Life is too short to wake up with regrets.
Love the people who treat you right.
Forget about the ones who don't..
Believe everything happens for a reason.
If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands.
If it changes your life, let it.
Nobody said life would be easy.
They just promised it would be worth it.

Friends are like balloons.
Once you let them go, you can't get them back.
So I'm gonna tie you to my heart so I never lose you.

I wish you enough! Recently I overheard a Father and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the departure.  Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the Father said, 'I love you, and I wish you enough.'  The daughter replied, 'Dad, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Dad...'  They kissed and the daughter left. The Father walked over to the window where I was seated. Standing there I could see he wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on his privacy, but he welcomed me in by asking, 'Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?'  'Yes, I have,' I replied. 'Forgive me for asking, but why is this a for ever good-bye?'.  'I am old, and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is - the next trip back will be for my funeral,' he said.  'When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough.' May I ask what that means?' He began to smile. 'That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone.' He paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail, and he smiled even more. 'When we said, 'I wish you enough,' we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them.' Then turning toward me, he shared the following as if he were reciting it from memory.  I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear. I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.  I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.  I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.  I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting...  I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.  I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good- bye.  He then began to cry and walked away.  They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them; but then an entire life to forget them.  To all my friends and loved ones, I WISH YOU ENOUGH.    TAKE TIME TO LIVE.....

 

 

 

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8/14/09

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Don't
  by: Cory, Source Unknown

Printer Friendly Version  Comment on Article Don't think that no ones loved you, because they've turned away. Don't feel they didn't care for you, because they couldn't stay. Don't damn the world for not returning the love you feel you've given. Don't hate the one that you were yearning for, because he couldn't make a commitment. Just think of him as experience, and think how much you've grown. Think of him as the sacred prince who placed you on a throne. Think of all your times together, feeling closer since you're apart. Think of your plans of now and forever, and hold them in your heart. And don't let yourself feel so much hate when he's no longer your other. For when you're both at Heaven's gate, that man will be your brother.

 

 

 

 

I would like to thank the many people since I have been here  who have  made me feel like I belong and that I am a friend. I do not really know many of you well but hope to get to better in the future.  

Since I don't really know that many people yet or there history of happenings in their lives I would like to say I am sorry if I ever offend any of you. I am not a perfect person and never will be. I just like to have fun and meet new friends. If ever anyone needs a friend to talk to or just someone to sound off on, I am more than willing to lend an ear and help if I can.

 The majority of people here seem like a closed  knit  family. You are all very lucky to have one another.

I really don't know why I am writing all this. I guess because of some of  the sorrows and alot of  the joy.  Maybe I am just looking for something. Who knows.

I do know that I enjoy club shrinky and the fun that goes with it. So many work so hard. Someday I will have the knowledge to be of some help if needed or wanted.

My highest regards for you all,                                                                                                                  Me!

All of this thinking we did yesterday made me start to think. Am I the person I am supposed to be?  I have my doubts. I try, but that doesn't always cut it.  Are any of us truely who & what we should be? I don't know.

I am  51 yrs old. Married 35 yrs to childhood sweetheart. I have 2 grown boys & 2 beautiful granddaughters.  While my children were growing up I was lucky enough to be a stay at home mom.  I then entered the work force working for my older sister in the resteraunt she had.  I decided to get out of the kitchen and went to work for an insurance agency which I loved. I went from receptionist to a commercial cust. serv rep. I got my license to sell ins. and worked there for about 10 yrs until... oct. 31 1995. I left that day with horrific back pain.  Went to doctor after doctor. Had every test going & tried many treatments. I was told that I had degenerative disc desease & needed surgery. That was the beginning of the end. I ended up with 6 failed back surgeries. In one he nicked my spinal cord.  I have gotten nothing but worse since that day in Oct. 95. I am loaded with metal rods, screws & cages from my upper back down to my tailbone. I have not had a pain free day since that Halloween 1995. I can no longer work as I can't walk far , climb stairs, or sit or stand for any period of time. I have gained about 50 pounds throughout this. Weight has always been an issue for me. Very low self esteem. Some people can be cruel.  I was also told I have asthma, severe sleep apnea (I could fall asleep while chatting sometime which I will apologize for now)  arthritis, tennis elbow & bad depression.  I am on many medications to try to manage my life. I had a bipap machine but ins co. took it  back.  My main hurt is that I am unable to be the grandma I always dreamed of being. Well, I guess I've had my pity party.  This is where I came up with the name robomom!