Month: July 2007

  • Happy Monday! Wow, practically a month since I have been here. Not the best of Julys on record. In my last entry I wrote of all the bad things that have been happening to my friends. It continued through the month. With the help of a good friend I was able to work through a lot of the sadness that was dragging me down and I have been trying to learn how to be there for my friends without letting the sadness overwhelm me. I think I am doing a little better in that area.

    I'm doing very well...I finally broke the plateau I was on and lost 3.5 pounds as of today! Yea me! Work is work...18 years there now..who'd have thought it? Not I!  No one special in my life, but aside from occasional twinges and longings I am okay with that. I know that if it is meant to be, it will happen. Patience is just not once of my strong points...mores the pity. *Sigh*

    31 days, 7 hours and 15 minutes to the Shadow lane party....see...absolutely NO patience! *LOL* I get to see some of my favourite people and spend four wonderful days visiting and playing....and I will be probably about 40 pounds thinner than the last time they saw me...how cool is that?

    Well, I suppose I ought to think about finishing getting ready for work. It's gonna be a great day!

    Have a wonderful day today and be sure to do at least one nice thing for yourselves! *hugs and snugs*

    Love, Light and Laughter,
    Ame

  • So Much Sadness

    This has been a very rough year for people that I love.
    Too many people that I consider family have suffered excruciating
    losses of one sort or another. These past few weeks have been the worst
    and today I had a double whammy and there is nothing I can do. One of
    my best friends lost her 16 year old son Tuesday night to the riptide
    in Oregon. He was with friends, right in front of his house, playing in
    the surf as I am sure they had done so often. One moment he was there,
    the next dragged out to sea. They have given up the search to find him.

    What
    do I say? What do I do? How do I help from so very far away? I feel so
    impotent...so angry...so ......helpless. 16 years old.....and his
    family left to deal with the horror. I think of my darling niece who is
    18, my nephew 14...and I am so thankful they are safe and  I'd give
    anything right now to hug them tightly and let them know how much I
    love them. Actually, once again I want to hug all my family and friends
    and let them know how much they mean to me.

    So many tears, I
    have shed so many tears for so many of my friends in the last few
    weeks. I am so blessed and grateful for all the blessings I have in my
    life. I feel so petty worrying over the little things in my life when
    those I love are dealing with life and death situations. This really
    makes one stop and think.

    *hugsssssssss*
    ame