lori’s blog

I hate winter!  Yep, I admit it!  I could easily be one of those snowbirds that flock to the southern states every winter.  I'm cold from November through March and can't seem to get warm.  Lately it's been the two bassett hounds on the foot of my bed keeping my feet warm; along with two quilts and 4 pillows!  The electric bill has doubled from last year so the heat is a constant 65 degrees.  Greg has some issues with this, but he's not paying the bills!  Anyway, if someone would like to pay for a trip for me to stay in the south for a few months, I'd gladly take you up on it!  In the mean time, I'll wrap in my blankets and wear socks to bed....Lori

I had no idea how right my mom was when she told me to quit wishing my life away.  I would wish for such things as being old enough to .....Now that I'm 52 quickly moving onto 53 I find the days are evaporating in a blur of activities and lost moments.  I spend the weekend with my eldest son and am so glad I took that time to do so.  Gas prices, wear on car, long hours of driving alone all could have kept me from taking that trip.  But I remember how fast these years are moving and decided this trip was well deserved and, anyway, I missed my son!  I had not seen him since last February.  I promise not to let that much time go between visits, hope he feels the same :)  I cried softly when I pulled out of his driveway from behind his home as I knew it would probably be some time before I would be able to see him again.  But, I left a young man who has become the young man I had known he would become all those years ago when I followed that school bus that took him to kindergarten.  I love you Brian!  I am so proud of you. 

Don't worry, Jonathan and Gregory, your turn is coming! 

Remember, relationships with family are our connection to ourselves.  Don't lose touch with sons, daughters, etc. 

One's view of the world is one's own view.  You cannot change that view but can only accept that is how the world is seen by that person.  What you can do is to introduce other views of the world, discuss them, look at those views from different angles and present those views to that person as perhaps another way of looking at the world.  The choice is then given to that person to either keep with the originial viewpoint, or, perhaps, look for a tiny bit at the world from another aspect.  Counseling is my absolute dream of a job to be able to help others to maybe see their difficulties, issues, problems, etc. from another viewpoint and, perhaps, give them hope. 

What happened the first time you were left home alone as a child?
Submitted by Warhead.

I was never left home as a child, oldest of 5.  I was left alone as a child with 4 siblings to look after and for whom I was responsible.  There, now, I'm the oldest of 5, born in the 50's, raised in the 60's, questioned myself in the 70's, nurtured and mothered 3  boys in the 80's, was questioning myself, once again, in the 90's, began my life in the 2000's.  How fast time does goe when life presents itself.