Tag: life issues
member name: Julie (there will always be a rainbow) G.
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July 09, 2009 11:09 AM EDT --
Jesse turned thirty, yesterday. A year ago, it was hard to believe that he was twenty-nine, but thirty wasn’t so hard. We have both aged so much in this past year that it’s hard to . . .
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June 16, 2009 12:36 PM EDT --
Just wanted to let all my friends know...
Jesse confirmed this morning that he will indeed be taking my sister up on her offer to move to Montana and stay with her. He has court on Monday, for driving . . .
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June 26, 2009 10:11 PM EDT --
After a horrible two days of airport delays, Jesse has arrived in Montana. He called forty-five minutes ago, to let me know he had arrived safely. He left Orlando at 10:42 a.m. yesterday, so it was nearly . . .
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May 22, 2009 12:12 PM EDT --
Yesterday was to be my last full, scheduled day at my job... a job I alternately love and hate. I hate it every morning that my alarm goes off at 5:45 a.m. I love it every time I meet a new four-legged . . .
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December 10, 2008 05:57 PM EST --
When I was a little girl, we had only a bathtub; no shower. Honestly, the only time I ever showered was at my grandmother's house. At home, it was a quick dip in a shallow tub, daily. Shampooing . . .
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May 27, 2009 03:06 PM EDT --
So many things are happening around me. Some things good, some less good.
Some are downright terrifying.
I keep getting up in the morning, and I keep fighting the fight, but from . . .
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June 13, 2009 11:00 AM EDT --
Where to begin…
With the frustration of my son and his struggles, which have so deeply impacted my life and my marriage..?
With the might-have-been-a-catastrophe accident my husband . . .
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June 22, 2009 11:34 AM EDT --
For those of you who have kept Jesse (and me) in your thoughts and prayers...
He went to court this morning, on the charge of driving with a suspended license. We were nervous, as our plan has been . . .
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June 25, 2009 12:59 PM EDT --
Yesterday, Jesse came "home." He spent the day with me. I cooked him his favorite Chile-Lime Chicken with home fries and steamed carrots. (All three are among his top five foods.) We had Dutch Apple Pie . . .
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June 22, 2009 12:20 PM EDT --
My husband was just notified by certified mail, of charges against him in the recent motor vehicle accident he had, in which he hit a pedestrian.
Granted, it could have been worse. He could have been . . .
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June 11, 2008 02:02 PM EDT --
Sam and I were married in 1989, and it was a "mistake." I knew it the day that I said my vows. I knew it because he was a wonderful man in so many ways, but while I was readying for the informal . . .
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August 27, 2008 03:16 PM EDT --
Just this morning, I was a whole different person. Now I feel hopeful again, and I thought I would share my "good" news.
Jesse is still homeless, and that is not likely to change in the . . .
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August 29, 2008 09:18 AM EDT --
A quick update here...
The night before last, Jesse came over to stay with me just for a few days. Yesterday, he had the first "real" rest he had had in weeks, and today we have constructive . . .
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June 17, 2009 10:51 AM EDT --
For all of you who followed my "Worthless" and "Rise" series last year...
I basically stopped writing, around the time my son became homeless last year. I did not make a connection then, but simply . . .
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August 14, 2008 12:10 PM EDT --
Virginia felt like home, again, as I returned not knowing what was ahead of me once more. This time, I got a hotel room and stayed there for a week or so while looking for a roommate. I didn’t know . . .
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August 14, 2008 03:16 PM EDT --
In the morning, I made breakfast for Althea and myself and we waited to hear from Maria before I walked her home. After a short conversation with Maria, I gave Althea a hug, thanked her for her company, . . .
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August 27, 2008 09:01 AM EDT --
For those of you who have been following "my" life in recent weeks...
On Thursday, my son Jesse called me. He had not eaten anything in three days, because there was nothing left to eat . . .
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July 30, 2008 06:01 PM EDT --
On the way to Montana, I stopped in my hometown. My brother, Jim had called me a couple of weeks earlier to invite me to stay with him and his family for as long as I needed to, and I intended . . .
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September 12, 2008 10:50 AM EDT --
Another two-parter, here...
I left Virginia with every intention of remaking my life in Montana. I was looking forward to it; to the healing power of family and a new start. Lily mentioned to . . .
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August 20, 2008 09:07 AM EDT --
A Spoon in the Pot
I didn’t tell anyone, at first, about my plan to go to Vet School. No one except Jesse, that is, and I fully expected him to laugh at me. Instead, he listened . . .
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