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If you suddenly see one up close (in my case in a garbage can on my back stoop) they are scary....all teeth and ghostly white in the flood light) But on their own turf and especially with babies .....they are adorable. "All Gods Creatures Have a Place in the Choir"
Elko, I'm wishing you continued luck on your job hunt. Yes, Wenatchee is expensive...I've been there, don't get the attraction, except for cheap internet.
Thanks, MarciaMarshaMarcia - yeah, Wenatchee is nice - but, it's nothing that special. Once the real estate people see the demand they just take that Seahawk football and run to the end zone for a Dave Ramsey TD special. Oh well. First, I need to see if they're serious enough to make an offer. If they do, I'll accept - I'm running quickly out of Kansas U.I!
elston - thank you so much. Again, I do hope I'm not driving you guys nuts with my job search babble. It's only been 4 months since I lost my job - not that much time. They say people need ta figure on about 6 months now to find a similar job to the one they lost. Or a better one, that counts too.
I used to feed a feral cat on the front porch of the first house we owned in Everett, WA. I used to put cat food out in a dish. One night while watching TV I thought I heard a critter on our porch. I moved the drapes open and out of the way and there was a good-sized opossum staring at me and then grabbing up as much food as he could and running down the steps off the porch! Funny looking critters, but, at the same time, kind of cute, like you guys are saying.
Another day....physical therapy this morning.
I hope elko gets the best of the best jobs. You have worked hard for it!!
Elston, thanks for the caring thoughts!
Hope everyone has a blessed day!
I am beginning to understand why I am feeling so down lately....my arm is preventing me from doing things that keep me busy...I talked to my therapist this morning and she agreed. While not only the pain from my arm can cause depression the limitations it creates add to it. So today I am going to get out side and trim my roses. That only takes one hand and one arm! Have to keep moving forward!!
I got a call on Saturday that my very dear friend from school who I have never lost touch with was killed Friday night. A victim of an abusive and violent boyfriend. He brutally murdered her because she tried to leave. She lived in TX. Her best girlfriend called me. I really don't know how much more I can take.
It just seems that I'm becoming ever increasingly more alone. But I have my son. This hasn't truly sunk in yet. It's just surreal. That she was murdered...my mind hasn't processed it. I don't even know what to do with that. Domestic violence. Almost 40 years of close friendship, just snuffed out like a candle in the wind. I have to wonder what it is God is trying to tell me. The road is certainly beckoning. But more solitude isn't that appealing.
Losses like this, back to back and wall to wall. And such a senseless death. She had been in very frequent contact, reaching out to me. Just needing someone who understood her to listen. We had talked for three hours the night he killed her. It could have only been a couple hours between when we hung up and she was gone. She had told me he had threatened to kill her if she tried to leave. All I could offer was to tell her to just go. Wait till she was sure he'd be gone for a while and just go. Call the police, just take the clothes on her back needs be. I don't know just how things happened, but the end result is all that matters now.
I just keep reaching, trying to hear my lady's voice. Feel her touch, catch her scent. I have a bottle of her body spray that I put on my sheets at night and spritz about the house. Maybe it sounds silly but it helps. Today, I have aock of her hair I'm going to bind and tie onto my hat cords. Especially given this having happened the driving, just hungry NEED for her ....
Am I being selfish? I am focusing more on myself I guess. But what I would give to be able to hold her again. Just lose myself in the feel and smell of her hair. Hear and feel her breathing, see her do her happy dance. My friend and I had been helping each other a lot in our respective situations, and now some verminous scavenger has taken that.
Ohh, my precious, tiny little lady. I so much more than just miss her. There was no such thing as pain or sadness or loneliness with just the sight of her. Nothing could touch me. She was all that mattered. First her, then my next closest friend. It does make me afraid to even think about trying to love like that again. And I know that I wont. I just cant.
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Have to keep moving forward!!