The world's oldest person has died. As I read things like this in the headlines, I always say a little prayer and offer healing to the departed. I thought I would share and pass that on here ( Read more... )

I decided to cross-post this from dailyrumi. If you're not a member, you should definitely check it out ( Read more... )

I just got off the phone with my grandma. She says she's been going downhill since mom died, so please hold her in your prayers. She may have suffered a small stroke, and she's having trouble remembering things. (She's 87 years old, but it got worse real fast ( Read more... )

Since I started my livejournal back in 2005, there have been some misconceptions, insinuations, and outright accusations. I've decided to use this week's therealljidol topic as an opportunity to set the record straight ( Read more... )

I put 6-9 because I'm not entirely sure what days everything happened. I pretty much lost track from Monday (mom's accident) until Friday. It was all quite fuzzy and veil-like. I mentioned once in a reply how my mom always seemed to have significant dates in her life. Her accident was the Cinco de Mayo and she died on Mother's day. She was born ( Read more... )

X-posted to mission101

I'm wishing a joyous, abundant, and blessed 2008 for you all! Instead of a New Years resolution post, I've decided that this would be a good time to update everyone on my 101 goals in 1001 days project. My last update on that was in July, and I've accomplished a few things since then ( Read more... )

Thank you so much for all of the cards, gifts, and nudges! It's nice to know that my cyber-family still cares. I'm sorry to have dropped off the face of the earth. I'm hardly ever able to get online anymore, and when I do, it's mostly spent catching up massive amounts of email. Things have been tough lately, so I appreciate everyone who's been ( Read more... )

It took me all day to catch up my emails, just from missing one day yesterday! I'm sorry that I forgot to post and say that I was home safely. :) It was bumpy and scary, so I appreciate all the energies and prayers everybody lent! We had snow flurries as I landed in Asheville, but I was lucky I landed when I did. It started snowing much harder on ( Read more... )