Thanks for the welcome Bluebird. Yup, I'm a tie dyed in the wool hippie, no matter how much I've tried to evolve, it just ain't happening.

I know what you mean Chatty Lady. One of my sons used to joke that if he tried to go mountain climbing, he knows at some point a helicopter would appear over his shoulder with me shouting thru a megaphone "Get down from there!" I just say, "That's my job! I'm here to teach and protect you, and you don't have to like it. But you have to respect me."

I remember a woman at my baby shower saying with a sad face, "you're in for a lifetime of worry". I thought she was being mean at the time, but boy was she right!

peace & happiness,
Susan