Interesting tidbit...

Today would have been my 19th wedding anniversary had I stayed married the first time.  My, how time flies when you're busy wading through life, trying not to trip and fall head-first in an ocean full of excrement!!!

In Memory of Alice Faulkner

Alice is my best friend's mother-in-law, who I had the pleasure of knowing while we both lived in Tidioute. She was recently diagnosed with an advanced stage of cancer, and although she tried to put up the good fight, she lost her battle on Wednesday, October 21, 2009.
Alice, you will be forever missed and loved by your family and friends that adored and respected you. Thank you for bringing your light to our lives for as long as you were able to. We are truly blessed!

When I started writing this today, I wondered how I'd appropriately convey the message that life is too short to be unhappy and wrestle with "what ifs". Alice did what she wanted. I think this song conveys that message perfectly:

Anyway by Martina McBride

You can spend your whole life building
Something from nothin'
One storm can come and blow it all away
Build it anyway

You can chase a dream
That seems so out of reach
And you know it might not ever come your way
Dream it anyway

God is great
But sometimes life ain't good
And when I pray
It doesn't always turn out like I think it should
But I do it anyway
I do it anyway

This world's gone crazy
It's hard to believe
That tomorrow will be better than today
Believe it anyway

You can love someone with all your heart
For all the right reasons
In a moment they can choose to walk away
Love 'em anyway

God is great
But sometimes life ain't good
And when I pray
It doesn't always turn out like I think it should
But I do it anyway
Yeah - I do it anyway

You can pour your soul out singing
A song you believe in
That tomorrow they'll forget you ever sang
Sing it anyway
Yeah, sing it anyway
Yeah, yeah!

I sing
I dream
I love anyway

Tell all your friends!!!

I'm about to send out an e-mail and ask my friends to share my blog with their friends, and so forth. I need to expand my readership. I enjoy writing and think I have a bit of a knack for putting a funny spin on my stories. I'm considering trying to do it for a living if I can get the support and a helluva lucky break, so make sure you pass it on to your publishing friends, too!!!

Some of the posts aren't for the faint of heart, so please consider this before passing this on to Granny or Uncle Joe with a bad ticker. I certainly don't want to be flagged; totally defeats the purpose! I'm just a girl writing about life, love (or lack thereof), and lessons learned.

Maybe this will help couples contemplating splitting up. My advice: Try working it out! The dating pool hasn't been cleaned in a very long time and there are some suckers lurking in the muck waiting for an unsuspecting new fish to sink their barbs into.

Keep in mind that most of the material I have gathered happened NOT in the single's scene at clubs and bars. Could you imagine the craptacular stories I'd have if alcohol were involved?!?!? I may have to conduct an experiment...

Ads

I just noticed that all the ads (at the time I published this) on my page are for dating sites. I realize that they have software that scans my blog for repetitive keywords and chooses ads that correspond. Should a real person read this blog, they'd see I don't want ads for dating sites! I need ads for hit men, untraceable poisons and do-it-yourself "Castrate Your Mate" kits!!!

Addendum: I noticed later that one of the ads is for Seniors Dating. Does 37 qualify as being a senior?!?!? If it does, put me out of my misery NOW!!!

What would you do?

I've been contemplating just how far I'd go to search for happiness in love. I grew up in Pennsylvania, but didn't find it there. I lived in New York for a short while with my first husband; didn't last. I moved back to PA and drowned my sorrows in work and friends. I didn't date, not because I didn't want to, but because I didn't find anyone worthy to date at that time in my life. Then, I met a man online that lived in North Carolina. I went there, married him after a few years, but people change and I left. I went back to PA, but to Cow Shit County this time; the land of the Amish and the bipolar. Needless to say, I remained single there, too.

I took a huge leap and moved to Colorado for a year. I loved Denver, but moved to Tennessee to make the guy in my life at that time happy. Why do I think I have to sacrifice what I want to please others? I've always been a giver, but there are many times that this has gone too far and I've been taken advantage of. Lesson learned!!! I dumped that idiot and moved back to Denver.

And here we are! I've "met" some nice guys online and some real FrEaKs (refer to previous posts), but haven't given up, even though none of those I'm interested in romantically are in Colorado.  Geography is just a subject in school, after all.  :)