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Leslie

We are not human beings going through a temporary spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings goin

About Me

It's taken 30 years to get it right, but I have to say that I am in a great place. I have a husband I wouldn't change, the best kids anyone could ask for. I am learning to love my perfectly flawed self.There's not too much about my experience I would change. My parents did a pretty good job raising me with morals, being able to balance fun with boundaries. I'm honest and friendly, but don't go out of my way to meet people. That's where my husband balances me out. He's a social butterfly, connects with people instantly and has a large network of friends and acquaintences all over the place. If I could change anything about my personality it would be to make me more similar to him in that respect. I don't have loads of spare time. But when I have some peace, I send novel-sized emails about our life events and I scrapbook to preserve memories and exercise my creative muscle. I love to cook, especially dessert. That statement does not necessarily mean I'm a great cook, but no one in our house is starving. I also love flowers, but can kill a cactus in record time. My house is rarely neat, but my door is always open. Overall, I think I'm pretty normal. If I'm wrong, I'm happy in my insanity. Thanks for visiting. If you'd like to leave a message, start typing at the tone: Beeeeeppppp. This layout was handmade with love by the folks at My space or yours? Go get one!

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I'd like to meet my dad again, in the past, and accept that he was sick and enjoy the time I had with him, rather than be numb to the inevitable. I miss him so much. What I wouldn't give just to be able to call him and tell him "I love you. I'll always be your girl and I'm proud to call you my Daddy."


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Remember>>Say nice things and learn to listen. God gave us two ears and one mouth, so He must have meant for us to do twice as much listening as talking. "He who guards his lips guards his soul." Proverbs 13:3

My Blog

Refresh my memory

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, even if we don't speak often, please post a comment with a memory of you and me.  It can be anything you want, good or bad.  When you're...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:31:00 GMT

Kiss my butt!

Ok, so you know the saying "Kids say the darndest things." Here's my little piece of input on that.First of all, yesterday Dillon (who is 7) informed me that he is the P.H.A.President of the Homeowner...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:59:00 GMT

Grandma got ran over by a reindeer...

I keep saying I will send everyone an update soon, when I have a minute to spare. But even on the most relaxed day, every minute is still jam packed. I sat on the couch with Levi to get him to take a ...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:37:00 GMT

Dear Mr. Obama

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Posted by on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:53:00 GMT

Did you mean to leave that dust there?

There's this one button on my keyboard with a raised bump on it. The "J" key. I don't need to type anything that starts with J. I just keep running my fingernail back and forth across it. :Click, cli...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:31:00 GMT

Ask and you shall receive

It's a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the low 70s: a perfect day. After attending church, enjoying a ketchup-covered fish stick lunch and playing on the swing set, Levi is taking a well earned nap. Mik...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:26:00 GMT

News from my little space

Okay Everybody, It's that time again&time for the infamous "Ratkowski Update". Oh, I know, you're excited! This is INCREDIBLY LONG! The longest one yet. If you only have a few minutes, you better ski...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:48:00 GMT

Letting go

I'm going to leave a lot of details out of this one because, frankly, everyone doesn't need to know the dirt. It's not really important anyway. What IS important is this... There are people from my pa...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:28:00 GMT

Just writing to be writing

I keep saying to myself "I need to post a blog", but there's just not much to say right now so I keep putting it off until something marvelous happens. I could be waiting a very, very long time. Even...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:43:00 GMT

Some things never change

It was a perfect day in May. I remember it like it was yesterday. I had butterflies in my stomach. I had waited years for this day and now it was here. I was excited and proud and, oddly, sad. Afteral...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:55:00 GMT