Il Pochi il Fiero y Blabbermouths...Magical Reunion FINALLY!!!

[wdwgoose]

no not yet I need to be there to do it.

been thinking of another cruise cheap one this time princess out of ft lauterdale apr 23 10 day 700 is in my range just not dive gear and cruise well maybee. have test on monday then other on thursday maybee friday I book da cruise !!!!!?????

will see.

garRy

 

[wdwgoose]

OOOOOPS for got ??????


bet its warmer than 56 ?????????????????



and you say cold ???????????

 

[scuba diver]

We are in Illinois now. So far so good.

Lisa had another good meet on Saturday. Travels have gone well. Started the first part of the Illinois visit and Lisa likes it. Tomorrow is a full day with the coaches and then we drive to michigan state for a visit on Tuesday.

The beer sounds good.

 

[WDWLVR]

We are in Illinois now. So far so good.

Lisa had another good meet on Saturday. Travels have gone well. Started the first part of the Illinois visit and Lisa likes it. Tomorrow is a full day with the coaches and then we drive to michigan state for a visit on Tuesday.

The beer sounds good.

Welcome to Illinois. The weather is supposed to be fairly nice this week. Hope Lisa enjoys her school visits.

 

[justmestace]

Congrats on another good meet, Lisa!!

Have fun checking out the campuses!!!

 

[justmestace]

Garry....thinking of you this morning. Good luck with test #1.



U-TOP with Garry!! Extra PDFG!!!!

 

[justmestace]

Update:
For right now, Jay & I have put the proceedings on hold and are making an effort to start fresh. I'm cautiously optimistic.

If we can do this, I think it will be my best birthday present ever.

 

[RachelTori]

Stacey: I love your update! Sending prayers, good thoughts and pixie dust that your fresh start will be the beginning of your Happily Ever After!

 

[WVMD]

Update:
For right now, Jay & I have put the proceedings on hold and are making an effort to start fresh. I'm cautiously optimistic.

If we can do this, I think it will be my best birthday present ever.

Good luck!

Virgil

 

[justmestace]

We both know it won't be easy. There's a lot of hurt and anger still....and although there's no way to turn back the clock, we both miss what we'd had before we got so off track. And we both know that we want to be together for the rest of life's milestones....Jared's graduation, also his graduation from boot camp if that's what he chooses, weddings, grandbabies....and just us being together after the kids are gone.
We'd gotten away from being friends with eachother.
It won't be easy, but I think it will be worth it.
Nothing like staring divorce in the face to make you stop and think hard about what you're giving up. For both of us.

 

[chip&dale&fun]

Welcome to Illinois. The weather is supposed to be fairly nice this week. Hope Lisa enjoys her school visits.

Yes - what she said.....

Then come back home where it is only chilly!!!!!

 

[chip&dale&fun]

Garry....thinking of you this morning. Good luck with test #1.



U-TOP with Garry!! Extra PDFG!!!!

Yes, what she said - all the best GaRRy.....

 

[chip&dale&fun]

Stacey: I love your update! Sending prayers, good thoughts and pixie dust that your fresh start will be the beginning of your Happily Ever After!

Stacey -- Yes - what she and Virgil said........

Good Luck for the hard work ahead.

 

[chip&dale&fun]

The beer sounds good.

And finally, yes what he said.

 

[CajunGirl2]

Stacey, just wanted to say that I'm glad to hear that you & Jay are trying to work things out. Best wishes to both of you.

Ang

 

[Kaizen]

Jim and Lisa - welcome to cold dreary MI. Good luck with the campus tours!

garRy - whatever your test results, book a cruise!!

Stacey - best of luck to you and Jay as you figure out what is best for the both of you.

Now for a heartwarming story: This past weekend, one of my former foster kids came to visit. Emily, 12, is Hispanic and wanted me to take her to get some Mexican candy. We have an area in Detroit called Mexicantown so off we went to search for some candy. There is one main drag and pretty much everything is on there. As we were driving, Emily recognized a street her cousins lived on, a store she thought her family once owned and a restaurant she thought her brother had painted a mural on. We find a grocery store and look for this candy. Jim is down the cookie aisle putting all kinds of stuff in the cart and Emily and Alexa come back with an arm full of candy. Not even out of the parking lot, they start opening up all this stuff so being the only "adult" I make them put it all away so we can go eat lunch first. Emily suggested the "mural" restaurant so we head back and find it. We go in and get seated. A waitress bring us some chips when Emily jumps out of her seat and throws her arms around the waitress and starts crying! Then the waitress is crying! I have absolutely no idea what is going on so I ask the waitress if she knows Emily. Through her sobs she says "This is my sister!". They were all separated when they went into care and no one has had contact since. Well by this time, I am crying, Jim has tears in his eyes and we are all stunned! What are the odds??? Emily's sister had just started working at that restaurant 2 weeks earlier! Definitely one of the most amazing things I have ever witnessed! I got her information and then gave it to Emily's adoptive mother. Hopefully they will get to stay in touch!

 

[CajunGirl2]

Now for a heartwarming story: This past weekend, one of my former foster kids came to visit. Emily, 12, is Hispanic and wanted me to take her to get some Mexican candy. We have an area in Detroit called Mexicantown so off we went to search for some candy. There is one main drag and pretty much everything is on there. As we were driving, Emily recognized a street her cousins lived on, a store she thought her family once owned and a restaurant she thought her brother had painted a mural on. We find a grocery store and look for this candy. Jim is down the cookie aisle putting all kinds of stuff in the cart and Emily and Alexa come back with an arm full of candy. Not even out of the parking lot, they start opening up all this stuff so being the only "adult" I make them put it all away so we can go eat lunch first. Emily suggested the "mural" restaurant so we head back and find it. We go in and get seated. A waitress bring us some chips when Emily jumps out of her seat and throws her arms around the waitress and starts crying! Then the waitress is crying! I have absolutely no idea what is going on so I ask the waitress if she knows Emily. Through her sobs she says "This is my sister!". They were all separated when they went into care and no one has had contact since. Well by this time, I am crying, Jim has tears in his eyes and we are all stunned! What are the odds??? Emily's sister had just started working at that restaurant 2 weeks earlier! Definitely one of the most amazing things I have ever witnessed! I got her information and then gave it to Emily's adoptive mother. Hopefully they will get to stay in touch!

What a wonderful story! I hope the girls stay in touch. You should have warned that we needed tissues. And thank you for being a foster parent to kids in need.

Ang

 

[justmestace]

Jim and Lisa - welcome to cold dreary MI. Good luck with the campus tours!

garRy - whatever your test results, book a cruise!!

Stacey - best of luck to you and Jay as you figure out what is best for the both of you.

Now for a heartwarming story: This past weekend, one of my former foster kids came to visit. Emily, 12, is Hispanic and wanted me to take her to get some Mexican candy. We have an area in Detroit called Mexicantown so off we went to search for some candy. There is one main drag and pretty much everything is on there. As we were driving, Emily recognized a street her cousins lived on, a store she thought her family once owned and a restaurant she thought her brother had painted a mural on. We find a grocery store and look for this candy. Jim is down the cookie aisle putting all kinds of stuff in the cart and Emily and Alexa come back with an arm full of candy. Not even out of the parking lot, they start opening up all this stuff so being the only "adult" I make them put it all away so we can go eat lunch first. Emily suggested the "mural" restaurant so we head back and find it. We go in and get seated. A waitress bring us some chips when Emily jumps out of her seat and throws her arms around the waitress and starts crying! Then the waitress is crying! I have absolutely no idea what is going on so I ask the waitress if she knows Emily. Through her sobs she says "This is my sister!". They were all separated when they went into care and no one has had contact since. Well by this time, I am crying, Jim has tears in his eyes and we are all stunned! What are the odds??? Emily's sister had just started working at that restaurant 2 weeks earlier! Definitely one of the most amazing things I have ever witnessed! I got her information and then gave it to Emily's adoptive mother. Hopefully they will get to stay in touch!

That is so amazing!! What a wonderful thing. Thanks so much for sharing that.....good news like that is so good to hear.

 

[chip&dale&fun]

Jim and Lisa - welcome to cold dreary MI. Good luck with the campus tours!

garRy - whatever your test results, book a cruise!!

Stacey - best of luck to you and Jay as you figure out what is best for the both of you.

Now for a heartwarming story: This past weekend, one of my former foster kids came to visit. Emily, 12, is Hispanic and wanted me to take her to get some Mexican candy. We have an area in Detroit called Mexicantown so off we went to search for some candy. There is one main drag and pretty much everything is on there. As we were driving, Emily recognized a street her cousins lived on, a store she thought her family once owned and a restaurant she thought her brother had painted a mural on. We find a grocery store and look for this candy. Jim is down the cookie aisle putting all kinds of stuff in the cart and Emily and Alexa come back with an arm full of candy. Not even out of the parking lot, they start opening up all this stuff so being the only "adult" I make them put it all away so we can go eat lunch first. Emily suggested the "mural" restaurant so we head back and find it. We go in and get seated. A waitress bring us some chips when Emily jumps out of her seat and throws her arms around the waitress and starts crying! Then the waitress is crying! I have absolutely no idea what is going on so I ask the waitress if she knows Emily. Through her sobs she says "This is my sister!". They were all separated when they went into care and no one has had contact since. Well by this time, I am crying, Jim has tears in his eyes and we are all stunned! What are the odds??? Emily's sister had just started working at that restaurant 2 weeks earlier! Definitely one of the most amazing things I have ever witnessed! I got her information and then gave it to Emily's adoptive mother. Hopefully they will get to stay in touch!

Thank you for sharing and reminding us of what is really important......my eyes are leaking.

 

[scuba diver]

We both know it won't be easy. There's a lot of hurt and anger still....and although there's no way to turn back the clock, we both miss what we'd had before we got so off track. And we both know that we want to be together for the rest of life's milestones....Jared's graduation, also his graduation from boot camp if that's what he chooses, weddings, grandbabies....and just us being together after the kids are gone.
We'd gotten away from being friends with eachother.
It won't be easy, but I think it will be worth it.
Nothing like staring divorce in the face to make you stop and think hard about what you're giving up. For both of us.

Well said.

As Sharon and I start looking at Lisa leaving and no more gymnastics it will be like starting over for us. For many years now we have really lived separate lives during the week. It will be really different to actually live together...something we have to look forward to in another 18 months (not that I am counting).