Author: janep38

Dad, I miss you. I miss your advice and your many stories of your time being on the front lines of the army. Your time as a machine gunner and mortar man. I have such admiration for what you contributed. You gave so much and in return received so little. You were always such a hard worker. I like to think that I took after you. I’m a lot like you. Thanks for teaching me. I’ll always love you and miss you. There have been countless times I have needed your advice….

has passed since Troy last celebrated the holidays with us. Hard to believe he’s been gone 10 years. Sometimes it seems just like yesterday. I took some of Ashley’s sports memorabilia to her. It was nice watching her look at all the articles that Troy had laminated for her. She made a lot of news in the papers when she was in high school. It brought back lots of memories for her. I’m glad he did that for her. It was priceless watching her look at the articles and see all her old team shirts. It would have made him so happy to see her enjoy it all. He wasn’t there in person but he was in spirit. He was always thinking of what he could do for somewhere else…..

it’s been a year since Lucy left this world. I so miss her, she was an exceptional dog. She was bashful in her own way, and often very stubborn. I remember when we first brought her some she kept eating all the bushes we would plant. One Sunday we bought two wisteria bushes and Troy planted them both, she managed to demolish one of them. Troy was so mad, he put a little fence around the other one so she wouldn’t kill it. She was always trying to eat roses or tomatoes. She was my prettiest schnauzer with her long eyelashes and big brown eyes. She became white just like her mother. I will love you always Lucy and miss you forever…..

How stupid some people are. We were just discussing some of the decisions they make. You can’t help but laugh at their stupidity. They aren’t nearly as intelligent as they think they are. One day, they will see exactly what I’m talking about…..

Thanksgiving without Troy. He loved cooking the turkey, he would get up real early and get it in the oven. I really miss the Thanksgivings we had with our parents. I have such great memories of getting together with them. My Dad always fried the best potatoes and Troy’s mom made the best dumplings and rolls. Everyone back then was appreciative of everyone. It was so awesome to get together with everyone. We all sat around the table as one big happy family. Our differences didn’t show, they didn’t matter. None of that matters but people realize that when it’s too late. I really get so much from Sherrie Campbell, she knows all about the narcissistic, controlling people. She has the best advice. You just have to overlook the people who lie and try to manipulate. Stay away from them…..

To the table at Thanksgiving. People have become so cruel over the last few years. I haven’t been welcome to the Thanksgiving table for years. I’m glad I’m the bigger person. And so is Ashley. There will be many more not invited to the Thanksgiving table this year due to the election. I’m glad I grew up in the 70s where people didn’t care who you voted for. We all loved each other. We were all invited to the table at Thanksgiving…..All of my friends and family know and they don’t really understand the reasoning. Like I said everyone was invited to the table in years past. We didn’t care about our differences. We all put them aside and sat at the table together. We were bigger than our differences. Our love for each other pushed all of our differences to the side…..