Turning 60 on December 2nd is important to me because I was told by my cardiac surgeon that I wouldn't make it to age 50 unless I reached a "normal weight." (Likewise making it to 50 was important.) I can't over emphasize the impact of having a cardiac surgeon say such a thing in the first conversation you have with him following open heart surgery ( Read more... )

18 years ago I gave David a card that asked him if he would be interested in dating me. I was too shy to ask in person. The next day we met at Erik's Deli and talked for hours. Eventually we got engaged and in 1998 we were married. We have the ups and downs of any married couple with illness and accidents and job losses ( Read more... )

Dave was just in an accident on his way over Hwy 17, went into the embankment and rolled, no other vehicles involved. He is at the ER getting checked out but appears to be mostly ok, ppl who saw it said he was lucky to walk away & should play lottery. Left shoulder aches and had a bit of glass in forehead. He's at Dominican right now & will need ( Read more... )

Happy Anniversary, David Grassi McDaniels!
Every day I am so happy I married you.

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Merry Candelmas, everyone.

"I'm making a new team: Team That Girl is Too Damn Young to Get Married, to a Vampire or a Werewolf, or a Regular Person Even, and Should Look Into The Local Community College." --Aimee Spanier

I've enjoyed the blog Single Dad Laughing since I discovered it last year with a viral post about bullying. I can empathize with Dan, the author, because our mutual experiences with bullying and verbal abuse left us with low self esteem. He is a young dad, twice divorced, who started his blog as therapy and was caught off guard when a few posts ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday to my dear husband
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My latest guest blog entry, entitled What It's Like To Sing The Blues, has been posted on No Longer Quivering.

Nearly twelve years ago I decided to give this card to a co-worker, a fellow security guard working the alternate shift to mine. He had trained me for the post ( Read more... )

In honor of our tenth anniversary ( Read more... )