Hi! Yep, here I am! I just turned 60 in 2008. I have a 25 year old son who finished seminary in June and also works for Apple. He is my only child and will be getting married in September 2009. I am really, really, really excited about this wedding. My daughter-in-law to be is wonderful and absoutely gorgeous. She feels more like my own daughter than a daughter-in-law. Then there's a 12 year old Umbrella Cockatoo who I've had since a few days after she hatched. Her nickname became Ms Chicken because the first sounds she started to make sounded like a chicken. That nickname has stuck with her and she's still known as Ms Chicken or Ms Chickie. She talks a blue streak and alot of my friends don't know if it's me yelling "Come in" when they ring my doorbell or if it's Ms Chickie. LOL!! I no longer work as my doc's disabled me almost 13 years ago. I have all sorts of stuff wrong with me but the things that generally argue with me over whether my body is going to do what I want it to or not are Myasthenia Gravis, Fibromyalgia, Osteoporosis, & alot of major muscle damage from a cholesterol lowering drug that has been taken off of the market now. I have a powerchair I use to get around in unless I'm going moe than a few miles. Then I'll drive my car. I try not to drive too much lately because the MG is causing me alot of problems with my eye muscles. I'm ok driving on the single lane streets but I do NOT drive highways & freeways anymore. I'm basically happy with where I'm at in my life right now. I mean geez, we're all going to have up's and downs in our lives, right? What's important to remember is not to take things all that seriously. None of us will be getting out of life alive so why not take as much of it with us, in the form of memories, as we can? Get out there and experience everything you want. We're going to have times where things get pretty bleak looking for us, but if we spend our time focusing on the positive side of things instead of the negative side, we will be able to do and see more & more before our lives come to an end. I've done alot of volunteer work for abused women and rape victims for almost 40 years now. It's really neat to see these poor women blossom right before your eyes. They change from meek, scared to death, little waif's into strong, in control of their lives, full-blown women in a short period of time. Those changes make me know that staying with this ideal for so many years is the right direction for me to be pointed in. I try to 'be there' for everyone that has given me the priviledge of being their friends. I really think that if the folks in this world would go back to taking care of each other, watching out for their families, friends and neighbors, we would all be in better physical and mental condition. If we would simply & honestly care about each other again, and pitch in lending a hand when we see people in need of something, things would not be going where they have been for the past several years. Somewhere along the line we've forgotten how important family and friends are and have become so money hungry that we can hardly see anything outside of those big ol' dollar signs.
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