Thanksgiving...a time to remember

How many years ago was it? I would have to look it up. I was in California with two wonderful friends that had opened their home and hearts to me...the day after Thanksgiving I got the call...my Mom died. A heart attack. Getting ready for work. It was over...no longer did I have a Mom. No longer did my Mom have to worry about the bills, about feeling bad, about who loved her and who didn’t.


It's been a while since I allowed myself to think of that day. But tonight, my computer decided that it would put all the photos of me and my Mom on display in the automated photo display window. Thanks computer…I guess you think you’re a therapist now?

I don’t know, is there any value in remembering? Life is hard, death is even harder.

If only I could go back…if only…I would be more patient, more loving, more understanding. But, there is no going back, just learning from the past and hoping to be better.

I am thankful for the life I have now. I just wish my Mom was here to see it.

Time, Time, Slipping Away....

I know I have said this before, but where does the time go? This year has passed me by in the blink of an eye. I need to review my calendar to see what I have done with the time!



Once, I asked my mother, "Mom, when do you start to feel like an adult?" She couldn't answer the question at the time. Now I think it might have been because she was in her 40's and in your 40's, time doesn't seem to be slipping away so fast.

Now in my 50's, I feel like an adult most days; granted an immature adult, but still, an adult. I have started listening and watching the commercials for eye creams and wrinkle reducers! And yes, if I had the money, I WOULD get a face lift! And then maybe some big honkers!


Hahahahaha. But, rich I will never be so I will try to age gracefully and not be embarrassed by my laugh lines and “freckles/age spots”.