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Losing my Family - Gone so Quickly
I lost my family exactly one year ago next month - not to death. However, it feels the same way and just as bad. It is scary to think that all of your life you think you have a loving, caring family - bound by unseen arms of unconditional love. Then, in an instant, some hateful words exchanged, and 'poof' they are gone. I have spent the last year trying to 'deal' with this. I have prayed every night to my g'ma in Heaven that she would put love back into the hearts of my family for me, but to no avail. I kept thinking "Some day the damage done will fade and love will prevail". Now in the face of serious illness, I went to them again and asked for money to help me see a doctor who may give me options of what to do. All I have received is excuses and the occasional "I'm on the phone and will call you back" with, of course, no call back - no letter - no e-mail.........nothing. Just silence. Silence is actually louder than words of hate in a crisis. So, now, again, I feel like 'nothing'. I feel numb and that I am going through this loss all over again. So, I have come to realize that sometimes you have to cut people out of your life............backspace.........deleted. It is hard to lose your family, especially when they are still alive. I feel I have been thrown away - like a used tissue. I just wanted to share with all of you, however, these wonderful words I found that I feel EVERYONE should hear:
**Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints on your heart. To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. Anger is only one letter short of danger. If someone betrays you once, it is his fault; if he betrays you twice, it is your fault. Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. He who loses money, loses much; he who loses a friend, loses much more; he who loses faith, loses ALL. Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art. Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself..
There is no beginning or end. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is a gift, that's why they call it the present.** (unknown)
Love one another, love your friends, love your family, be good to yourself and be true to your heart. Listen to your head. Keep on the right track, look both ways before crossing the street and, above all, don't lose faith.
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We had all had those holidays which stand out in our memories. It may be a fabulous memory which makes us all warm and fuzzy inside, to be compared to every future memory and be measured by it. We all have those holiday memories we'd like to forget---like the year both my Mom and my Aunt felt they had to be the one cooking the turkey and my Mom's turkey imploded. (Seriously...it became a heap of bones and the meat sort of disintegrated)
As children we had ideas about sugar plums just as much as we anticipated the tooth fairy...probably more. Later in life as we married and somehow combined families, and our family traditions changed. We created new memories together. We have had that gift we thought was going to rock someone's world which turned out to be as exciting as a flat tire.
There are those of us that prayed, pleaded, and made deals with God (or whoever else was listening) to just this one time....get that one thing or to be able to give that one great thing which would change our relationship with someone.
Of course there are also those times when we all thought "What the heck was this person thinking" when we opened a gift which astounded us. An example of this was someone close to me, her mother-in-law gave her a retractable clothesline one year, a sink hair strainer the next, and it just went even further down hill after that. (I am not kidding) And yes, we try to remember holiday seasons are about giving, not receiving....but still "What the heck!"
The Obama family distributes food at Martha's Table and pardon a turkey for Thanksgiving
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Boyfriend didn't show on Thanksgiving....
I have been with my boyfriend for a little over a year. When we were first dating he instantly didnt like my family... Im not really sure why.Thanks Giving—Aiseesoft Giving thanks to All(30% off)
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Last fall I broke up with my boyfriend of six years. We have grown apart and lead seperate lives. We never lived together (he didn't believe in living together before marriage). We were lucky to see each other more than once a week and typically when we would see each other - it would be around family only.Coming up Roses
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Lindsay Lohan Comes Home for Thanksgiving
By Paul Chi
Lindsay Lohan is coming home for the holidays – and her family is putting her to work! Although Lindsay usually gets VIP treatment, while in Long Island, N.Y., with her family – including mom Dina, sister Ali, and two brothers – the Mean Girls actress will be busy in the kitchen.
"Lindsay is making the garlic mashed potatoes.
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