2005-06-24

Like it or Lump it! LOL

   Ok, I said I was new to this, I didn't realize my discription was on my home page. Actually I didn't know I had a home page. So I have edited this post.   Well things have changed. I haven't been on the internet much since. Between preparing for company from South Africa, to having my cousins here for a week and my computer deciding to quit there hasn't been time for writing.

  My first gripe will be ... why do so many people that I feel compatible with live so far away? My cousins from South Africa and my family hit it off right from the start. They were here from Monday night until Friday morning and I probably won't ever see them again in this life.

I have had this situation since I graduated from high school. My family moved out of the province before I married and only one has come back. The friends I make usually live far enough away that I seldom see them. I will say though that it has made me a very independent person. I have a hard time letting someone do something for me that I feel I can do very well myself thank you!

  I had better say though that my own children are fairly close, so I can see my grandson fairly often. I still have a son at home who will be graduating from high school at the end of June. Empty Nest Syndrome! HELP!! I haven't wanted to admit it but I have a feeling this one will be a lot harder than the other two. There is fourteen years between our second child and our youngest so I was busy with him when the other two left. He is going to University about three hours away so Mom will be getting a lot more gray hair.

  Well this will be enough for now and I hope I haven't bored everyone too much. I really don't know what all I'll be griping about but there will probably be a variety of subjects. Basically I'm an optimistic person so I doubt if I'll be able to gripe too much. There will be positive views thrown in as well. So until the next time .... look in the mirror and smile...

I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings. Margaret Mead (1901 - 1978) - American anthropologist