Life happens despite what you plan

*Me *
* Laura
* Born = 01/11/64
* Mom
* Graduate

*Current Wishes *

:: "Enough money to make life easy on my kids, if even just for a while"::

:: "Just one weekend...never mind, you know"::

:: "Time, time and more time"::

:: "A really great vacation for my whole family"::

:: "To finish school and make bunches of money before arthritis creeps into my hands and makes my life hell"

Current Favorite Quotes and the Wise People that Said Them

:: "Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious." - Brendan Gill::

:: "You're never too old to become younger." - Mae West

:: "Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home." - Phyllis Diller::

:: "D'you call life a bad job? Never! We've had our ups and downs, we've had our struggles, we've always been poor, but it's been worth it, ay, worth it a hundred times I say when I look round at my children." - W. Somerset Maugham, 'Of Human Bondage'::

:: "For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul."- Judy Garland::

Saturday, August 06, 2005

I just realized that my equivalent of Melissa's "meh" is "phfllltt". When I'm just kind of in a lazy, blah mood.

Today I am phfllltt!

Sooo, Nicole is moving back home. This is a really good thing for me. I have missed her very much. I hope Melissa isn't too upset though. She says she isn't, but sometimes she doesn't tell me everything.

Dave and I have closed the business. This has put him in a tremendous funk. He really wanted it to work, and so did I. I just wanted it to work more for him than for me. I missed him while he was gone.

Anyone that reads this already knows, but my dad died. My only regret is that my kids did not get to know him well before he got sick. They were too young to know him REALLY well. He was my hero in so many ways that most people don't even know about. I have missed him terribly and I will continue to miss him I am sure. He was a great dad. My mom is kind of lost now. She is the last one alive out of all her brothers and sisters, close friends... you know all of their "homies". She is tired and if she is here for another full year, I would be surprised.

Forgive the "country music, drama queen" in me. But, I heard this song on the radio and it is perfect for the way I feel about my dad right now. All of you, talk to the people you love today. Tell them you love them. Don't wait until tomorrow. Don't wait until the next time you see them. You don't know if tomorrow will get here, and you don't know that you will see them again.

The Greatest Man I Never Knew

by Reba McEntire

The greatest man I never knew
Lived just down the hall
And everyday we said hello
But never touched at all
He was in his paper
I was in my room
How was I to know, he thought I hung the moon

The greatest man I never knew
Came home late every night
He never had too much to say
Too much was on his mind
I never really knew him
And now it seems so sad
Everything he gave to us took all he had

Then the days turned into years
And the memories to black and white
He grew cold like an old winter wind
Blowing across my life

The greatest words I never heard
I guess I'll never hear
The man I thought could never die
Has been dead almost a year
He was good at business
But there was business left to do
He never said he loved me
Guess he thought I knew

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Mom out
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