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I am a strong supporter of GAY RIGHTS!
No American should be treated as a second class citizen!
I see dead people. I really do.
People often ask me what it is like, living in a Haunted House, seeing Ghosts on a regular basis.
The truth is, I have nothing to compare it to, since I have always seen Ghosts. I have decided to jot down some of the interesting things I experience.Sort of a Journal. And, to share these experiences with You.
Now, You can get a glimpse of what it is like ...
Living With Ghosts
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I am a mother & wife - those are my 2 most important and favorite achievements!
My daughter, Violet, is absolutely AMAZING. She is, without doubt, the most intelligent, talented and loving person I know. I decided when I was 2 years old that I would have a baby girl named Violet - I waited on her for 22 years. When she was finally born, she was, and still is, the most beautiful thing I ever laid eyes on. She is my heart. She saved me in countless ways - By loving her unconditionally; I learned that I am worthy of love. By teaching her to be strong; I learned how strong I can be. By teaching her how perfectly and magnificently God created her; I learned that I, too, am a wonderful creation. In knowing her, I have glimpsed the face of God. I cannot look at her without smiling. She is the fulfillment of my greatest desire - to be a mother - her mother. Each day of her life, I have asked God to grant me the wisdom, patience, and understanding to be the mother she deserves. And although I have failed in that role so many times, God continues to provide more than I can ask, or even imagine, by allowing her to fulfill the unlimited potential He placed in her heart.
My husband, Alan, loves me completely & unconditionally. This is the love I dreamed of as a girl, this is the happily ever after that I waited on for so long. After kissing a few toads, and marrying & divorcing a scorpion, I thought I had given up that dream. Decided that it was just a fairy tale afterall, and "happily ever after" was merely a storybook ending. Then, we found one another. Somehow, the smallest ember of that dream had survived, and his love fanned the flames to reignite my hope. I was afraid at first; afraid it was just another trick. But, for so many years, his love for me has burned bright. He believes in me when I can no longer believe in myself. When I forget that strong, independent, loving woman that I strived so desperately to become - I look into his eyes and see her there. But more than that, the reflection I see is also that of the little girl, holding on so tight to her dreams. And that little girl is smiling - smiling a "happily ever after" smile.
Click Here to read about My Mom.
I am so proud of my two loving step-children, Matthew & Nancy, and daughter-in-law, Rebecca; who have blessed our lives with four precious grandchildren (Ian, Isaac, Dagan & Zoe). I am truly blessed.
Retired after 26 years of office work (which was never really "me") - I am now a Goddess & Bohemian Artist. My true self has at last emerged!
I am a member of the "Absolutely Fabulously Friendly Little Rockers" & "The Mad Hatters" Chapters of the Red Hat Society. I am a "Pink Hatter" because I have not yet reached the age of reason (50); and was crowned 2007 Ms. Arkansas Pink Hat!
As Co-Founder of The Spirit Seekers Paranormal Investigation Research & Intervention Team (SPIRIT), I am a Paranormal Investigator (Ghost Hunter). Find out more at http://www.thespiritseekers.org.
I love to travel and want to go EVERYWHERE!
I was in the 2006 New Year's Day Parade in Paris with the Red Hat Society.
I celebrated 2007 New Year's in Italy, where I experienced the overwhelming wonderment of the Sistene Chapel and the awe of standing in the presence of Michaelangelo's David.
For 2008 New Year's, I participated with the Red Hat Society in the London Parade!
My husband and I love to cruise, particularly in the Caribbean; and my entire family goes to Florida to hang out on the beach at least once a year.
In January, I flew to Singapore with my mother; boarded a cruise ship and visited Malaysia and Thailand; back to Singapore for a few days shopping; then back to Little Rock. (WHEW!)
As much as I love seeing the world, I get terribly homesick and lonely for those I love so very much. I am always anxious & ready to get back home.
As always, I cannot wait to see where life takes me next!
"You’re always alone, but you’re only lonely if you don’t like the person you’re alone with."
Thoroughly unprepared, we take the step into the afternoon of life.
Worse still, we take this step with the false presupposition that our truths and our ideals will serve us as hitherto."
- Carl Gustav Jung
"If there are no dogs in Heaven,
then when I die I want to go where they went."
- Will Rogers
"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse.
"It's a thing that happens to you.
When a child loves you for a long, long time,
not just to play with, but REALLY loves you,
then you become Real."
- The Velveteen Principles
"It’s never too late to have a happy childhood."
- Berkeley Breathed
"A sure way to lose happiness, I found,
is to want it at the expense of everything else."
- Bette Davis
"Years ago my mother used to say to me, she’d say,
'In this world, Elwood, you must be'
- she always called me Elwood -
'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant."
- Jimmy Stewart
"You're only given a little spark of madness.
You mustn't lose it."
- Robin Williams
"All the people like us are we,
and everyone else is They."
- Rudyard Kipling
"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians.
Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."
- Mohandas Gandhi
"It's all make believe, isn't it?"
- Marilyn Monroe"
When we remember we are all mad,
the mysteries disappear and life stands explained."
- Mark Twain"
"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds
on the heel that has crushed it."
- Mark Twain
"Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it allows me to survive, and better than that, to thrive with passion, compassion, and style."
- Maya Angelou
"What you think of me is none of my business."
- Dr. Wayne Dyer
"Women are like tea bags. Put them in hot water and their true strength emerges."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't."
- Marilyn Monroe
"Forgive your enemies -
it messes with their heads."
"The more I think about it,the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others."
- Vincent Van Gogh
"Every woman should develop the kinds of bonds that will allow her to know she has someone she can count on. Someone who will give her the best advice, even if it is unpleasant.Someone who will expect the most from her...
And someone with whom she can celebrate life."
-Maya Angelou
"I take a problem and chew on it until all the flavor's gone...
...and then I stick it in my hair."
- Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood
"Be a first rate version of yourself,
not a second rate version of someone else."
- Judy Garland
"Ever notice that, 'What the hell!,'
is always the right decision?"
- Marilyn Monroe