~Bruce Barton
Brrr! Winter has finally hit North Texas. I’d almost forgotten what cold feels like. The rain is supposed to start right after midnight, but hopefully it won’t turn icy. Both sons and the hubby are out and won’t be coming home until late.
Didn’t work at my regular job today, but still WORKED! DH has a new office and helped him organize, decorate, etc. then went grocery shopping at Walmart, Sam’s Club, and Kroger. Came home, unloaded the car, put the groceries away and ordered pizza! :loser: WHY do we need all that food when I have no plans of cooking? 
After hitting all those stores, who has the energy to cook? And, besides, I am supposed to be WRITING!
My father, who has now been gone twenty years, had the sweetest wife in the world who gave me my half sister and two half brothers. I have only seen them about twice in my life, but have developed the neatest relationship with my half sister in the past several years. All via emails. The other day, I received a letter from my stepmother and in the envelope, she had included a picture of my mother and I when I was about two years old. I was so touched by this gesture.
In the picture, my mom, who passed away three years ago, was in the prime of her life, full of beauty and glowing health that it now seems really hard to remember how ill she was for so long. It made me realize that, at one time, she was like me. She dreamed and hoped and maybe wished upon stars in the night. She laughed and loved, danced and sang. Once, she had her whole life in front of her. I have often wondered what regrets in life she may have had. Regret for things she had done and things she had not. She wasn’t just a mother, but a wife, daughter and a woman.
Thanks, Margaret, for sending me that picture! It’s a precious thing to me now!
Now going to work on getting pics of Margaret, my half-sibs, my brother, and Tony and Judi. People who I don’t see much but are still close to my heart.
Don’t know why I am so melancholy tonight. I think I need a Starbucks fix. :coffee:
~Sandy
