It must be the stars…I’m feeling so good…
Written by Dorothy, on 27-08-2008 18:56
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My hair is growing back and as you know; the PET scan came back clear of Cancer.  I can’t believe how good I feel emotionally.  It must be I didn’t realize how scared and depressed I was inside.  You get through the days and nights and quietly pray there will be more years to breathe life.

All right, I love life and heaven knows I wasn’t ready to let go, so when everything turned out great I felt the dark clouds around me peel away.  I sense I could begin enjoying living again.  This combined with the unusual feeling I had the other day regarding Karma makes me want to buy lottery tickets.  Which by the way the mega lottery is over 118 million dollars.  What would you do if you won the lottery?  I already have a plan…

This weekend was busy and last night we had Noah age five and Tracey Joe’s daughter.  We went to the zoo.  I’m not a zoo person however, this Cancer has changed me.  I really enjoyed seeing the kids get excited about the animals.  I was there for almost two hours with my husband and that’s unusual for me.  I suffer from Adult Attention Disorder and it’s hard on anyone around me.  I can’t seem to stay still for any period of time. When I was able to walk the zoo for that amount of time I was pleased and surprised.  See what thinking you could die does to you.  You step back, reorganize and change things in your life.

So when we leave on Monday for New Mexico to see Joe’s daughter graduate from Border Patrol I’m not taking my computer.  I’m going to take a lot of photos, and make notes.  I’ll work on enjoying the week while visiting friends and family in Arizona while I discover how to relax.  The camera should be able to capture some great pictures of the areas and me enjoying my time with my husband. 

Our page is seemingly easier to navigate thanks to David…and we’ll be doing more videos of me…I just love talking to you and coming soon is the Grammy videos for our children and grandchildren…  We have some great plans and a contest coming up with a wonderful prize.  (Stay tuned)

We’re hoping for some guest post relating to grammas and some of their experiences with grandchildren, along with photos.  So if you think your interested David should have the link up soon.

I’ll be sharing more about my granddaughter and how she’s doing with her pregnancy.  I’m hoping she’ll tell us what’s going on in her head and any advice she may want to share with us.  As I said, our family has all the makings of a good book and someday we’ll do it…  We don’t give advice we share life’s experience and hope you can read and no where to put up the road blocks…

See you the first week of September…please keep reading and  re subscribe; we lost  subscriptions  in the last few weeks when we changed pages and our site was hacked.

I have a new series coming and will finish answering my own questions when I return.  Living and loving my second chance at life  Dorothy


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Are You doing what you really want in Life?

Are you really doing what you want with your life?

Even grandmas my age have regrets.  In fact recently I’ve spoken to my friends and most of them would have changed several things if they could go back in their lives.  Of course, we know that’s not possible; so forward you proceed.  However, is there something you can do to make your life what you dreamed it would be? 

Would you have to quit your job?  Move out of your neighborhood?  Go to school, or retire.  There are many things that have a profound impact on your happiness even when you’re old.  Often it’s overwhelming when I think about what I would really like to be doing.  Yes me, I’m far from where I’d planned to be at this time in my life, and frankly my time is short-lived.  So I’ve read some books and been seriously thinking about what I need to do to change my course and asking myself what is really important to me right here and now.  As I ponder I wonder if I’ll be surprised at my answers so let me know some of your thoughts as well, because we all know misery loves company.

Even more intense, as I go through this will I have the courage to make the changes?  You read books, watch talk shows which give advice and experience where the objective is to help you move forward in a different direction.  As I mentioned in other articles there are no reruns in this world.  You get one chance and that’s it so with this in mind…I’m thinking.  What’s my next move?  Will I be making a transformation which ultimately will make me happier? Or will things remain status quo.

Most of us think about what we missed or secretly dream about what really would make us happy and ultimately achieve our goals.  So for my New Years resolution, and yes it’s early I’m going to think and dream about what I haven’t done which I really would like to do.

So here are some of my first thoughts...

Retirement

 I may be tired from working hard lately but I’m exhausted from just keeping up with what is happening on Wall Street it’s disturbing to see the mismanagement and greed we’ll have to pay for.  When my 401 envelope comes I throw it in my file cabinet unopened (I am in no way suggesting you do the same, but personally I can’t stomach reading it.) I’m thoroughly convinced the only way I’ll be able to retire is by winning the lottery.  The main factor in putting off retirement is maintaining health insurance coverage. It seems that at a time in life when health care is of prime importance the availability of decent insurance coverage and providers is lacking. I’ve several friends in the same boat, staying in the work force longer then anticipated. In 2007, almost 39% of the labor force was over 55 years old and over 10% of people 70 years of age and older  who are not institutionalized are still working. The only saving grace for me is I enjoy my job and have Grammology.com where I can vent my frustration (aren’t you lucky?) Furthermore, with the wonderful news that I’m FREE from cancer I’ll be writing more!

Happy Weekend

Because of lamenting about my life; I thought I‘d make this an update post and give up on my psychological thoughts for awhile. 

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