Tag: "Sadness"

A Sweet Proposal

I just got back from dropping my mother off at the airport.  I’m a bit down and I miss her already but I’ve learned over the years that if I let myself wallow I can sometimes not drag myself back out, so I try to keep myself occupied until it passes.   When I got home [...]

My Bad Luck With Pets

This has been a bad few weeks for me pet wise and anyone who knows me or reads my blog knows that I love my pets and it breaks my heart when anything happens to them.
First there was Bailey’s attack by a pit bull, which frightened the life out of me and has [...]

FOAD Thursday - My Empty House

FOAD Thursday – My Empty House

If you had asked me a month ago if I had any space in my house I would have laughed.  Between me, the pets, my husband and all our furniture I felt like we were completely crowded.
I SO wish I felt that way again right now.
My parents left this morning and if I’m honest, I [...]

Growing Up

Overnight I have become my parents.. my parents have become their parents.. and it scares me to death.
On March 25, 2005 at approximately 3pm in the afternoon, my aunt Pearly took her last breath. She was in her early 80’s and until this past year they had all been healthy. I was [...]

Rhino Winter Blues?

I just saw this article I had to blog again immediately.
The is what the article says:
Call it rhino winter blues – a pair of rhinoceroses in a Dutch zoo are being given sunbed treatments to make up for the lack of sunlight during the cloudy winter months.

Rhinos Jennifer and Petra don’t like the gray Dutch [...]