This was my post from Aug. 23, 2014.
https://purpleslobinrecovery.wordpress.com/2014/08/23/life-happens/
I talked about loving everyone while they’re here, cuz ya never know when they will be gone. At that time, I had no idea that my BIL, Jeffery, would die so suddenly on Oct 3, 2015, only a year later. And that DH would become XH 2 years later.
Please hug and kiss all your loved ones, immediately!! Tell them you love them!! Life is not guaranteed! All we have for sure, is today.
Well, it’s not really purple. It’s orange. Annnnd, technically it’s not a pumpkin, it’s an orange. Okay, okay! It’s an orange orange, and the whole title is just 1 big lie! Whew! That feels better getting that off my chest.
The only reason I even said anything about pumpkins is, PP called it a “Puh-kin”. Which you can see why:
Pumpkin? or Orange?
It’s the same size, shape, and color of the mini pumpkin she had back in the fall! And look! It even has ridges on it!!! All the evidence of her eyes support her hypothesis!
Looks like a pumpkin to me!!
Can you blame the poor baby for thinking it’s a “puh-kin”??? Considering she had never in her LIFE seen such a big orange, she did a great job identifying it, I think! Well, I could be just a little prejudiced, but I don’t think so!!!
But, there really ARE purple pumpkins. See????
Photo credit: Ruffin Gray
I’ve talked about Nony, (Dana White) and my love
LOVE!
for her several times. I even wrote a post, (or 2, maybe 3?) about her and how she’s inspired and helped me.
So, after writing Reminiscing, I told her.
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Ugly green, but it’s a place to sit!
Dana White —— 2016-01-28 21:15:16
See why I love her?? She is a sweet, truly Christian woman, who gives herself to serve others. We need more Nonys in this world!!
Do you have the Pandora app?
I don’t have a radio, and no cable, so when I wanted some Christmas music, I remembered my friend Sheryl told me about Pandora. It’s free!! My price point!!
So, I downloaded it on my phone. And it was easy to do.
But, boy! “She ” is so tempermental and demanding!! You have to stroke her, and “like” her every 2 minutes, or she goes off and pouts! Hey, Pandora, I have a life! I just want some music, and I want it now! I don’t have time to maintain your emotional well being!! Tending to my own is more than a full time job!!
But, it’s the price of free, I guess. You get what you pay for!!
And I have Christmas music on demand! {Just at the expense of my pointer finger, but whatever! Is there a condition known as “phone finger”??? Well, there is now!}
The lovely Roopam, from Whimsical90, nominated me for another Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants World Award.
Thank you Roopam! You are too kind! Roopam writes about real life, and her emotions. She is such a sensitive, and caring person. I’m sure you’ll enjoy your visit there.
Thanks, Roopam!
HERE ARE THE RULES (COPIED, PASTED): AND YOU ARE FREE TO BEND THEM!
• Put the Award logo on your blog
• Thank the person who nominated you, linking back to their site
• Answer 10 questions the person asked you
• Nominate 10 blogs and notify them
• Write 10 new questions for them
( This time I’ll write the answers under the question. Last time NJ said I made her dizzy from all the scrolling back and forth!! Sorry again, NJ!!)
1. Does your age obstruct you from doing any thing?
The only thing I can’t do due to my age, is get a student discount at the movies.
2. When was the last time you danced and to which song?
Good question!! Ummm, well there’s another thing due to my age, I can’t remember! lol
I know it was recently, with PP.
3. Do you hum when you bathe?
Nope. I full out bellow!!
4. Most comfortable clothing for you?
COTTON!! Pants, with elastic waist, or around the house, a muumuu. (Thank you Hawaii, for inventing those!! Best dress ever!!!)
5. Do you like your name? Have you googled on what it means?
Yes, I do. In Spanish it means “I’m pretty”. Love that! No, never googled it. Do people do that???
6. One topic that instinctively triggers your feminist side?
Newborn babies. (and sniffing their heads.)
Sweetest thing on earth!
7. One good habit of yours that you are happy about and could flaunt?
Reading the Bible daily. I’ve really worked hard on making that a priority this year.
8. Tell one quirky habit of yours? (That you find quirky)
Oh, let me count the ways!! Trying to write in purple ink all the time? Is that quirky? Or just lovably eccentric?
9. Heels or flats?
What are heels?? Shoes come like that in size gargantuan??
Want me some red shoes! Just not these!
Don’t wanna break my neck!
10. Describe one moment when you were completely awestruck.
Each time one of my 2 girls were born.
My 10 nominees are:
(envelope please)
(Ooops, that’s 14. Oh well, shrug. So I can’t count. Sue me.)
Now, to think up some serious, and some light-hearted questions for y’all…… Gotta sit down in my thinking chair, and Think, Think, Think. (I know, Blue’s Clues is a dead giveaway of a toddler in my life! What can I say???
Alright, class, settle down. Do your homework, Chapter 11. There’ll be a pop quiz tomorrow. (Dang it! Why do I always give that away???)
If you missed any of the story: go here:
Part 1, Strawberry City, part 2, Man Giant, part 3, Strawberry Banquet, part 4, Strawberry Love, part 5, Strawberry Slush, part 6, Strawberry Sickness, part 7, Strawberry Daiquiri.
divorce Strawberry Girl. She had so many problems, and acted out against what she should be doing, and damaged her marriage.
It was a sad time for the whole family.
But, life went on…
Fast forward several years. Strawberry Girl met and married Ranch Man.
She was still acting out, and doing wrong stuff. Her girls had both decided to go live with Man Giant.
Strawberry Girl was so sad, but she knew it was best for the girls.
Strawberry Girl decided to start teaching again, because she really hadn’t been using her mind for a long time.
It was okay for 2 years. Then, she was diagnosed with Manic Depression. Finally, everything started to make sense. Her drinking, depression, and other things were all part of another disease. It helped Strawberry Girl to get on the right kind of medication.
Mama had come back to live with her again, so Strawberry Girl once again had someone cleaning up her messes, and clutter. So, she got along for a while.
Then, tragedy struck. Strawberry Girl had a nervous breakdown, and had to go back to the hospital.
She couldn’t work for 9 months. And, it happened again, several times.
The 3rd time, Strawberry Girl realized she better quit teaching while she could still be coherent. So, she got on disability.
About this time, the first Strawberry Giant Daughter came back to live with Strawberry Girl, and Ranch Man.
This led to interesting adventures, but they’re not part of this story, alas. Maybe another day….
Strawberry Giant Daughter fell in love……..
To Be Continued….
(If you missed it, part one, Strawberry City, and part two, Man Giant here.)
The Charger had gone over a cliff! He slid down to the bottom, and regained his hooves, shaking in fear, and with the cold.
Man Giant
swept Strawberry Girl off the horse into his arms.
Rain mingled with the tears on both their faces.
Strawberry Girl wept, “Can I ever thank you enough for saving my life?”
Man Giant, who was no dummy, asked for her hand in marriage.
Confused,and still shaken up, she rebuffed him.
But Man Giant continued to show her true love. And, he always asked for her hand in marriage, after each date.
Eventually, even he grew weary of asking, and being rejected.
Meanwhile, Strawberry Girl begins to realize love is beginning in her heart, due to his careful cherishing of her, and the way Man Giant demonstrated true, Biblical love, in every circumstance.
The time of love arrives, the special day set apart to celebrate true love.
Man Giant invites Strawberry Girl to a special banquet, with all her favorite foods, embellished with all her favorite purple flowers.
After the delicious food was all consumed, Strawberry Girl grabbed Man Giant’s hand.
And started her carefully planned speech.
“Man Giant, you’ve shown me nothing but true love, and I have rejected you all this time. Please forgive me for hurting you so, when all you have done is love me. If you will ask me again, the question you always ask, I will say….”
To be continued…
My health recovery has been going well lately. Since I have changed my way of eating, I’ve lost 1 pant size, and 20 lbs. (Major cause of celebration!!) Way more than that now, I wrote this June 18.
I’m able to walk around my apartment without my walker now.
Need a pic of me on walker, but I couldn’t find one. (You already know my bad habit of forgetting to take before pics.)
But I still take it outside, just to be on the safe side! I have tripped over my own feet, and lint on the floor, even when I was young and healthy! So much better safe than sorry!
My physical recovery seems to be coinciding with recovering my home from slobbery. That is very interesting to me. People have told me before that messes make you crazy, but I pooh-poohed them. Since I was already crazy, what did it matter? But I’m finding out, it does.
Also. my spiritual health is improving. I have been more faithful about reading my Bible,
My latest, and newest favorite
and I have more peace now. That is something I never would have believed, if I hadn’t experienced it for myself.
I’m shooting for the goal of becoming a minimalist, I guess. That is something I never would have imagined coming outta my mouth, or fingers rather.
But I am finding that the more stuff I let go, the lighter I feel. And feeling lighter is translating to my actual body… I’m becoming physically lighter. And my home is so much more “homier” when I can actually use all of it, without a major excavation everytime!
I’ve let go of stuff. I’ve let go of bad things, that I used to put in my body. I’ve let go of some attitudes, and sins that were weighing down my soul.
We are made up of 3 parts, body, soul, and spirit. It’s amazing how working on one part, has me working on the other parts.
God is so good to me. Don’t wait till your life is half over, to begin recovery. It’s real work, but it’s really worth the effort.
Update: July 9, 2015
I’m totally off my walker now. I have 2 legs! not 6!
My total weight loss to date is 41 pounds!! I’m so over the moon thrilled!! And all because I quit eating doughnuts! lol ( and all other gluten products, and most sugar, and corn, and ……)
But mostly doughnuts! 😉
The kitchen sink is terrifying to me. I mean, there’s that big gaping hole,
Dun dun duh- the SINK
where stuff falls in, and never returns. And it sounds like a monster is eating it. And it always stinks over there. Dishes go there to die, and are never seen again.
The belly of the beast is even more terrifying than its mouth.
From all the growling noises emanating from under there, it must a HUGE beast. It’s dark under there, and damp, and musty.
I opened the door, and jumped back real quick-( you know that’s a lie.)
The other side of the dragon’s den.
Question- how did it know that I was going to open the door? Where does it hide??
What if I reach in there, and something grabs me! I’ll die of a heart attack! But, some compensation will be, no one will have to pay for a funeral. The beast will just eat my flesh and bones, and burp up my metal knee. Hope I give him indigestion!
Seriously, how often do you beard the dragon in its den??
Aha! See?? You are scared too, and just don’t wanna admit it!
Nothing under there is worth my life. I’ll just wait till Sweet friend, or Brother are around. Then I’ll ask them to get it for me! Sounds like a plan!
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