All my life (until Mom made friends with someone who hated Cherokee), I was told my Dad was part Cherokee. In fact, he has some cousins on the Cherokee roles. I knew that since my dad's Native American ancestry was from Pennsylvania, that they were probably grouped with another tribe ( Read more... )

Her name was Glory Jean, but until I was 11, I called her "Mimi". It wasn't my idea. It was hers. She wanted to show respect to my late maternal grandmother, who died from cancer when my mom was seven. So instead of having me call her "Grandma", she had me call her "Mimi". Ironically, I thought it was a horrible name, but I called her it ( Read more... )

You Are a Christmas Sweater!
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I really should stop spending the night at my parents. I blame the fact that once in a while I don't get a headcold when I come here as the reason for my conditioned response. Variable re-inforcement is the hardest to break ( Read more... )

While LJ was done, I did some posting else where.

I have:

• written about what happened last night when I took my kids to see their dad. I made the mistake later of trying to convey this very touching and healthy moment to my father over the phone - only for him to totally read the wrong message into it. I should know better. I really should ( Read more... )

( Yes, I am a better person than this, but that part of me is taking the day off... )

1) Had a wonderful time meeting with the volunteer coordinator of a hospice. These people sound so great to work with. I now have some paperwork to fill out and my volunteer training starts next month ( Read more... )

I'm feeling sick to my stomach right now and can't sleep. Probably ate too much ham. There's a reason why I avoid the stuff most of the time.

Anyway, watched Grease last night with Dad. I never realized he hadn't seen it before. He really enjoyed it and had me looking up trivia on the IMDb site. Mom watched part of it, but you could tell she ( Read more... )

Me: "Playing strategy games with teenagers is annoying. Present company excluded, of course."

Son*: "But, Mom, teenagers are supposed to annoy their parents. It's their job."

Me: "I'm not their parent."

Son, rolling eyes: "Fine. Teenagers are supposed to annoy adults, period."

Me: "You not that annoying ( Read more... )

Well, before I took that nap I was talking about, I washed some things in the kitchen sink and realized I had some nice hot water. So I went and took a hot shower that finally warmed my bones and in connection with some ibuprofen, I had a very nice deep and warm nap. I felt a whole lot better afterwards ( Read more... )