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Like the others, thank you for sharing something so personal. What a beautiful story.

I'm with Cia on this...dark hair/blue eyes.

OK this is for those of us who are still young at heart Its older and golden. http://youtu.be/hdgb4waNhn4

Hi all....I havent checked in for awhile but I have been reading this thread I keep you all in my thoughts and prayers(yes I admit to that ) and hope everyones good. Anyway, tonight is a quiet night at home, just watched a movie and was reading. Later I went on fb and noticed one of my friends posted a link to Great Falls, Montana. Thats where I lived when I was married. My husband passed away in 2010. So until tonight I have more or less avoided anything to do with Mt, its too emotional. But tonight I thought what the hell, I can handle it. Jeez I wished I hadn't. I looked at those pictures and was just swamped with how much I missed that place, and the happy memories associated with Great Falls. Anyways it was depressing and bittersweet. But it helps to put it out there. Tomorrow I'll go back to my more normal self, lol. Tonight, not so much. On the up side, I passed a final hurdle in kicking this illness that has been part of my life for more than 3 years. I saw my opthamologist this week and I am now in official maintain mode, lol. Over the course of three years, I've had a cardiologist, a gastroentologist, an endocrinologist, an internist, a nephrologist. There all gone now except for the cardiologist and opthamologist and those are just a once every year or two now. So yay me! Hugs alll and stay well everyone.

Happy Birthday to us !! (Insert beautiful red maple leaf here)

I agree with Mike, Mark. In the last three years, my life fell apart, and I've had to start over again. At one point it was to much, so I got some counselling. Its not quite a psychiatrist, but close. What she did for me, was help get my thoughts in order, because everything felt so chaotic and I couldnt get a handle on anything. The other thing is ,that as a neutral person, she could look at what I told her and the ask me things or make observations that made me look at things in a whole different perspective. To me thats what I needed, someone with a different perspective and it helped.I also did it without meds. Some people like them, some dont, thats an individual choice. I just didnt feel like that was something for me. Now my sister, is bi-polar, so for her what works is meds and counselling. And I dont tell my counsellor everything either, some of the crap from my childhood is just not something I am prepared to deal with out loud. If you do get some help just remember one thing, and this is what I was told....if you dont feel good with your person, then change them. You dont have to go with the first one if it isnt a good fit. *hugs* Shelly

Happy Birthday Bob!

Wonderful news

That was my impression too. IN the tv interviews he did, he wanted something to do, to keep sharp, and get out of his wifes hair, lol. I believe he is going to pursue his Masters now, he said. He's definitely getting a lot of attention here at home. His attitude says it all.

I totally agree

Dear 12 year old Shelly; Hi there; Yes life is about to get tough, but dont be afraid, nothing horrific is going to happen. Dont talk to strangers so much...this has no good end. Stop being so afraid of life. Find your bliss and chase it to the ends of the earth if you need to. When someone tells you how you look is tied to how smart you are, tell them they are full of crap. You are smart and you need to believe that and embrace that. You are NOT the spare or the extra in your family, believe that. All the love in the world; your older self Shelly

Vodka, always

HI all...Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far. here in Canada its the long weekend, Victoria Day. SO I have this weekend ahead of me. I have no plans, beyond, reading some books, taking myself for coffee to a Timmies and enjoying the sunshine...YAY!! Oh yeah and watching the all star race for NASCAR on tv ( I love Nascar)

Hi all....well I'm home again. My sister and her husband have a farm about an hour est of here and thats where I was. They have a couple partners and a really huge farm.So every spring I got out for a few days and do some marathon baking for my sister. I find it very theraputic and relaxing.They have 5-6 guys that help so we bring supper out to them every night and I just love that, except my sister...shes a nutso driver LOL. Anyway thanks for all the support, you all are so special. And Bee...My dad raced horses for 20 years and sadly on occasion I've been around when a horse has had to be put down. No matter what , its heartbreaking...I feel for you.

I have had mixed success with counsellors here. I started seeing one again right around the time my husband died because there was too much going on for me to cope with. When I get stressed and theres a lot going on in my life that I need to start doing, I get easily overwhelmed(scattered) and end up doing nothing. So this current counsellor is really good. She gets me thinking straight and focused on getting one thing done at a time. Cassie hope all is well Hugs and thanks all

Happy Birthday! Hope your day is better now.

You all amaze me, I have such admiration for you all. I have been reading this thread since the beginning. You all have such a great support system, it's wonderful to see. I have had my own bouts of depression in the recent past. For two years I battled a bunch of illnesses, that began and finally ended with my thyroid. I was in and out of the hospital and almost died a couple of times. While all this happened , I was apart from my husband(I came back to Canada, and he stayed in the States). He had a heart attack, then got cancer and passed away 18 months ago.Through all this I was lucky, I had good friends, that held me up and kept me going. I had family that were also supportive. What you all have here is precious and wonderful. GA is a great place to come to. And I hope I can post here from time to time. I've been here for a little over a year I think but I'm always to chicken to post. Shelly

That is really cool!

Congratulations!!!

I agree with you Wildone. What struck me was to see Bruce Springsteen, Tony Bennett, Paul McCartney, The Beach Boys, Glen Campbell(apologies if I've forgotten any) all perform . After all the years they've been performing, they are still relevent,. It was a joy to see that all last night. If I'm not mistaken, all these guys are over 60. I dont typically watch an awards show, at least not all the way through, but I really wanted to see Adele perform, and well I got hooked and stayed.

I agree, such a beautiful voice. R.I.P.

Great article. Thanks for posting that.

Sigh.... a warm fuzzy for Christmas. Great story.

Great story.It cool to see it from a cars perspective. As a former car chick, I know what it's like to form an attachment to a car. Kinda cool, at least for a moment to see a car form an attachment to a person. I liked it alot.

Sigh....I love your work. Wonderful story. I'd like it if you wrote more like this. I'd like anything you wrote.