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This was the first time this song was heard by myself. It touched me so then, and still does today.

National Best Friends Day ... 08 June 2021

 I had several best friends when I was a child. But they came, and went, as we went through our various classes and grades; schools, from public to exclusive private schools.

I got married at 16. Not because I "had to", but because I had to get away from my family. I didn't understand the turmoil my mother was going through, and unfortunately, she did not speak of it. So, at 16 I married. He joined the military the following year, and both of our lives changed forever because of it.

I followed my husband from post to post. And it was a grand adventure! In 1978, I discovered I was pregnant at the end of the summer. He was transferred to Germany at that time. My Doctor adised me not to fly at the time, and it was decided to wait until after the birth of our first child, and he was about 6-months old, and then it should be fine for me to take us flying to Germany. It was a plan; and se stuck to the plan.

In my very first week in Germany, I met Lynda Bruno. She should have had a dozen babies! She was such an "Earth Mother". She gravitated to the little babies! And she did the same with my 6-month old son. She and I became fast friends! We told each other everything! Since November 1979, we were within constant contact with each other! If we weren't on the phone, we were face to face! In the latter years, we didn't get together as often, but we wrote long letters, and sent emails daily.

On December ,2020, Lynda suffered a stroke, and was hospitalized. She never got to go home. After the first of the year, they decided to send her to a reabilitation facility for physical and occupational therapies. She was by then alert, and could at times communicate with "yes" and "no" answers. Because of COVID-19, she was allowed no visitors. I was beside myself, and her sister made sure I knew everything that was going on.  I was so crushed when I learned Lynda had pneumonia. It progressed very quickly. With time running out, Lynda's Mom and sister were granted a short time in the room with Lynda, but couldn't really touch her, although they talked to her, she was not responding. The physician told them it was just a matter of time.

On January 21, 2021, I received the message that Lynda had gone on to be with the Lord. I cried so much, I bet a could have filled a quart jar.  I continue to cry just about daily. Lynda was my constand contact. And the sister God had given me when my family was thousands of miles away!  Losing Lynda has been as hard on me emotionally, physically, as when I lost my dear Mom in 2015. Different kind of love for those two ladies, but it ran just as deep for one, as it did for the other.

Isn't God wonderful? He gives us what we need, just when we need it.

I will ever be thankful for Lynda in my life! She cooled my hot temper. She talked me down. She loved me unconditionally. She was my sister from God. I guess I knew nearly every secret she had, and she knew mine. I can only say, with a full heart, that I loved her dearly. And now, I miss her so, damn... there goes another tear.

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A Few Pics of Latest Project

 For about a year now, I have been dedicating most of my free time to making "junk journals". (For those of you who may have spent the last couple of years under a rock, a junk journal is a journal/diary that is made entirely, or partially, from junk items, which may include scrapbooking materials, or in my case, I use more junk mail than anything else!)

This past week, my unofficial mentor, Pam over at "The Paper Outpost" (search on google.com or YouTube for the Paper Outpost, and Pam will all of her links posted). Pam posted a junk journal made from a large, padded, mailing envelope. Sure enough, since I was out of these envelopes, I got one in the mail!. I'm not going to show you how I made this journal, just the finished results. (Pam has the "How-To" on her YouTube channel!) This was much more fun to make than I ever thought it would be. As I was making it, I kept telling myself it was so impractical! The front and back cover is soft, and sounds real crinkly. #1, it's so pleasant to handle!

Front Cover:

The cover on Pam's example was made from cloth. I substituted vinyl wall paper with the peel and stick adhesive. The Interior end pages were also peel and stick wall paper. This one is called "Black and White Toile". The Interior is "Gray Marble".

The End Cover, Interior

Gray, Marbled.

Copy Paper folded to 8-1/2" x5-3/4"

There are three signatures to this journal.

There are 3-signatures in this journal. Each signature consists of 10 sheets of 8.5 x 11-inch paper, folded in half. Folded in half, and then each quarter becomes an entire journal page. So, the signatures equal 10-pages per signature, 3 signatures equal 30 sheets. Those 30 sheets multiplied by 4 (quarters), becomes 120 "pages". (The large amount of bunched up cover is actually the front, and the way I am holding the book is making the cover bunch up. The front is really identical to the back.)

Currently none of the pages have been decorated. (I hope to finish this up either this evening, later on. or tomorrow. I thought I wouldn't like the soft cover, however, I think I will really like it!  It's comfortable to hold. And it makes the over-all weight of the book, seem weightless!

If you are interested in purchasing this soft-cover junk journal will be available for $42.50 plus shipping & handling. Simply let me know if you want it, and I will invoice you.

Thanks for looking this soft-sided junk journal over!

Have a great evening!

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We all have that one person who broke our heart, and leaves us with a remembrance of it for the rest of our lives. I'll never forget the man who broke my heart, nor stop loving the man who did it to me.

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Still Not Feeling Well....

 Hi Everyone. Sorry I am not posting our usual posts again today. I am still suffering from vertigo extremely bad. And the nausea. And the migraines. So, I will post little updates as I feel I can. And I ask for your patience, as we muddle along with this recuperation.

On another note, I need to rant a little bit.

Late Saturday evening, our phone went out of service.We live in an area without cell phone service, so we rely heavily on our landline.Part of my early hospital release was contingent on my having a working phone, so that I could call for help if need be, as our car is in the shop for repairs. So, I can't even get my husband to take me to the hospital if needed to! (Since we are both retired, we only have one car.) I chatted with Frontier online just a little while ago, to see if they had an update to our "area outage". They have no estimate as to how long it will take for regaining service to the area. The Tech did take all of my information, including my need for a phone due to recent hospitalization, and gave me a ticket repair number. I guess she thinks that even though it is an area outage, if she reports I have no dial tone, they can somehow fix just my line and get us back up! So, I said, "Will we get any credit on our next bill for time spent without phone service? She said yes, but that I would need to call them to request that. (Don't you know I will!) I don't understand it, but the outage came several days after severe weather. Not during it. So, if they needed to repair line, it looks like they could have let us know in advance. If there was another phone service in the area, I would switch. However, there isn't. Frontier is our only available service. (Such is the woes of the rural consumer.) (I should be happy our Internet is still up, since both the phone and Internet come in on Fiber Optic cable.)

Thanks for letting me fuss a bit.

I will get back to regular posts, once I am a bit stronger. Until then, stay safe everyone, and healthy!

God bless!