Thursday, August 19, 2004
My favorite doll was Betsy McCall. She was more durable than Ginny dolls, because she had rooted hair and theirs got messed up so easily. My mother made her all sorts of clothes. She also crocheted with thead dresses for all my little dools. What I liked about Betsy was that she had a sweet face and... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
My poetry
When I was young I wrote a lot of poetry. I even tried typing them (on a typewriter) and putting them in a book. I was a lousy typist. So I think that I gave up. Then I got pregnant and had my son and stopped writing poetry. I think I wrote one until two years ago. I don't know what got me to write... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, August 15, 2004
Ariel
My daughter Kelly loved the Little Mermaid. We bought the tape with the music on it. She would sing Ariel's song and had such expression, she looked like the little mermaid herself. Even though she didn't sing on key, she was delightful. If she had have had red hair and a fish tail, she would have... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, August 12, 2004
Yellow Cake with Chocolate Icing
One Spring Day when I came home from school, the house smelled glorious. On the table was a yellow cake with chocolate icing. It was still warm. Mom gave us all a piece. It was as delicious as the aroma suggested it would be. Mom rarely did such things, so it was a wonderful surprise. Although I... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Pleasant Memories
Whenever I used to think of the past, I would have unpleasant memories. But one day while I was in hypnosis class, I remembered one of the pleasant memories of the past. When I was under five years old, my mother gave me a permanent. She used the permanent curlers to curl my hair after the perm. As... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, August 8, 2004
Grief
My cousin also experience the deaths of four people within a year. Her mother, her father and mother in law and her husband died. Her father died when she was six, so much of the grief that she hadn't resolved then, came back to her. She had two daughters still living at home, so dealing with her... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, August 6, 2004
Another victim
My cousin is another victim of incest. Her stepfather abused her sexually for ten years. I never liked him. I thought he was creepy. I felt very bad for her. They say that sexual abuse is very common and everyone knows a sexual abuser, but I didn't realize that my brother wasn't the only one. My... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, July 30, 2003
My son needs to find his natural father.
He has claimed to be part native American. As a result, he has been a foster parents to native American children. The problem is that there is no proof that his father was native American or even that his father was actually his father. Since I haven't seen him for thirty years, it makes it hard to... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, July 29, 2003
Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
When my son was fourteen and I was thirty six, our family went to Minnesota for Christmas. It was a difficult year for my son and I. He turned thirteen and we moved to a new city that was completely different than where we lived before. My son started junior high. He had no friends for a long time... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, July 27, 2003
Victoria Mansions
When we lived in Preston, England, we lived in some furnished flats leased by the company. At first we stayed in a two bedroom flat that was very small. We had a washer/dryer combination that was almost worthless for washing anything but underwear and socks. The table had four chairs and the living... Sign in to see full entry.