, but writing and such is new and I am enjoying the newness. However, I don't think I could try to write alone, it is a lonely thing and I am people oriented...

I hope everyone here is doing as well as possible, I try to keep up by reading.

dancer9

mountain, I appreciat the way you speak of your daughter and her family. They are blessed to have you in their lives. Your hubby is the one missing out. What's up with men who don't see the real beauty in life?

dancer, glad to hear you've found volunteer work that you are psyched about. I believe volunteerism is going to increase as boomers continue to mature.

gims, thanks for the cute graphic.

Today is a good day. I am back from vacation and getting back in the saddle of work. I look forward to this week and the upcoming week. My daughter will come home with a friend on Thursday and stay until Easter evening. Our youngest comes home Friday night so we will all be together. We are having our extneded families here for Easter afternoon. SInce there are great-nieces and nephews we will have an egg hunt. Life is grand.

Dotsie
your post above...I dont understand..
Mountain ash

MA, oops sorry, I meant humlan.

Dotsie, I was just writing here..and pushed some crazy button..so I disappeared and my post with me noone´s fault but my own..

Yes, my former husband is missing out on alot..and is quite alone most of the time..something that hurts sometimes to think about. But he does what he believes in..and that´s important to him, I guess. He is kind of bogged down by his beliefs..

This Easter finds me and my partner on our very very own..no kids on the horizon..they are at the country cottage celebrating Easter together and having a grand time..or so I´ve heard! SOOOO.. my SO and I are enjoying the FREEDOM of just being the 2 of us..for awhile.

The only dark spot in the otherwise lovely landscape is that I have a d... cold..the sneezy,runny kind!!!
It´s a bit funny of course..me looking forward to this little free time with my partner so much..and now I am a sniveling creeping crud..NO MATTER..WE SHALL HAVE SOME FUN DEPSITE THE ODDS

Also..weather report from Sweden..we are having our first snow and cold spell of the winter..amazing..

O yes..bought some old films today.. do you remember, "RAIN MAN" with Dustin Hoffman? And "FOREST GUMP" with Tom Hanks?? Oldies but goodies.. How many of you remember "Cobra" with Sylvester Stallone? I LOVE that film..the bads guys really get what´s coming to them

HUGS TO YOU ALL and a HAPPY EASTER!!!

humlan, perfect timing for a snow in with your beau. Sounds pretty dang romantic, if he doesn't mind the Kleenex thrown about.

Never saw Cobra, but saw the other two and liked them. Forest Gump was huge in the states for a l o n g time with everyone quoting him.

Where I am, we look forward to warmer weather for Easter and we are going to get to 50 today, and the sun is beaming. I guess you look forward to snow. Looks like everyone is pleased.

I´ve just got to moan and groan for a bit because I have missed you all and couldn´t do it..

I`ve been having some heavy days..feeling really exhausted and tired. I even started wondering if there was something seriously wrong with me. Of course, it didn´t help that I couldn´t check in here with you all..wonderful ladies and friends.

I guess I´ve been a bit stressed out about all the preperations for my son´s graduation and helping my daughter with the grandkids and working..eventho I know that it doesn´t help at all to be stressed out. Just doing one thing at a time is the best. But sometimes I get all wound up.

I went to my heart specialist last week..and my BP, as I suspected is a bit high..145/100. I have to increase my medicine for awhile. My doctor hopes that I can decrease again when the summer comes and everything is over. I am going to try to take more walks and of course, keep my head on straight but I don´t know how well I will succeed.

On the bright side, my friend sussi..the one who was widowed last year..it will be a year now on the 10th of May..she felt that I was not feeling well and sent me some healing a day or two ago. It actually helped..I kinda feel better inside. Not so weepy and moany..She was happy that her healing works. She thought that she´d lost the touch since her husband, Martin, died.

I guess you´ll be hearing about the graduation on and off..so be warned everybody. But I am trying to keep it low key now..and just do what comes along..sort of.

How have all of you been??? Gosh have I missed you!!!

humlan, I am saying a little pick me up prayer for you. I will be only too happy to hear about the grad.Post away.

Humlan we all missed you as well, I'm sure... It's funny that we have never met and yet the feeling of loss we have for each other was so great during the time we were down. Thats just crazy I know, but it affected me as well. I felt like a fish out of water or something. Like someone marooned on a desolate island...Glad we are all back, and you say what you want, when youwant, There is normally always someone here to listen, and reply.