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A look at the issues that faces people

I was gone for most of the weekend, having taken the three plus hour drive up to see one of my best friends. I'll forewarn anyone reading this that I am going to ramble a bit. My best friend is twenty four and could literally be my daughter. She is young enough, but she is a sweetheart. I've known her since she was nearly eighteen and seen her grow up. We operate almost on a father/daughter level. I was there when her grandmother died, her father walked out of her life, and done all I could to help her and by extension her family. When my mother died she dropped everything to help me hold it together and help my family. To say we are close is understatement. Her wedding is the end of next month. I am so excited for her. I know she has loved her birthday gift, (it was London blue topaz pendent so she would have something blue for her wedding day). She has tried to brow beat me into telling her the price of the service set I bought her for the wedding day that has her name and the groom's, as well as the wedding date on it. We talked, cried, and spent a lot of time just playing catch up like two old friends. She wants me to take time off this fall and go with her and soon to be husband on their first trip as a married couple. Actually she wants her closest friends to go down to Disney/Harry Potter this fall for the Not So Scary Halloween at Disney and then go over to Universal for Harry Potter in October. I'm also processing the details that two men I had once fallen for are getting married themselves in July. In fact one day apart from each other. One I know would never in a million years have worked and even now, he is marrying a woman and keeping another man on the side. The other is marrying and all I can do is wish him well, as he marries the man that finally got him to say "yes" to a wedding. Then I came home last night to also find out that someone who I kept trying to keep the lines of communication open with is no more. A woman who at one time acted as my rock, but dropped me when her bf said she was spending too much time talking with me and not him. For three years I've tried to reconnect only to be rebuffed or ignored. I didn't know she had been diagnosed with cancer. I hadn't been told how sick she was. It was only when her brother left a message on my phone last night asking why I hadn't shown up for her funeral that I found anything out at all. It seems the man she loved walked out on her a month after she was diagnosed and she didn't want her old friends to know how stupid she had been. So instead of allowing us back in and mending the bridges and being there for her, her final days were spent alone with her immediate family. All of which thought her old friends were the worst people in the world for not coming to see her. I'm sick thinking what could have been, what help I could have given, but all I can do is remember the times we shared and forgive her for not having faith in me or her other friends. So my life has been a bit of a roller coaster ride the last few days. I know it will be that way for a month or more. Sorry if things are a bit slow getting out. Just going to have to be patient with me.

Well not done yet so I think I can grant that request.

Nice start but I am a greedy bastard and want more.

Hmm. I forget how many like there shifter/vampire/witch stories. Hot.

Cia is scary? Please. Some of us hate to bother her, but if she takes the time to edit or beta your work, you better realize the privilege you have been given. She is one busy mother, author, and admin.

You have seen the list of items people have asked for. Fire was about the only one listed being able to think and speak. Problem is when you request something with a mind of its own, it might not exactly want you. For Jonas, he never even thought of owning Fire, but she likes and wants him.

We should never forget those who have come before us. I've only read one work by GhostRyder but now I have a sad reason to read more. He was one of the early ones to blaze a trail here at GA. May his family and friends take comfort in their memories as we take comfort in the stories he has left behind. Rest in peace.

Thanks for reading KC. Fire is going to be an interesting character.

Shh. I have two other stories I still have to finish completely before I can start another. Trust me.

I am glad you enjoyed it Ron. The grumpy mate is just something we all have an understanding of. I just decided I would use the words how I wanted to and that meant having a shifter. Glad it wasn't too predictable.

I have so many stories of my own I haven't even begun to finish. I don't even want to think of another major story till I am done with Jonas and all the beta work I have.

Glad you liked it. I have a tendency to do the mundane even in the fantastic. I mean, dishes have to be cleaned, clothes washed, and everything else. So it usually allows everyone a way into the story.

I’d marked the calendar and had our bags packed. Anthony was due home soon from work. I knew he wouldn’t just agree to go on an impromptu trip, but I also knew he was running on empty and if he didn’t get back to nature soon he would lose it. “Ralph, why, in God’s name, is your truck parked in the middle of the driveway? I nearly crashed into when I pulled in.” Tony’s voice reached the back bedroom. “That was sort of asinine Ralphie.” Joy. The dulcet tones of a lover happily returned from work

I know what it is like to have a pause in a story you were enjoying. The good news is you didn't have so long to go between yours. The best news is you survived to finish it at all. Your fans can patiently wait till you are ready and are prepared to deliver the end to us. Just take your time, we will be waiting some what patiently.

I am glad you are enjoying the story so far. Fire was in my notes for the original but I was afraid of making the Anthology story far too long. Good thing I keep my notes. She has some fun before the story is over.

Jonas lives in the mundane world, but the life around him is anything but. Besides, he might be getting this artifacts for the customers, but he has no idea what the original owners did with them first. Glad you are enjoying it.

Fire is all sorts of trouble and she is only getting started.

Aww. Thanks Renee. Happy Easter.

Happy Easter everyone. My day has been a bit odd. Originally was planning on having a ham for Easter. Had dug through the recipes and found my mother's recipe for her sweet gravy for ham. Dad had gone out on Thursday to get the ham. When he came home it was with a turkey breast. Guess what I made today? I went and dug out all my needed seasonings and spices for the stuffing to go with the turkey only to find i had no Thyme. Finding an open store was an adventure but as I finally pulled up at home my father called to tell me he had found the Thyme. Evidently he had moved it from its normal spot on the spice rack and put away in another cabinet. Oh well. I've got a turkey in the oven, stuffing made, and deviled eggs chilled. (My deviled eggs are made with bacon. So good, even if I do say so myself.) I have cranberry sauce in the fridge and am debating making up my mother's dill weed dip for snacking later. So while not everything goes as you might have hoped, you do eventually find things to focus on and move on. Enjoy everyone.

Yup, I had all these notes for Jonas and I am just having fun checking them off as I add them to the mix. Glad you are enjoying it Sly.

Well still more to come. Glad you are enjoying it Cazpedroso.

Thank you for reading and commenting Sam.

Thanks for the comment Rachel. Glad you are enjoying Jonas.

Andy - But Happy Easter. Hmm - maybe lamp chops for dinner tonight?