If you really know me, you know that yearly I travel to Illinois to watch my great nephews or as I consider them, my grandsons, while their parents enjoy a much needed mommy and daddy time. This year, I had an assistant, Rick my special friend 🙂 came with me to help navigate the daily […]
My birthday was the end of January. And my special friend really out-did himself. He made the entire day all about me. From the time I woke up – to the time I went to bed. It was all about making my day special. It’s been a really long time since someone made me feel […]
Happy New Year! Crazy that it is 2020 – and I don’ t have a flying car. WTF is up with that?! In my mind, 1990 was only 10 years ago, yet it was 30 years ago. I really thought by 2020 there would be much more cooler stuff in the world. Instead, there is […]
When I think of the future, there are three things that I am afraid of: Not finding love again Finding love again and loving more than the other person Watching someone die again While I don’t dwell on these things, they are the three things that can creep into my head. And I can’t do […]
Retreat (verb) to withdraw OR Retreat (noun) a quiet or secluded place Sometimes I am ALL IN and gung-ho about moving forward. And then when someone starts being more gung-ho then I am. I get scared. I panic. I retreat to my retreat. It’s confusing to suddenly want to retreat when I was all in. […]
I’m on Facebook Dating and for the most part, it is going much better than any of those other dating apps. What I like the best is it shows you if you have mutual friends! Which has been an added bonus. I’ve met some nice guys, some flakes, liars and some that don’t know how […]
Susan vs Susie Back when I was a kid, I was Susie. As every teenager, I thought the nickname was childish, so I transitioned to Susan. Through college and when I entered the work world I introduced myself as Susan. Mature. Confident. Not a kid. Someone to be taken seriously, not little Susie. Not too […]
An unofficial poll of my female friends has made me realize that I am in the minority with my thoughts on Hallmark Holiday movies. I think they are horrible. They are what is wrong in the world. Here are my reasons: They all have the same plot. The actors are cheesing. They aren’t real life. […]
As a child, we loved to rake leaves and run and jump into them! The carefree feeling of a pile of leaves was the perfect afternoon. We jumped into that pile of leaves without thinking of sticks that could hurt us, without thinking of the dog poo we might have raked up with the leaves, […]
I didn’t write these “10 Things…”, but I feel like I could have. Good things to know and to read. 10 Things To Know Before Dating A Widow By Emily Bishop 1. Take things slowly. Most widows gladly kissed the dating game goodbye the moment a ring was slipped ever so sweetly onto the third […]
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