Hi, all, I'm glad you read about the trip. No matter what happens now, I'll always have those
memories. And we celebrate our anniversary every week so we get as many in as we can in whatever time we have left! That was Jim's idea!!
I'm away again, at a conference for work at Myrtle Beach, at a resort where the rooms all have ocean views, and it's so serene, when I called Jim tonight I asked him to think about us coming here for a weekend, or even just overnight, just to watch and hear the ocean. With off season rates, we can do more than we could during the summer, so I'll take him any place he's willing to go!
Maryisme, I'm so sorry about your dad having had this too, and it's sad that he didn't get to meet his second grandchild. Thanks for the kind words, everyone; I'm here for all of you, too - my shoulders are broad enough for all of us! I love Jim deeply but I treat everyone as I would want to be treated (except people who stress me out; I pretend they don't exist).
I'm learning that life's easier when you share the pain (to those who are willing) as well as the laughter. One of the conference speakers today spoke on coping with stress (he also did magic as part of his program - we learned how to take off peoples' watches
without them realizing it). He prescribes three things for coping; exercise, laughter (thus the magic tricks and jokes he told), and letting things (that stress us) go. Bend like a palm tree, don't break like an inflexible trunk (can't remember what trees break easily). It makes so much sense!