Remembering a special aunt...

Today would have been my Aunt Net's 88th birthday. I say would've been, because she passed away in August of 1991. Had she lived she would've seen so many other things come to pass. The birth of my son, Dylan in December of 1992.  The demise of my second marriage to a man she felt was wrong for me from the get go.  I met him in May of the year she died so she did not know him very long, but I suppose she knew him long enough.  She was right, he was wrong. Of course had that marriage not taken place, my son would not have been born. I degress...

If she was still alive, she would have outlived her husband, both her brothers and her sister-in-law. She would've seen my mother's fight with dementia that has led to her having to live in a nursing home. She would have seen both of my sons graduate from college, the oldest from the Naval Academy and the youngest from UNT. She would've seen my oldest son marry and father two beautiful little girls and become successful in real estate in Florida. She would've seen my youngest beginning what I hope will be a lucrative career in advertising. She would've seen me get married, yet again.  Third time's a charm so I'm hoping this one truly will be until death us do part...

I know that things happen for a reason and that of course she left this life when she was supposed to. Had she not, who knows, maybe the whole course of things that came after would have been altered. At any rate, I hope she is looking down and smiling today knowing that I am thinking of her and missing her and hoping that she might be proud of the woman I have become and of the young men that I have raised...

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Anybody still out there???

I cannot believe it has been almost three years since I posted last. OMG, where does time go??? My life has been busy, empty and finally full. So much has happened.
For starters, my oldest son graduated from the Naval Academy. He is currently stationed in King's Bay, Georgia. He is engaged to be married to a lovely young lady. I am finally going to be blessed with the daughter I never had.
My youngest son graduated from high school and is currently a freshman at UNT in Denton. He started a part time job this week. He had a pretty wild first semester but has settled down and is making good grades and proving to be pretty awesome young man.
My marriage of 20 years ended...It wasn't unexpected. We both knew that it was inevitable. Ours was a union that never should have been. But we managed to raise two wonderful young men and basically I would not have missed that for the world. We remain friends. Really better friends than we were when we were married.
After being alone for a little over a year I have started seeing someone. He is ten years older than me but manages to run circles around me. I am probably more spoiled than I have been my entire life! Truly something I never saw coming. I don't know where it will go. We may just always be really good friends and nothing more. But for right now I am blissfully happy.
I guess it really is true. Life is something that happens when we aren't looking.
Hopefully it won't be forever before I visit here again. But, I can't make any promises...

New Blog

I decided it was time that I created a blog for me too. I enjoy keeping the one for my pups, but there are so many things that I would like to share that I wouldn't put up on their blog. I won't promise that I will post very often. I haven't kept up with theirs too much lately. But I will try to get here at least every week or so.
I cannot believe that it is already May 1. This year has flown by incredibly fast for me. It has already been a whole month since I lost my Dad to COPD. Sometimes that still seems to be a bit surreal to me. I am so glad that my Mom is adjusting as well as she is. I am so grateful that she doesn't live alone. Her oldest sister (who is 87---my Mom is the baby and is 70) lives with her as well as my brother who to his regret will turn 49 the 6th of this month. He is disabled and has lived with my parents his whole life. I know it is a comfort for her to have both of them there. She also has Dad's little dacshund Tanika. I only live about a mile from her so I get over just about every day.
This is going to be such a busy month. Along with the current Swine Flu scare (joy of joys I live in South Texas!) I am looking forward to my oldest son's graduation from the United States Naval Academy. My husband, youngest son and I plan to drive out to Annapolis and my mother-in-law is going to fly out and meet us there. I have been trying to convince my mom to go along with us but so far she hasn't budged. She is using my Dad's dog as an excuse to stay. I know that my Dad wanted to be there so bad though and would have loved for her to go. We still have a couple weeks before we leave so maybe I can get her to change her mind.
The picture I have up of me and my sons is not current. It was taken Christmas of 2006. I need to get a more current one but I absolutely hate to have my picture taken. I will post lots of pictures from the graduation when we get back though. This trip should be so much fun! The President is going to speak at the Commencement and the Blue Angels are supposed to fly over! I am so excited!
Well, I have rambled enough for now. Hopefully next time I post I will have something to say worth reading, lol...