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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Formula 44

Well...May 24th I turned 44 years old. I'm taking a hint from my twin KMAE and decided to talk about the blessings and struggles I've endured. Not a long essay, although I could easily slip into something wordy, but listing the good and the bad and lord knows we cannot forget, the ugly.

Living through parents divorce

THE 70s (wish I was older!)

Going to FRANCE in high school

Going to Washington D.C. in 8th grade

Learning to cook with Mom

Making Breakfast for my dad

Graduation (high school)...finding out my dad was there watching all along

Birth of my daughter

Being shut out by my mother

Meeting and falling in love with a woman, Teri

Experiencing the downfall of love and mental illness

COMING OUT

TO ALL THE GIRLS I"VE LOVED BEFORE....and all the men I didn't

Graduation from COLLEGE

First time I worked with developmentally disabled adults....and made a breakthrough

Coming out of my shell

Living Loving and Learning

Are women really THAT psychotic?

Sending my daughter to foster parents....most devastating, but somehow liberating

Writing my first novel and losing myself

Loving an alcoholic....and leaving

New friends...

Moving to Wyoming

Moving to Cheyenne...new friends and FRESH AIR

Crazy world of Sue

Moving back home with Grandma

TALKING ONLINE WITH CINDY....yummO!

MEETING CINDY!!!!! DELISH!

Is it Cindy or stay with Grandma?

IT'S CINDY!

Experiencing REAL love and foreverness with the girl of my dreams

My dad asking for a hug from my girlfriend!

Brittany showing up on my doorstep

Brittany's GRADUATION

OIL and WATER don't mix, they fester

Grandma June passed

My mother came alive again

Mom hugging my girlfriend

Mom meeting Brittany

Mom giving me money for my birthday and saying "I LOVE YOU"

Being in love for 4 1/2 years and never once questioning what's been given to me......

I've learned lessons and understood it's really true..."that which does not kill us makes us stronger"

I've walked the rocky path, tripped and fallen, thinking the walk just wasn't worth it...but now I can see why I fell.

Life.
Bring it on

2 comments:

KMae said...

Happy BDay Twinnie! It is a miracle we have made it thru the thick & the thin, no?

I loved your list. Everyone should make these lists! You were brave & listed the bad & ugly as well as the good. I only went for the good on mine (with the exception of drugs, altho at the time believe me, I thought they were great!) I will someday make the bad/ugly list, I just don't want to throw myself into depression, which would be easy if I start thinking about all the negatives I invested energy into. shish.

JulieB said...

Yes! I felt great about it afterwards! It IS a miracle...we've only just begun! My grandmother says "I'm not ready to go yet, I haven't made enough people miserable yet!" I like that!
Hope you had a GREAT day twinnie!
Love ya!